New Ulm review., 1917-04-25
FARMERS URGED TO
RAISE MORE \! WHEAT
PLENTY OF TIME TO PLANT a
GREATER ACREAGE IN THE
NORTHWEST
GOVERNMENT is ANXIOUS FOR
MORE SPRING GRAIN THIS
SEASON

l Is
SEASON
The Secretary Of Agriculture has is
sued statement urging the farmers Of
the spring wheat growing states to
plant an extra acreage of wheat this
i year. He says altho the greater part
of the spring work has already been done,
| it is not too late now for farmers to pre-
pare and seed more land. The Secre-
tary says:
Winter Wheat Unpronising
The unpromising condition OF the
wheat crop Of the United States, fore
casting materially decreased yield,
makes it imperative that the threatened
wheat deficit be made up if possible by
the planting OF more spring wheat in the
areas where the chances for the produc-
ton Of a successful crop are greatest.
The best opportunities for the produc-
tion Of spring wheat undoubtedly will
be found in the regions in which spring
wheat already is produced extensively.
Efforts should be concentrated in those
regions where the necessary experience
and equipment are avaible.
Attempts to increase the acreage of
spring wheat outside the present spring
wheat belt, ON the other hand, might
prove less successful because of a lack
Of familiarity by farmers with. the crop,
and especially because Of the difficulty
of obtaining the use of harvesting
machinery and the added likelihood of
the crop suffering for a lack Of labor at
harvest time, A concentrations of .rge
crop produetion will make possible the
more efficient utilization Of labor whether
the laborery assemble individually or
under a directing agency
Five Spsing Wheat States
The bulk of the spring wheat of the
United States is grown in ave states,
North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dsko-
[ta, Washington and Montana. While
production is relatively small in the re-
manning states, number Of cotnmull-
ties i'm each Of these, states in which the
growing Of spring wheat is well establish
led Such communities, Ike those in
1.-THE principal spring wheat growing,
I|states, offer good fields for the extension
of the spring wheat acreage. Int the
following list only the Chief spring wheat
producing SECTIONS of die country ara
mentioned as suggestive of the areas in
which. the expansion Off sprung wheat
acreage should be most feasible ifi the
necessary land, labor, and seed are avail
able. No, attempt is made to list the
counties according to their rank in
spring wheat production i'm the country
at large. The five states leading in
spring wheat production are manned, in
1.-THE, ORDER Of aheir iiar4 r4pu1tanca.
Urge Increased Acreage
Seeding is we'll under way, and In fact
nearly completsd, in a greater part ofthe
spring wheat belt but in some of the
counties mentioned, as well as Ma. many
other counties where: spring wheabgrow-
ing is established, the; department. be
ileves it. should be possible to increase
appreciablN the area seeded to wheat
during. the next few weeks Where such
increase would interfere with the conduct
| of an established industry, such as
dairYing, it. waulds of course. be in,
advisable.
II The section Of the; .znaximum spring
! wheat production, so far as Minnesota
lis concerned, according to the departs
ment, includes the following countless:
Brown Bigstone, Blue Earth, Becker
Carver, Clay. Chippewa, Douglas, Fari
+ bault, Freeborn. Grant, Kittsen, Kandi
4 yohi,. Lac qlli parle, LIE Sueur. Meeker
Mcleod, Morrison, Marshall, Norman
Micollet,, Ottertail, Polk, Pope. Redwood
Rice, Steele. Stevens, Stearns, SibAey
: Swift, Renvlle. Todd, Traverse, Wilkir
: Wright, Wassca, Yellow Medicine.
Mr. and Mrs. w. c.. Miller wei
: Hanska visitors last Wednesday,.
: R-D. Wagner came in from Lafayett
= township on business few days ago.