The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-06
Farmers M1st Got BETTER Rf5ees
Says Secretary Mohlef.
Advises Stacking Of wheat
Straw @ One Plan.
ISSUES / Tl[uWlE NllETM
Borrow Money On Grain That
Is Stacked Properly.

In q bulletin to farmers In the KAN
aas wheat belt, J. C. Mohler. secretary.
Of the state board Of agriculture. to-
straw. He points out that the ground
should be cleared for early plOwing.
In addition to this feature, Secretary
Mohler urges the fact that the holding
of the grain ON the farms keeps the
ted markets and will doustless enable
the farmers to receive q better price
for their grain in the fall.
In his bulletin. Mohler says:
Wherever practicable Kansas far
mers should stack their wheat. Aside
from the recognised benefits OF this
practice. 1t II particularly important
this year owing to the tremendous
wheat crop and fts accompanying
problems. Stacking clears the land for
proven early plowing advisable. Tho
grain going through the sweat In the
stack improves its quality. its color.
condition and test Stack threshing
may be done at any convenient season.
by fewer men. and when temperatures
but this year there are other
weighty reasons for stacking. The
Kansas yield Of wheat Is far above the
average. but the facilities for handling
1t are practically the same ~ in re-
cent years. Providence has imposed q
task on Kansas in caring for an ag-
gregate of wheat such as she has
never before experienced. The rail-
roads will be taxed beyond their ca
pacity. storage facilities are inade-
ed and broken as q result of the inn
pending glut OF wheat at the market
centers.
Farmer Must Act.
1T lies with the farmers them
selves to measurably assist in solving
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lens and In upholding prices by more
generally stacking their wheat. A
great deal of wheat must be held any
how. by somebody. either in the shock.
stack or bin. In many instances
tnreshing outfits cannot be had when
wanted. Left in the shock the grain
Is constantly subject to DAMAGE.
Stacked grain Is storage ON the farm.
properly stacked, it is safe against the
weather, will keep indefinitely, may be
insured. and money borrowed on It.
stacks arranged in 'settings' make
possible the most economical handling
OF the straw and separated grain. and
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An important feature Of stacking this
year is the influence 1t may have on
MAINTAINING and lettering prices. by
holding the wheat on the farms away
from the glutted markets. Lower prices
naturally follow big productions, but it
Is Imperative to the farmers best in
terests to hold prices at the highest
level good management makes possible
1t is the dollars that count with the
farmers, rather than the number of
bushels he has garnered. and he should
90 every reasonable thing to secure
maximum returns from the wheat he
mas Dumping wheat on a glutted mar
ket makes conditions in which the grain
SPECTATOR revcls. but in which the
farmer finds no joy. 1t seems the
chances are that prices will be little IL
any less then at present. and they may
be much higher. Many extensive grow
doubtless find 1t impracticable to stack,
ers in the wheat belt proper Twill
and others will thresh from the shock
and rush their grain to market as fast
as transportation facilities make It pos
sible because they need the money. But
these conditions seem tn make stacking
all the more desirable.
Taking into consideration all phaAcs
OF the unusual wheat situation in KAN
sas. stacking will have q more far
reaching effect than in other years and
appears to bear q closer RELATIONSHIPS
than usual to the prosperity Of the KAN.
sss wheat grower"