The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-08-21

as wheat producers. In the days wnen
Oregon was a territory its wheat pro-
ductlon constituted no small part of Its
industry, and bushel of wheat,
through appropriate symbols, became
the standard currency Of the territory.
Oregon was perhaps the first OF the
American communities to export
wheat, for the territories shipped con-
siderable quantities of wheat to Rus
sian North America.
! Montana Harvest Big
Men of science have said that In a
country of 5000 square miles-which
is approximately the area Of the Unit
ed Sales.--future are not likely to be
universal climatic conditions of a
harmful character. That statement
seems to be borne out by reports from
Montana, which, although neighbor
of the Dakotas, where the wheat crop
has been greatly impaired, neverthe-
less is likely to have abundant har-
vests. In the early spring Dennis
Sheedy, who is one OF the most in
fluential citizens of Colorado, spent
several weeks in New York. He spoke
to his friends of the growth of Colo
RADIO, both in mining and in the agri-
cultural industry. He was confident
that within a few years Colorado would
contribute in large measure to the
wheat harvests of the United States,
for science has now pointed out the
way by which wheat cultivation in
Colorado can be carried on upon a
large scale.
Some weeks ago, Fairfax Harrison,
President of the Southern Railroad
Company, spoke with pleasure and
even enthusiasm of NE increased Gull
tivation of wheat in some of the South
ern States. Climatic conditions which
in other parts of the country, as for
instance, in Dakota and Western Min
nesota, were unfavorable to wheat, do
not prevail ordinarily in the South. II
wheat cultivation is to be very sue
cessful in the South, there must be
different methods adopted from those
which made the Dakotas and Mon
tana 80 successful as wheat raisers.
Income MAY BE Larger
Some years ago, James ]. Hill as
serted that II should be possible for the
American farmers to secure from % to
30 bushels an acre on the average
from their wheat fields. He pointed to
England, where 30 bushels an acre is
an average crop. This. In fact, is the
wheat crop which England expects
to harvest this year. If the American
farmers cultivated wheat and other
grains with scientific methods they
should harvest each year. Mr.. Hill
said, crops of the money value of if
teen billion dollars. This year the
harvest is not likely to yield ten bill
lion dollars, as 1t did last year, al
though some of the authorities think
that the falling of in the amount of
wheat harvested may so greatly in
crease the price per bushel as to bring
to the farmers as good returns as
would be the case II they had great
harvests. Other authorities are in
clined to think there is a fallacy In
this view.
The government report indicates
that .the farmers will not this year
garner more wheat than is necessary
for home supply and for seed. Never
theless the surplus crop of last year
will be available for export. Although
there may be falling of in exports Of
wheat and -four, nevertheless this will
be more than made good by the heavy
exports of American manufactured
commodities, for 1t is now certain that
exports of this kind will continue well
into the year 1917.
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