Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-02
WHEAT CROP 70 PER CENT.
Minnesota and Dakotes Crop Not
Damaged Except in Spots.

damaged Except IN 0PotS.
St Paul, Aug. 2.-The northwestern
farmer isn't going broke this year,
wha tever the wild wires may report of
drouth, hot waves and crop failures,
and however much the Chicago board
of trade may Shrek.
He may be forced to take a reef in
his 1909 bumper belt and do his own
chauffeuring, but there's gasoline
enough in sight to keep the motor
buggy going.
The crops haven't failed. There's
money enough to move then-and pay
for them. The total yield will be small
err. but the old law of supply and de-
mand. combined with an increased
acreage, will help make up the differ
ence.
Taken as a whole the farmers of
Minnesota, North Dakota and South
Dakota will get a somewhat higher
price for a somewhat smaller crop.
Mr.. Ultimate Consumer will pay
most of the freight this year, as usual,
for flour and meat are going up-also
as usual
According to the men who finance
and move the annual crop-the bank
ers-conditions in the three states are
not as gloomy as they have been
by any means, as predicted early in
the season, and the total will fall much
below 1909, but you may always figure
that reports of bumper crops and fail
ures are about equally exaggerated,
according to President f. w Decker,
Of the Northwestern National Bank of
Minneapolis
Two weeks ago I was rather pessi-
rnistic about the CROP" said President
Bailey, Of the First National of ST.
Paul. but since then the rains have
helped and I have learned from many
points that the reports Of total failure
are confined to isolated cases. 1t is
true they are blowing wheat under in
some localities, but that condition is
not at all general. The straw is short,
but the grain on top is said to be fill
ing out we'll.
Wheat for milling purposes will be
higher this fall. l would not be sur
prised to see it go above S1.25, or even
up to $50"
That means higher duty on the
staff Of life, wherein Mr. Consumer
helps the farmers bear his loss
Old Madam Nature played a few
queer FRANKS this year. When all the
scenes were laid for another bumper
1909 appetite whetted to a keen edge
she sent along an unusually cold late
spring. That started the first calam-
fty reports. But Ceres proved herself
quite wise old lady, in view of the
dry times ahead The cold spring
weather gave the wheat just what il
needed to Withstand the hot time COM
ing. Instead of shooting upward rap
idly under the influence Of warm suns
the seed sprouted and spread out be.
low ground, sending its roots deeper
down into the earth-stooling, the
farmers call 1t. And these same long
roots sustained the wheat thru the
rainless period, extracting the mois.
ture from below when it didn't come
from above and keeping the head:
from shriveling in the sun blasts.
Then came the recent rains. jus
in time to push along the process
helping FIJI out the grain with tina
for mothers bread"
Taking the three states as whole
the wheat crop will be around 20 pei
cent, according to those best inform
ed. but no one is yet ready to make
any cast-iron predictions in total nun
Der of bushels. Last years bumpe
crop totatled over 231,000,000 bushels
The increased acreage makes guessing
somewhat uncertain and weather con
ditions may still have considerable eff
feet. But this much is sure-thert
will be enough wheat for the nation!
bread supply, and it will come littl,
higher