The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-06
pale brown, taking care they do not
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Save GOOD seed
|. FOR NORTH DAKOTA
EQUITY FARM NEWS URGES THAT
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE SEED LAW
TO PRESERVE FIRST CLASS
SEED FOR STATE.

Equity Farm News: We believe
the county commissioners of all coun-
ties of the state of North Dakota have
an opportunity at the present time to
do more good for the state in general
han they may ever again have occa-
sion to do.
IL the county commissioners would
take advantage Of the seed law, passed
in 1909, and either issue warrants or
bonds, and buy up some of the good
wheat that is still to be found in vari-
Gus localities, and hold same within
the state for seed purposes, even
though ii would be by them resold
in the spring TO the resident seed deal
ers, It would be one of the greatest
benefits that could at this time be
procured and for several reasons.
The first great object is to retain
within the state as much Of the good
seed that has been raised here as it is
possible to do. Any wheat that is
sold between now and spring will be
shipped to the terminal points, never
to return. unless it is returned mixed
with other grades and varieties, or in
-four. and needless to say with its re-
turn would be an addition in price that
would mean much to the state, would
the county commissioners save it. 1t
would be deal with no possible chance
to lose, IL the seed so held is insured.
At the present price of wheat we be-
lieve that it would not be setting the
figure too high, IL we say that seed
wheat will be so cents per bushel high
err next spring. Admitting, however,
that nothing more was saved than the
freight both ways, plus the commits
sion and handling. saying nothing
about the quality Of the seed, perhaps
being from Kansas, Nebraska or some
other state, from where the wheat
would not be as good seed for North
Dakota, as would wheat raised at home
it would still be an opportunity that
no county could afford to let go by.
Our resident seed dealers and inde-
pendent grain buyers. have not the
means to buy and hold all the wheat
that will be marketed between now
and spring. Many of the farmers have
thus long been holding, expecting bet
ter prices. but they cannot always hold
out. especially during tight money
market and the wheat Will therefore
leave the state.
We further venture che statement
that there is no occasion whatever for
the present ltw price OF wheat, ex-
cept that the grain specular DIS believe
they can and viii, get the bulk Of
the grain before spring. AID then raise
the price as before mentioned. at a
time when tile farmers have none to
sell.
At present. the United StaueJ is be-
ing literally supplied with Canadian
wheat, which can be shipn "a in under
bond therefore no duty need be paidl
and as there is no time limit when the
-four from such wheat shall be shipped
back to Cnrada, 1t is eagy TO see the
advantage tire spectators have In
nominating the wheat rriees. We
are told at PRESENT that Argentine ana
other foreiSra countries have an enor-
NOUS surplus, therefore the INV price
of wheat We have beer told This
same story for the last 25 years that
we can .csnerpbeT. about che surplus
somewhere or other, nevertheless sta
tistics show worlds surplus to be de-