Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-05-16
YIELD BIC CROPS
Grain Seeds From Western Can.
ada Do Well in Ohio.
Demand for Them Is Bound to Add
Value to the Land Of Our North
ern Nesghbor, Now to
Be Had Cheap.

A large area Of the land in several
counties in Ohio prepared for spring
seeding will be seeded with Marquis
wheat-a spring variety. This wheat is
imported from Western Canada IT was
about three years ago that the first Of
this seed was imported into the States,
and the result. watched each succeed
ting year. proved that Ohio soil and
spring seeding was success. The
demand for the seed has now become
so great that one Of the largest seed
houses in the state. that has been pur-
shasing from Western Canada farmers
and importing 1t. has decided TO pur-
chase large block of land In that
country for the purpose of growing the
grain themselves They will devote
a considerable portion Of their West
ern Canada holdings to growing oats.
barley and rye. Their action is q
strong Endorsement Of the product. For
some time past p considerable quan-
tity Of seed oats has also heen import
ed The prolific WELD reported was
what probably gave an impetus to the
Introduction Of wheot.
II was found though, after a couple
Of wears the quality Of the oats. as
we'll as the Yield hegan to deteriorate
when grown seed was used making II
necessary for fresh importations every
couple &C years It is possible that
the same experience may follow the
growing Of Western Canada wheat. In
fact II is nuite nrobahle and the Ohio
farmer WIFI find II necessary to import
every fwo years.
With the success that has followed
the Ohio farmers experiments with
This imnortod seed II is possible other
states now growing winter wheat win
begin growing spring wheat IT NAV
therefore he taken for granted that
Western Canada. in addition TO its
ability TO produce hundreds Of mil
lions Of bushels Of wheat possessing
the greatest percentage OF gluten of
any wheat IN the world. will shortly
no called upon to provide the seed
that viii he grown on the additional
acres In the United States that may he
devoted to snring wheat.
II Is well-established fact that the
further north any product Of the farm
can he brought TO state If maturity.
the more vigorous It becomes. This
has been proven In the grains that
have been produced In Western Cam
ada: 1t has been shown in the devel-
0pment Of Its horses. ITS cattle, its
sheep and It's hogs: also In It's people.
The neighbor TO the north really has
a splendid future before him, and
many years will not have passed he
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 year
selling at figures less than $40 an acre.
IT does not require a mathematician
to figure the percentage of profit It
Is unfa.. +o these lands to ask them
to continue ,hese profits for long. So
1t 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
for much OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES