Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-01

The following letter was received
from the Twin City Separator CO..:
II do not believe that very many of
the farmers at this time realize the
immense profit to be made in the
cleaning of their grain before they
dispose of it: The vast majority Of
farmers only think Of cleaning their
grain before. seeding. It is a fact,
however, that the northwest is thor
Is true OF spring wheat from Duluth
to the Atlantic ocean in both Canada
and the United States.
wild oats this summer are worth
as high as 2. cents per pound and no
time last year did they sell for less
than 1 cent per pound. We all know
that 1t is not uncommon to find from
six to eighteen pounds of wild oats in
one bushel Of wheat. The farmer who
hauls this wheat Mn to the elevator
gets nothing for the wild oats in same.
It follows, therefore, that If he would
take his tanning mill, clean u his
wild oats before selling his wheat he
would get from e to 10 cents per
bushel more for the wheat that he
would put through his tanning mill
by hand from rs, to 60 bushels Of
wheat per hour. The profit to be
obtained from operating this mill
would be from $1.50 to $3.50 per
hour. depending upon the quantity Of
wild oats In his wheat. If this farmer
should happen to have q Thousand
bushels Of this mixture you would
have from 5000 to 1900 pounds Of
wild oats having a value Of from
$50 to $780,. Even IL he had only 8
pounds Of wild oats to the bushel,
which is the rule, rather more than
less, he would have a value OF $50
for wild oats to the thousand bushels.
1t Is therefore apparent that any fam
ming mill he buys, providing 1t is a
good one, will pay him a profit and if
he will use 1t for cleaning up his crop
before selling his grain, the machine
does not cost him anything at all by
the time he comes to use it for
cleaning up his seed grain.
The advance in the cost Of tanning
mills over prices before the war runs
from IS to SIS depending upon their
size. which is nothing compared with
the advance in the prices Of foul
seeds, etc, which the farmer will take
out, The price to be paid by a farmer
will range from sac to $50, depending
upon the size Of machine required by
the ordinary farmer.
IL the local elevators will not take
toats fromath farmer and pay him q
fair price; the farmer has no dificulty
In selling q a Of same at the term
mails In the Twin Cities, IL they ship
their cars In, although there are
farmers, elevators and we are sure
that these elevators will: handle the
wild oats. We know Of elevators
which are making as high ~as.$3,000
and even $4,000 per year by having
q large grain cleaner IN. their country
house, separating wild oats. from
wheat before shipping the wheat.
Then they ship the wild oats to the
cities and receive fromG40 to. l62. cents
per bushel for these bats. These oats
In turn are taken nSby the feed mills
and mixed with tame oats and other
grains and ground up for feed. n
There is no doubt In minds
that q great many OF the farmers who
buy, feed are buying back some OF
their own wild oats which they have
previously given away.
III YOU want to satisfy your own
curiosity on this we would suggest
that YOU watch the market sheets
under oats and YOU will find listed an
item of mill oats, or wildsoats, or in
other words, the q which are
scalped out Of the wheat by the
tanning MILL
Investigate Tanning Mills
There are many mills On the market
some, no doubt better than others.
We will be glad to furnish anyone who
inquiries with the names OF different
mills that have given satisfaction. The
seed houses and implement dealers
can also fuFnish Information regard