The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-05-15
YIELD BIC CROPS
Grain Seeds From Western Can
ada Do Well in Ohio.
Demand for Them 10 Bound to Ade
Value to the Land Of Our North
ern Neiohbor, 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 wheatis
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
ing year, proved that Ohio soil and
spring seeding was a success. The
demand for the seed has now become
so great that n of the largest seed
houses In the state,gthat has been pur-
chasing from Western Canada farmers
and 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
ern Canada holdings to growing oats,
barley and. rye. Their action Is q
strong Endorsement Of the product. For
some time past a considerable guam
tity of seed oats has also been import
ed. The prolific yield reported was
what probably gave an impetus to the
Introduction of wheat.
1t was found. though, after a couple
of years the quality OF the oats, az
well as the yield. began to deteriorate
when grown seed was used, making Il
necessary for fresh fmportations every
couple OF years. 1t Is possible that
the same experience may follow the
growing of Western Canada wheat. In
fact 1t Is quite probable, and the Ohio
farmer will find 1t 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 mil
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.
Il. is a well-established fact that tho
further north any product Of the farm
can be brought to a state of maturity
the more vigorous It becomes. This
has been. proven in the grains that
have been produced in Western Can,
ada; 1t has been shown in the deveT
opment Of its horses, IT'S cattle, fta
sheep and its hogs; also In fits people,
The neighbor to the north really haA
u splendid future before him, and
years will not have passed be-
fore the lands TINT are selling today
at much less than their producina
value will bring prices more conrment
surate with their true worth than they
today. Think of.lands that Yield il
their operation q profit Of from fifteen
to twenty-five dollars an acre a yeai
selling at figures less than $40 an acre
It Toes not require a mathematiciaH
figure the percentage of profit. II
Is unfair to these lands to ask them
continue these profits for long. Sd
1t is safe to make the prediction that
In a very few years they will place
themselves on a parity with other
lands TINT today produce less and SELL
Tor much more.-Advertisement.
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certain kind that some men ought t.