Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-11-07

before the present rush of wheat to tho
market apates. The conversion of the
crop into money ma be said to be pro-
ceedlng In most satisfactory way and
VIII yMere h is no doubt that millions Of dollars
WIN nave gone into the pockets Of the
FARMERS by the time navigation on the
lakes closes. Even then only a small
proportion OF the wheat will have come
out. Experience has shown that the rail-
ways do not carry very much Of tho
wneat TO the Lake Superior ports before
the freeze-up comes, and the propoy-
ton will probably be smaller than usua,
thIs year on account of the lateness Of
the thrashing season.
On the whole the prospect is a most
cheerful one, the likelihood being thst
the satisfactory returns for the past few
days will be greatly exceeded in the COM
ing SIX or seven weeks. The fact tina,
wheat OF any kind is bound to bring n re-
munerative price this season is the com
torting feature of the situation and there
Is no occasion for concern over the DOS
sibility or the general quality of the
grain being below that of previous years
The high standard OF the wheat Paissd
in the west in 1905 1906 was undoubtedly
great advertisement for the country
and 1t would have been well II that ex-
celient record could have been continued
but II Is not reasonable to expect that q
grade every year as II was in the years
mentioned. If 10 per cent. or even %
per cent. OF this seasons yield be up
to the contract standard there win be
from for congratulations. The west will
reap large return of its Investment az
money. time and labor this year as IL did
in any preceding season, and by so do
ing 1t will have done it's whole duty tc
those who have placed faith In its fertil-
ity and resourcefulness. The breathing
spell II it comes will enable the transpoy-
tItion companies and other elements In
the trade OF the country to catch up with
1me OF their obligations and the i'm
provements effected by that means will
more than Offset any Inconvenience which
VIII result from relatively smaller
production. The general commercial out
look Is bright enough and only depressing
factors are due to the position of a few
communities widely separated in which
there Is a small return from the crop.
1T Is true the season has not been
so favorable as other seasons but this
condition is widespread. The corn crop
IN the states OF the union, where II il
the premier crop of the farmers Ia sub
Ject to frost. Frost has undoubtedly mate
rally reduced the total yield in places
this year, but after every allowance has
been made for this and other causes the
fact remains that the total grain in Az
berta Will be the largest in history
while in the other provinces the yield viii
not fall far short of other years
The following extract from the Ed
monitor Bulletin fairly describes the situ
alton in Northern Alberta and SasSatche-
wan:
Cutting is practically completed. stack
ing is In progress in some places, thresh-
Ing VIII commence at once. few late
fields which were sown for green feed
are being cut this week. The grain is all
In stock and everywhere the glow of au-
tumn mlngles with the glow of harvest
great number of the oat fields show the
typical yellow OF well ripened grain. Tho
majority, however, are too pale a vel
low to indicate fun development and per
feet ripenng. Some late oats will be fed
in the straw which is held by good cattle
feeders to be the best way TO feed oats,
In no year in the history OF the spring
wheat industry has there been better
growth and production of plant and IL
the crop OF 1907 had been favored with
more propitious condition during Septem-
Der all previous records OF wheat produc-
ton in this country would have been
eclipsed on the farm known as the Mac.
leod farm ~ miles northeast OF the city
on the Fort Saskatchewan trail samples
OF Red Fyfe were taken that were uni
formly plump and hard and of excellent
color. This field should run rs bushels to
the acre