The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-09-03

fine. Why the difference?. The diff
ference In the seed There may have
been some little difference in the
manner of getting the ground ready,
some difference in the way of put
ting the seed in, but the seed itself
made ninety per cent. o the differ
ence in the size and quality of the
crop. -
Speaking of size and quality sug-
gests value. Ate many ups and
downs-mostly downs-the long cry
OF the producer has been heard and
his wish has been gralified II is
dollar wheat" now, and, judging
from various things it will be dol
lar wheat, or only very little else,
fer years TO come. The necessaries
Of life have gone up in price, and
wheat is necessary The wheat
belt can not widen. but the people
are surely and greatly multiplying
and increasing on the face of the
earth. AS the constitution follows
the flag so does flour follow the de-
velopment and civilization of the
earth. A bushel of wheat is worth
dollar, and thing SO much used
and SO much needed is very apt 10
bring its worth, often more, when
offered for sale This fact alone
should encourage the raising OF wheat
View it from another standpoint:
the ease with which it is grown.
Prepare the soil, SOW it, reap 1t. No
days Of tack-breaking toll under u
scoICRing sun. Again: Your wheat
crop robs your soil very little. The
Stubble almost replaces the little
that was taken out. Once more: The
man with big crop Of corn, with
few hogs and less cattle to feed it
to must find a market the best he
can. Not 50 he who raised fifty or
five hundred or five thousand bush
els Of wheat. Human beings eat his
Product, and they will have 1t. And
again: None of the wheat crop is
wasted, not a particle. AS was said
4 moment ago the stubble is a fer
tiIlzer, and every pound Of the straw
LETT after the threshing is of value
end there is always market for It.
The NEWS has briefly endeavored
to set forth to its farmer friends
the great value Of wheat as a crop.
aud the comparative ease and low
cost Of production. 1t hopes that this
a.ticle will be read by these farmers.
and that what has been written may
induce them, If they missed this lime
and before, to pick their flints" and
Try another shot But, mind you, no
matter how good gun you use and
no matter how true your aim, your
shooting will be fruitless If your
I'N"N'i 10 pou' III lIllS HOlutIl llBuTe
the powder Is the seed. Poor seed
can not bring forth good fruit; it's
contrary to the laws of nature Don't
90 to the work and worry of plOw-
ing and seeding with poor grain, for
you'll get your labor for your pains
nothing more. And the seed must
not only be good 1t must be adapt
ed to this latitude, 10 this soil and
section, and sown literally. These
things are true of other seeds, why
rot of wheat? Seed will run out"
too. Buy the hest you can this sea-
son and in time that which is sue
cessively grown from it will deter
lorate until 1t becomes nearly worth
less. Begin anew this season. Get
fresh, new seed, get the best, and
get that which is best adapted 70
this region.
These things You can do and 90 no
farther than Louisa. The Big Sandy
Milling Company, being Iesirous Of
promoting and encouraging the rails
! ing of wheat in this section, well
knowing its value as a crop to the
farmer, has, or soon will have, at
the mill a sufficient amount of the
finest selected seed wheat The COM
pany bought this seed TO insure the
hetterment of the crop in this and
surrounding counties. The small
margin OF profit which might go 10
the company from the sale Of the
seed is not what the company de
sires. 1t desires to see an improve
ment in the quantity and the quality
OF the wheat grown in this section.
the great profit will go to the pro-
Queer, and as the crop increases in
amount and value the grower and all
concerned are benefited.
We are Informed by the Big Sandy
Milling Company that they have re-
ceived as good wheat grown in Law
renee, Johnson, Magoffin ard Morgan
counties, Ky, and Wayne Oounty, W
Va, as was ever shipped to them
from Ohio, Indiana, and other whoa
sections. In the opinion Of these
practical mill men, all that is nee.
essary to raise the best wheat in
these cnnntins is tn GOT nrnnar good