The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-10-31

before the present rush Of wheat to the
market abates The conversion Of the
crop into money may be said to be pro-
ceeding In a most satisfactory way and
1 !,nsM is no doubt that millions Of dollars
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 tho rail-,
ways do not carry very much of the
wheat to the Lake Superior ports before
the freeze-up comes, and the propor-
ton will probably be smaller than usual
this year on account Of the latensss Of
the thrashfng season.
ION the whole the prospect is a most,
cheerful one. the likelihood being that
the satisfactory returns for the past few
days will be greatly exceeded in the COM;
Ing six or seven weeks The fact that
wheat of any kind is bound to bring q re-
munerative price this season 10 the COM
forting feature Of the situation and there
Is no occasion for CONCERN over the DOS
'sibiiity Of the general quality Of the
grain being below that OF, previous yeara.
The high standard Of the faxheat. raised
in the west in 19O5-1906 was undoubteday
a great advertisement for the country
and 1t would have been we'll II that ex-
cellent record could have been continued.
but 1t is not reasonable to expect that 50
per cent. of the wheat will be Of contract
grade every year as 1t was in the years
mentioned. II Is per cent. or even 80
per cent. Of this seasons yield be up
to the contract standard there will DO
from for congratulation. The west win
reap large return Of its investment Of
money, time and labor this year as 1t did
in any preceding season. and by so do
ing 1t will have done its whole duty to
those who have placed faith in its fertil-
ity and resourcefulness. The breathing
yx,iA fha
tation companies and other elements In
the trade of the country to catch up with
some of their obligations and the i'm
provements effected by that means will
more than Offset any Inconvenience which
will result from relatively smaller
production. The general commercial out
look is bright enough and only depressing
factors are due to the position Of few
communities widely separated in which
there is a small return from the crop.
'It 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 it 10
the premier crop of the farmers is SUBJ
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 AL
berta will be the largest in history.
while in the other provinces the yield viii
not fall far short of other years.
1.-THE following extract from the Ed
monitor Bulletin fairly describes the stu
alton in Northern Alberta and Saskatche.
wan:
"cutting is practically completed, stack.
ing is in progress in some places. thresh-
ing will commence at once. "A few hate
fields which were sown for green feed
are being cut this week. The grain IL all
in stock and everywhere the glow Of su.
tumn mingles with the glow of harvest.
A great number Of the oat fields show the
typical yellow Of well ripened grain The
majority, however. are too pale q vel.
low to indicate full development and per-
feet ripening Some late oats will be fed
in the straw which 10 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 a better
growth and production Of plant ana IL
the crop Of 1907 had been favored with
more propftious condition during Septem-
Der all previous records Of wheat produce
ton. in this country would have been
eclipsed. On the farm known az 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 deld should run s bushels 70
the acre.