American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1912-10-24
WHEAT BEGINS
TO REACH MARKET
Past Ten Day Gives Idea Of
Amount Of the Crop.
Shows 121 800 Bushel and the
Wheat Growers Have
Received $S3,S35.

Inc wheat has just began 10
move into the American Falls
market. Farmers are just completing
their fall seeding and beginning to
market. Up to the past week only
a comparativly small amount was
marketed an amount compared with
the grand total of the crop would
not be worth mentioning. Now that
the farmers are completing their fall
seeding and they are commencing to
market the crop. 1t will likely be
two weeks more before the biggest
fall rsh will b on, bit this ar tn
fall rush will be on but the past ten
days market report for American
Falls would give you an idea of the,
vastness of it's farming community.
With the exception of the mill
elevator at present all grain has to
be handled in sacks and a item Of
between 500 and 900 hundred sacks
of wheat handled each day means
q highly taxed market where facil
ties are yet in the stage of con-
etruction to handle crop such as
was the out put two or three years
ago.
The grain men of American Falls
did not realize in time the immen-
sity Of the crop to be prepared to
handle the grain and while two big
elevators are nearly completed and
ready for use it will be at least two
weeks before they are completely
finished and with this combined
with the capacity of the warehouses
will in a measure relieve the situa-
ton. But even at this the market
ed grain for the past ten days the
beginning of the marketing season
they would both be filled to the roof
and grain still stacked on the out
side.
The receipts for wheat at the var
ious ware houses for the past ten
days reach the sum of 500 bu-
shel and at the average of $1.15 per
hundred, which was the average for
the ten days paid. means that the
sum of SS3,S35.00 was paid to the
farmers.
Every warehouse has grain stack
ed to the roof and any car that
can be secured is loaded When the
crop marketing is in full swing
there will be only question of cars
for the dealer to handle the crop.
The wheat crop in this section
.
none can realize to what magni-
tude it is going, but moments
reflection as to what some are do
ing and then take into considerat-
ior the vast amount of acres under
cultivation and those acres yet TO
lie cultivated, one can get an idea
OF what the market will be in few
years
Take for instance the item ment-
toned ~ another column, of the1 AZ
acres farmed by Peter Kirth which
yielded a few pounds over "a bu-
shell to the acre, and this on land
which a few years ago was con-
sidered by old residents and new
corners as well, to be worthless for
dry farming. This was in the vast
dry farming section north of
American Falls. Another instance is
the production of wheat by Daniel
Reinman in the Landing district of
the Rockland Valley where he har-
vested an average of20 bushel from
each acre and has over 5000 sacks
ready to market 1t is big yield
beside 8 to IA in the old wheat
growing states.
The two new elevators built this
year, tne f1rSt In American Fails
which now are considered wonder
ful in a country which is really
the first year from sage brush. are
only small starting point, and the
Press which is always careful In
predictions and which year ago
proficied yields which would de-
mand elevator construction, will now
advance another two years and say
that instead of two there will be
many, for they must come, the coun-
try demands it and our marketing
qualifications a. not today abreast
with the producing section and whe
1t does reach the point of equality
with it there must be elevators con-
structed which can hold a greater
Quantity than ten days marketing
period as is now the case.