The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-14

gathered by the department OF agri
culture which shows that every mouth
Is harvest month somewhere ON the
globe That data is enliyenod 10y con
trasts-thc contrasts OF methods and
fruits Of the haryests- and also by
ac runts of the fctcs that In some
lands follow the harvest.
In the fields Of France the husband.
mtu-aud husbandwomen-arc sing
ing the wheat song that has this re-
frain:
Work on, work ever,
Oh peasant poor
Let slothfulness never
stop thy endeavour-
Or thy ruins sure
When the harvest is done the song
will cease and the harvest fcto will
begin. with dancing and drinking,
with picnics and frolics.
Australia, New Zealand and chill
reap their wheat crops with sickle in
January. The be urbancd. swarthy
Egyptians NOV down the wheat with
iron scythcs in February. IN india
the harvest is In March with the
scytho and sickle as a thousand years
ago The Mexican and Cuban rcaps
in April The states of Texas and
Florida clear their fields with modern
roapors and harvesters late in May.
Portugal France and California fol
low, and in Austria, Hungary South
of Russia Canada. Sweden, Norway
and the great winter and spring wheat
regions of the United States the har-
vest is I'm July, August and Septcm-
ber. The women in northern Ru sia
with the aid of scythe and sickle har-
vest their wheat in October. Peru
and South Africa in November. Ar
gencine, the Jung, vigorous and
alert sister republic OF ours, comes
last on the list and harvests its wheat
crop in December
This implies that while wheat is
sprouting in the fields of the United
States the crop is being harvested in
India; that while the American crop
is passing through midwinter under
snow covering, the agricuurist in
Argentina is preparing to reap the
/ ripened grain in the fields; that when
/ tho gnltiyutnrg nj AnetVfa
gary are gathering grain, their broth
ers in Australia and New Zealand are
engaged in sowing
This also means that somewhere in
the world during all months of The
year, wheat and other staple grains
are approaching the marketing stage
to enter into competition with the
grain grown in our own country Not
all the foreign farmers are able tC
realize the full value for their crops
Through one reason or another some
are obliged to sell for less than its
actual value, and such transao tion.
not only hurt them but hurts tn,
pockotbooks of agricuIurists Of tn,
United States. The setback which
the farmer receives IN distant India
Russia or Argentina, in a measure
tells on the agriculturist in the Unit
ed States; for farmers of all thcs,
different countries send their quota
to the worlds markets.
From the facts in the department o
agriculture it is evident that the farm
ers OF some countries are left halt
starved even at harvest time. II
| the United States, Canada and man.
| of the Continental countries the agri
| cultural community is prosperous; bu
| in a number of Asiatic lands and il
/ Russia, the lot of the agriculturst /
hard-he is virtually living year il
l and year out on the verge OF stl ".
ton, because in the grip Of the money
| lender who for,rs him to sell hi
/ crop in many cases while it Is stauC
ing on the land. In Rus"ia ana Iadi
| 'bi instance the Ia N'l ~ 80 lNutD
ed to the money lend thai H. n"ye
is able to get the real equity FOR hi
work in the field. The grain secure
from these famishing farmers at Gu
th.oat prices when exported, tends
loNer the prices Of wheat and staple
arown by agricultur.sts in the othe
I countries, who supply the market
Of the world with their products.
In the more prosperous countrie
either governmental or private ente
prise has established grain exchange
which act as hoppers for the graf
| grown. and in due course spout it
various parts OF the world. They eI
able the producers TO sell during tt
entire year and thus prevent mono
oily OF information and the formatio
of buyers trusts. by protecting II