Evening journal., 1915-04-07
PLENTY OF WHEAT
IN American Bins
Foreign ShipmentSO of Mill n
Bushels a Day Would
Not Cause Shortage
DEVELOPING THE
PEACH INDUSTRY


TO supplying this countrys needs. is
the reassuring statement from the Ag-
ricutural Department. Before July
l. the department points out, the new
wheat will be coming in, so there need
be no fear of shortage which viii
actually deprive the people OF this
country of bread
Had it not been for the war, with
the closing of the Dardaneles, which
Ncked up Russias surplus. and had
it not been for a worlds shortage. out
side of the United States estimated
al 400.O0OO00 bushels, the farmers OF
the United States, instead of selling
their wheat AT high prices. would real
ly be in a serious condition the de-
partment experts say They would be
looking eagerly for buyers of thcii
wheat. with prices probably way down
below the cost of production
The 1914 crop of the United States
which was estimated at S91 100000
bushels. In addition to this it was
estimated that the amount of wheat
carried over from the 1919 crop was
l6,O00,000 bushels, so that there was
on hand a total of about 967 600 900
wheat in this country is about 5.3
bushels. so that it would require 520.-
100000 bushels TO supply the feed re-
quirments OF the United States besides
about 90,O00,000 bushels needed for
seed.
So that the surplus remaining for
export was, roughly. 357 900 bush
4 els. On January 30 about 10000 900
bushels had been exported. which
left at that time. 40.000.OOO more
E bushels available for export than the
d average at that time during the last
q five years.
So that Mr.. Farmer, much as he may
: doDlore the war and the slaughter.
may at least De thankful that some
u thing prevented him from finding him
8 self with what would have been al
& most drug on the market on his
hands. Instead he finds himself with
q the highest price in years for his big
money crop.
How general the peach industry has
become is brought out strongly i'm a
# bulletin just issued by the Depart
& ment of Agriculture. in which IL was
shown that 30 Of the As States have
peach orchards Of commercial import
alce. II was pointed out that peaches
do well or wide range of types of
Xsoil including even some OF the mod
eratcly heavy clay loans and clays. A
#prime requisite. however. is that the
soil is well drained. Peaches will
8 not grow wsuccessfully on poorly drain
cd soils. While requiring fairly fer
s tile soil. peach trees do not particu-
81 larly require very large amount of
nitrogen. Soil very rich in nitrogen
is not TO be desired as a general rule,
3 since il is likely 20 induce an oxces-
8 siye growth Of foliage Alkal soils
arc not suitable for peaches. although
b a small amount of alkaH will not
be necessarily dangerous. II is safer.
3 however, to avoid them as a general
rule is far as possible.
Ground that is higher than The sur
rounding country is usually desirable
& for peach orchards. since frOsts are
mot so likely TO injure the trees.
Height above sea level is not so inn
portant in this particular as height
above the surrounding county, on ac-
count of the tendency of cold air ia
settle in the lowest levels. Danger
e of frost is also minimized If The peach
@4orchards are near a large body 5i
water Due TO the fact that water
& n large bodies warns up more slow
Is y in the spring than the nearby land
z il has tendency 10 check early bios
'soming, with the result that there Is
>5< less danger of frcst destroying The
&crop after few warm days. In the
IN iall frosts are delayed in = similar
A.4manner, because the large body OF
&. water. having absorbed much heat dur.
II ng the summer. cools of in the fall
e more SLOWLY than the atmosphere. anC
hence tends to keep the temperature
within its zone Of influence warmer
han it. would otherwise be-
As a rule, however. tho zone of in.
E iuence of such a body Of water docs
pot extend moro than a few mile,
back from shore line.
A careful accounting system applied
o "a Iowa farms by men known Il
be careful and experienced feeders o
cattle show cOnclusivelv that IN,
practice Of following cattle with hog
s profitable, except possibly whoi
t Young cattle in large numbers ar,
s. cd on ground corn and the cost o
S. grinding is very low. saws bulletiI
4 ust ISSUED by the Department of AZ
w iculture, The best authorities be
'S{ ieve with the present narrow margin
W pm fat cattle II is inadvisable TO fec,
Without hogs.
E( On the "a Iowa farms in question
Turing the feeding year beginning il
he fall of 1909. the average proff
q. On 96l cattle fed in punches was $40
< per head. not counting the profit ol
ne hogs following them "The price
6 eceived for the cattle were very sat
stsctory. The 1904 hogs follovinl
hese steers. and which we're giyel
Stra grain, were sold in the sprin,
IA pf 1910 with profit of s6.67 per hog
& Nhlch. Is credited to the steers. give
S< profit of S12.49 per steer In tn
33 ollowing feeding year 1901. price
unsatisfactory and this caused
oss of 1S cents per head on lbs eat
le fed on 2S farms. The 1.646 hog
ollowing these steers. however re
urned an average profit of S3.sa: an
when this profit was credited TO TN
steers there was a net profit of sac
per steer"