The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-02-12
YIELD BIC CROPS
Grain Seeds From Western Can
ada Do Well in Ohio.
Demand fer Them Is Bound to Add
Value to the Land OF Our North
ern Neiuhbor, 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. 1t 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 one Of the largest seed
houses in the state, that has been pur-
chasing from Western Canada farmers
and importing it. 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 a
strong Endorsement OF tho product. For
some time past 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 couple
of years the quality of the oats. rs
we'll as the yield. began to deteriorate
when grown 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
fact II 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 II is possible oth"r
states now growing winter wheat will
begin growing spring wheat. It may
therefore he taken for granted that
Western Canada, in addition TO its
ability 70 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 he grown on the additional
acres i'm the United States that may be
devoted to snring wheat.
II Is established fact that the
further north any product Of the farm
can be brought to q state Of maturity,
the more vigorous II becomes. This
has been proven in the grains that
have been produced I'm Western Can
ada; IL has been shown i'm the devel-
Opment Of IFS horses. It's cattle, its
sheep and its hogs; also in ITS people.
The neighbor TO the north really has
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 profit of from fifteen
TO twenty-five dollars an acre a year
selling at figures less than $40 an acre.
1t does not require a 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
IT. a very few years they will place
themselves on a parity with other
lands that today produce less and sell
for much Observation-Disclosures.