The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-26
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"a VII Be 70 Per Cent Of Last
i.r's Output But Outlook l.
Prozzising.


tr11IrxAPOIIS. Mimi, July 2l.-
~ 's~v<hveetern. farmer isn't going
!; 49, year. whatever the Wild
~ ~ report Of trouth, hot waves
1cop failures, and however much
(Ehacneo board OF trade may shrek,
pnnx Be forced to take a reef In
I6oe bumper belt and do his own
r(1ouring, hut there's gasoline
- IL sight to keep the motor
~ going.
~ crops haven't failed. There's
<lcS enough TO moye<them--and pay
hem. The total yield viii be
nylof, but the old law Of supply
demand. combined with an In
"a acreage, will help make NJ
D di0leronce.
IPoRron q q whole. tine farmers OF
,nesota. North Dakota and South
Hkoks VIII get somewhat higher
1eo Tor q smaller crop. Mr.. Ulti-
<1o Consumer will pay most OF the
1f& thls year. as usual. for flour
~ neot are going up--also as usual.
81 1oourAiuw 70 the men who finance
1 moVe the annual crop-the bank
~-conditions in the three states
~ = gloomy as they have been
1rrol. The hail didn't mash
51 ~ the wheat In South Dakota
M "a HI John Smiths 40-acre field
~ Edmunds county, and the hot
kSea didn't cook all the life out of
1rth Dakota when they struck Dew
- Inko a ~
Tf1s . not q bumper year by any
nnnL q predicted early In the sea-
ond the total will fall much be-
w 1909. brt you may always ng-
o tat repCvts of bumper crops and
lInfes are about equally exaggerat-
9c0rding to President K. w. Deck
81 the Northwestern National bank
Corn Crop IL Good.
I'VE VIII have fair crop this year,
~ money enough to move It," says
1n1dent Decker. "Minnesota's crop
e6od. South Dakota's about rs per
Sf md North Dakcta's SO per cent.
LAl0 - based on an average crop
~ ~ 70 II bushels to the acre. An
fta rood fiax crop win help even up
@ff6rS IN North Dakota. Cats have
lored considerably everywhere, but
rn q doing very well, especially In
vxr Minnesota, where they raise a
- deal more Of IL than Is generally
1n86sed. and use It for hog feeding"
75fher bankers in the Twin Cities
&nxo much the same reports from
Ioffs all over the three big grain
otoo. West of the Red river valley
o farmers are hardest hit. and the
Mole state Of North Dakota seems to
1v6 suffered more than her southern
1<ef or Minnesota
X xho tiehtening OF the money market
~ made the bankers chary and eau
~ On loans Tor commercial or spec
nklge purposes, even on extra good
r11r1ty, but they have no fears OF
nn1llnx the crop movement
1.-TWO weeks ago was rather pes
11nlstic about the CROP" said Presi-
lint Bailey Of the First National OF
|1k Paul. but since then the rains have
&olped and I have learned from many
U6ints that the reports of total failure
~ confined to isolated cases. II is
GSno they are blowing wheat under In
&on1e localities. but that condition II
re Il eli general. The straw is short,
but tho grain on top is said to be fill-
~ out well. st~s
Milllng Wheat to BE Higher.
Wheat for milling purposes will be
klrhof this fall. would not be sur
Selsod to SEQ It 60 above SLIPS, or even
70 "a 31.5o.s .4.- 49, (.
That means a higher duty on the
EknG Of life. wherein Mr.. Consumer
kdlpa the farmer bear his loss.
Old Madam Nature played a few
&ueer pranks this year. When all
1hes scenes were laid for another
bumper crop, with increased acreage
MA the 1909 appetite whetted to a
Ioon edge, she sent along an unsu-
lnlly cold. late spring. That started
40 6rst calamity reports. But Ceres
Drovod herself quite a wise old lady,
- view Of the dry times ahead. The
cold spring weather gave the wheat
<uot what Il needed to Withstand the
Aot time coming. Instead of shoot
~ upward rapidly under the infit-
once Of warm suns the seed sprouted
ma spread out below the ground,
nemding its roots deeper down into
~ earth stooling. the farmers call
And these same long roots sus-
1n1ned the wheat through the rainless
D>r1od, extracting The moisture from
1ojow when Il didn't come from above
md keeping the heads from shrivel-
ne A the sun blasts. $1,000 80 .-----
Then came the recent rains, Just
- tine 70 push along the process.
6o1ptng al out the grain with that
ID1I1v 5uiee which later turns to -four
~ mothers bread"
Tok1ng the three states as a whole
~ wheat crop win be around 20 per