Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-11-09

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
there is no doubt that millions of dollars
Will have gone into the pockets of the
farmers by the time navigation the
iakes 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 the
wheat to the Lake Superior ports before
the freeze-up comes, and the proper
uon will probably be smaller than usual
this year on account of the lateness of
the thrashing 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
n1unerative price this season is the com
forting feature of the situation and there
is no occasion for concern over the pos
sibility of the general quality of the
grain being below that of previous years.
The high standard of the wheat raised
in the west in 19o5-19o6 undoubtedly
great advertisement for the country
and it would have been well IL that ex-
cellent record could have been continued.
but it is not reasonable to expect that 90
per cent of the wheat will be of contract
grade every year as it was in the years
mentioned. If 10 per cent even so
per cent. of this seasons yield be up
to the contract standard there will be
from for congratulation- The west will
reap a large return of its investment of
money. time and labor this year it did
| in any preceding season, and by so do
ing it will have done its whole duty to
those who have placed faith in its fertil-
| ity and resourcefulness- The breathing
| spell if 1t comes will enable the transpor-
tatIon companies and other elements in
| the trade of the country to catch up with
some of their obligations and the inn
provements effected by that means will
| more than offset any Inconvenience which
| will result from a 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.
| TT is true the season has not been
| so favorable other seasons but this
| condition is widespread The corn crop
| in the states of the union. where it is
/, the premier crop of the farmers is sub
| ject to frost Frost has undoubtedly mate
| rally reduced the total yield in places
| this year. but after every allowance has
| fact remains that the total grain in Al
| berta will be the largest in history.
| while in the other provinces the yield will
not fall far short OF other years
| 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 late
| fields which were sown for green feed
are being cut this week The grain is al
| in stock and everywhere the glow of au-
tumn mingles with the glow of harvest
i great number of the oat fields show the
| typical yellow of well ripened grain The
majority. however. are too pale vel
low to Indicate full development and per
feet rfpening- 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 sprins
| wheat industry has there been better
growth and production of plant and II
1 .
| more propitious condition during Septem
| Der all previous records OF wheat produc-
| ton in this country would have beer
| eclipsed- On the farm known the Mac
leod farm az miles northeast OF the city
on the Fort Saskatchewan trail. samples
of Red F'yfe were taken that were uni
| formly plump and hard and OF excellen
| color This field should run Is bushels q
the acre