Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-01
Minnesota Farmers
by Careful 1'hresh;ng
Save Much Wheel

Minneapolis, Aug. 1.-Threshlne ma
chimes began upouting streams of
bright new wheat into wagon boxes on
Minnesota and South Dakota farms
yesterday. kilograms from country
stations indicated that notwithstanding
delay incident to recent rains the
will average 10 days earlier than usual.
Early Marketing Certain.
Predictions that first new crop spring
wheat would reach Minneapolis before
Aug. 1. made prior to the recent rains.
whether realized or not, would not af-
feet the fact that the crop will sbe on
the market earlier than usual and the
money hacknow to the farms under
way country advices indicated.
Frankford, on the Chicago q North
western road. in South Dakota. report
ed spring wheat being threshcd on
neighboring farms. and Aberdeen. s.
d.. wired offers OF spring wheat to be
sold for shipment within hve days, an
indication that threshing IL under way.
Montana has started the work, and
both spring wheat and winter wheat
In that state are being threshed.
North Dakota, which normally should
be considerably later than southern
Minnesota or South Dakota, has good
early wheat crop, and Fargo, Grand
Forks. jamestown and Valley City re-
ported that harvesting will shortly be
under way In the more advanced fields.
All southern Minnesota is spotted
this year with little patches OF spring
wheat, covering 20 to so acres OF even
less in places These patches repre-
sent response of the farmers, many OF
whom had given up what production
years ago for coarse grains and cattle
raising. to the plea OF the government
last spring that the wheat acreage be
increased.
Waste ID Eliminated.
Threshing IL being done more care.
fully this year than ever before. and
millions OF bushels will be saved by the
new threshfng methods.
Il. G.. Bassett, assistant professor ~
farm management at the college OF ar
riculture at the University OF Mime
sofa as head OF the grain threshing
division OF the state food administra-
tion. IL engaged In a campaign to elm
mate wastefp practices in the thresh-
ing OF wheat and other grains In MIN
nesota. Mr.. Bassett declared today
tnat Minnesota would rank first among
the states Of the Union in the produce
ton OF grains for the year 1918.
Aitho Iowa and Wisconsin will rank
nigh In the production OF grains for
this year, Minnesota will easily lead. :.
Professor Bassett said today. "The pro.
auction Of grain In Minnesota Ia zen.
eral turnout the entire state. nre.
DICT q bumper crop OF grains such az
mas never been approached in the his
tory Of the state"
Record Acreage Inereass.
Mr. Bassett attributes Minnesota.s
bumper crop to Herbert c. Hoover,s
call Tor On increased acreage OF grains
Plus the excellent Cooperation ~
weather conditions. The agitation of
the federal food administration for Al
increased production OF Grain has been
carriedtout to the letter by Minnesota
farmers. Mr. Bassett said. Olmstead
county with an average annual acre
age or 5000 increased It's wheat crop
70 $4,000 acres. This increase il typi-
cal for southern Minnesota.
Wheat rust has been reduced tn a
minimum" Mr.. Bassett said. .Weatb-
er conditions permitted the early
painting OF wheat practically eifmf-
mating the danger from rust which 3.
never Important after the heads have
formed. An excellent growing aeason
With only slight. local periods Of tirouth
facilitated the development OF the Grain,
everything Is now in readiness for
threshinR," 81 -