The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-12
NEW WHEAT PRICES PAID TO
GROWERS At MOSCOW MILLS

cash for the wheat, allowing within
Is IA cents per bushel of the price
paid at terminal points Seattle, Ia
coma and Portland.) This is l 81
cents per bushel more than the price
agreed upon by the millers and grain
mems associations held in Seattle on
July 27, when it was agreed that %
cents a bushel would be taken from
the price at those points for points
situated as is Moscow, where the
freight rate is 10 Ia cents per buslel.
The Mark P. Miller company has
bought all of the wheat sold at Mos
cow so far. This consisted of few
hundred bushels of the earliest thresh-
ing brought to town. The prices paid
by this firm range from $1-94 3-4 to
$2.01 ga cents. Mr.. Miller, manager
of the firm, bases his prices on the
government schedule which is as fol-
lows:
Northern Spring. which means
Big Bend Bluestem, 1920 at terminal
points. Palouse bluestem or forty
fold, $2.18; "Red winter" which is
club wheat here, $2.16; cred walla,"
which is our Red Russian, $2.13. The
Red walla is rated as No. 1 in q
So pound test.
From these prices is deducted IS Ia
cents, if which 13 Ia cents is the
freight rate to these terminals; three
cents for handling charges and two
cents commission.
The North Pacific grain dealers
association which has sent out circu-
lars to all of the mills and grain deal
ers in this section, held their conven-
ton at Seattle on July 27. The cir
cular which Mr.. Miller showed the
writer contains this statement:
at was agreed that the mills and
grain dealers in buying from the
growers shall deduct seven cents for
the storage and handling charges,
divided as follows-commission %
cents; interest, cent; insurance, $40
of cent. 1t is agreed that handling
charges be made by mills on pur
chases of 1-2 of one per cent. In
terest on drafts to be at the rate of
7 per cent, and interest to be charged
until three days after arrival of grain
at terminals"
Mr.. Miller said that most dealers
at interior points are taking a flat
reduction of 20 cents a bushel on all
grades of wheat from the established
price at the terminals, "but I need
the wheat and want to keep the mill
going and am only taking the bare
charges allowed by the government
and paying cash for all purchases"
c.. D. Butler, whose farm lies five
miles northeast of town near Moscow
brought the first grain to
the mill. It is Walla Walla Club
wheat, tested No. /, went 20 bushels
to the acre, and he received $1.97 Sd
per bushel for it. Only a few loads
have come in and these have been
hauled direct from the thresher. But
little threshing has been done in this
locality as the grain is a
little later here than further west.
Mr.. Butler had just got fairly started
On his threshing when an explosion
stopped work and set fire to the straw
stack, which was burned, but the ma
chine was saved and no grain was
destroyed A heavy rain came up
lust as the explosion occurred and |
stopped threshing.
J. H. Dye was the first to bring
lacked grain to the Farmers Union
He had crop of hybrid
70. 143 which yielded between 25 and
70 bushels.
Carl Grendahl was the first to de-
liver load of bulk grain to the new
farmers Union elevator. His wheat
5 Red Russian and yielded about Is
ushels per acre. A. P. Matson was
he second man to deliver wheat to
he new elevator. His crop was also
ed Russian and yielded 20 bushels
er acre. Only about 600 bushels have
cen delivered at the elevator and
one Of it has been sold
Wheat that is shipped from Mos
wv goes to Portland, Tacoma and
cattle, taking the terminal price at
lese points less the charges enumer-
led above.
In another week there will be lot
wheat delivered at the warehouses
the weather is favorable. But few
lreshers started work last week and
ese were stopped by rain about the
iddle of the week. If good weather
'evails large acreage will be
reshed this week.
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