The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-05-16
YIELD BIG 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 Neighbor, Now to
Be Had Cheap.

A large area Of the land in several
rountieS I'm Ohio prepared for spring
seeding will he seeded with Marquis
wheat spring variety. This wheat is
IMPORTED from Western Canada. It was
about three years q 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 2 success. n
demand for the seed has now become
so greai that one of the largest seed
houses IN the state. that has been pur-
chasing from WeStprn Canada farmers
and importing il. has decided 10 mr.
chase a large block of land in that
country for tho purpo~eIo f growing tho
grain themselves. They viii devote
a considerable portion ~ their West
ern Canada holdings to growing oats.
barley and rye. Their action is a
strong Endorsement of the product, For
some time past n considerable otltn-
tity OF seed oats has also been import
ed. The prolific yield reported was
what probably gave an impetus to the
intr0ductiur Of wheat.
IT was found. though. after a couple
Of years the u~ualitv of the oats. as
we'll rs the Weld. began TO deteriorate
when gown seed was used. making II
necessary for fresh importationS every
couple Of years. IT IS possible that
the same experience may follow the
growing Of Western Canada wheat. In
%nnf I. t. -,,sto ,.1l,I1, aval t1An nIsa
farmer will find it necessary to import
every two years.
With the success that has followed
the Ohio farmers experiments with
this imported seed it is possible other
states now growing winter wheat will
begin growing spring wheat. IT may
therefore he taken for granted that
Western Canada. in addition tn its
ability to produce hundreds Of mil
lions Of bushels Of wheat possessing
the greatest percentage Of gluten Of
m wheat in the world. will shortly
be called upon TO provide the seed
that will he grown on the additional
acres in the United States that may he
devoted to spring wheat.
II - Il N~fl-tSIHIliSNHi lIcT |NHI f0P
further north any product of the farm
can be brought TO a state of maturity,
the more vigorous il becomes. This
has been owe in the grains that
have been produced in Western Can
ada ii has been shown in the devel-
onmant Of its horses. its cattle, its
sheep and its hogs. also in It's people.
The neiChbor 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
snrate with their true worth than they
do today. Think of lands that WELD in
their operation a profit of from fifteen
to twenty-five dollars an acre Il wear
selling at figures less than $40 an acre.
1t does not require a mathematician
to figure the percentage of profit. II
Is unfair to these lands to ask them
to continue these profits for long. So
IT is safe to make the prediction that
in a very few years they will place
themselves IN a parity with other
lands that today produce less and sell
for much observation-disclosures.