Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-10-11
DOES STACKING GRAIN PsAYn DIS.
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Dieter Farming Special Seryice)
Grand Forks. Oct. lin view Of
the experience of farmers in North
Dakota during the last few falls, the
following discussion of the question
Does stacking pay?" by o. D. Cen
ter the Grnad Forks county better
farming expert, will be Of special in
terest. Mr.. Center writes: l5
"Today's successful farmer is a
VERY different sort of a farmer than
the successful farmer of a decade ago.
The successful farmer Of today
must know something of the science
Of farming and also something Of the
business side Of farming. These must
be combined in a working proportion.
Either without the compliment of the
other, is not sufficient to produce sue
cess in it's most economical, practical,
profitable, maximum The fact, that
many farmers have made money and
have apparently been successful
without recognition Of the science
OF farming without the aid Of syste-
matte: plans for field management, and
without any, system Of farm accounts
does not signify that they could not
have made more money,@with less la.
bor,> with infinitely greater economy
and therefore have achieved greater
success has they employed these rec.
ognized aids and necessaries in their
farm operations ,,,,as .ss.
! ,'ssThe. few who have made a success
without these have done so in spite OF
the handicap they worked :. under,
rather than because of it. Failures
in many instances are directly due to
lack Of farm science, employment OF
system, and intimate knowledge of
business principles. . i: I. q. $ y, s5 5
eve question. if there is one per.
cent of the farmers Of North Dakota
who have considered the stacking 5.of
grain from business standpoint.
Does it pay, in hard dollars and cents,
to stack, or shall we continue to
thresh from the shock as is the com.
mon practice? sg:2@ss5a,.,}. ~
when we experience fall such as
we have had for the past month, al.
most everyone will agree that stacked
grain will give better quality seed than
grain that has been subjected to the
continued rains and wet weather.
Carefully and accurately conduct
ed experiments and investigations in
Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois M show
I: that stacking grain pays in actual dol.
! lars and cents. sasg ri 655s%5.t lad
Stacking prevents deterioration,
makes grain a better color, with plum
per kernels, and with a smaller per
cent spoiled or sprouted. Exact com
parsons of cost of stacking and
hrashing from the stack, against
threshing from the shock are avail
able on practically every kind Of grain
common in North Dakota. These com.
PARSONS on the same field under sim
liar weather conditions, and with the
same average yields show as appar-
emily additional cost for stacking, OF
II cents per bushel yield. This ap.
parent additional cost is Offset. how
ever, by the insurance against bleach.
ed, sprouted, if bin burn grain and by
/ he Improvement of grade. @
Improvement in grade. of stacked
grain is often sufficient to pay the
entire additional cost for stacking and
give from / to 3 cents additional prof
it per bushels yield. Only when ma
chimes and labor are quickly available
soon after harvest, and # uniform
weather conditions positive, will
standing in the shock be Offset, since
| in standing loss of grade lis no slight
! item. Shock thrashing Of seed grain
is even then questio nable since stack
ling seed grain insures plumper ker
nels, Of unimpaired Nigor and strong
vitality. .s5 ..ts'
1--WE know North Dakota farmers
who. annually stack the grain from
three-quarters or more. These men
even in such falls as 1911. and;1912
have no difficulty in getting their fall
blowing done. These men, too. are
among the progressive farmers. since
Rthey combine science and business, to
the end that their farms improve and
mt the same time their bank account
grows. II Il ~ ss..ss M
tOn.a much larger number OF farms arm
Of the state, under prevailing condii
lions Of climate, availability of ma.
4 chimes and Of labor, stacking would
indicate better manag cement.
SAVED RY HIS WIFE.
She's a wise woman who knows just
what TO do when her husbands life
lis in danger, but Mrs. r. J. Flint
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