The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-05-24
|!E:LD BIC CROPS
lain Seeds From Western Can.
ada Do Well in Ohio.
rnand for Them Is Bound to Add
Value to the Land of Our North
ern Nelghbor, Now to
Be Had Cheap.

"A large area of the land In several
unties In Ohio prepared for spring
eding will be seeded with Marquis
IN eat-a spring variety. This wheat is
Imported from Western Canada. 1t was
agput three years ago that the first Of
tbs seed was imported into the States,
aAd the result, watched each succeed
- il year, proved that Ohio soil and
string seeding was success. The
dt1nand for the seed has now become
81 great that one of the largest seed
hbuses in the state, that has been pur-
Chasing from Western Canada farmers
aid importing 1t, has decided to pur-
CHASE a large block of land In that
country for the purpose Of growing the
grain themselves. They will devote
a considerable portion Of their West
5ern Canada holdings to growing oats,
barley and rye. Their action Is a
strong Endorsement Of the product. For
some time past a considerable guam
tity Of seed oats has also been import
eI The prolific yield reported was
what probably gave an impetus to the
Introduction of wheat.
It was found, though, after couple
Of years the quality of the oats, as
well as the yield, began to deteriorate
when grown seed was used, making 1t
necessary for fresh importations every
couple of years. It Is possible that
the same experience may follow the
growing of Western Canada wheat. In
fact it is quite probable, and the Ohio
farmer will find it necessary to import
every two years.
With the success that has followed
the Ohio farmers experiments with
this imported seed 1t is possible other
states now growing winter wheat will
begin growing spring wheat. 1t may
therefore be taken for granted that
Western Canada, in addition to its
ability to produce hundreds Of mill
lions of bushels Of wheat possessing
the greatest percentage Of gluten Of
any wheat in the world, will shortly
be called upon to provide the seed
that will be grown on the additional
acres in the United States that may be
devoted to spring wheat.
1t is well-established fact that the
further north any product Of the farm
can be brought to a state of maturity,
the more vigorous 1t becomes. This
has been proven in the grains that
have been produced in Western Can
ada; 1t has been shown in the devel-
optnent Of its horses, its cattle, its
Sleep and its hogs; also in its people.
The neighbor to the north really has
a splendid future before him, and
many years will not have passed be-
fore the lands that are selling today
at much less than their producing
value will bring prices more common
surate with their true worth than they
do today Think Of lands that yield in
their operation a profit of from fifteen
to twenty-five dollars an acre a year
selling at figures less than $40 an acre.
1t does not require mathematician
to figure the, percentage Of profit. 1t
is unfair to these lands to ask them
to continue these profits for long So
It is safe to make the prediction that
in very few years they will place
themselves on parity with other
lands that today produce less and sell
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