Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-27
Ready Market For Any Farm
Products Offered Here;
Improvement OF Roads In
crea.es Use Of Track-to-
Market Traffic.

~AS
owned mill and elevator here, Grand
Forks stands out mor pre-eminently
than ever as the marketing center for
farmers throughout the entire north
western section Of North Dakota and
northwestern Minnesota.
Developing rapidly and thoroughly
during the last several years this city
has now reached the point where 1t is
the logical and preferred marketing
place for thousands Of farmers
throughout the district The extent OF
the business done reaches totals in
value and service which would be sur
prising.
This advancement Of the city as /.
the farmers marketing center. is con-
tinuing to develop with the improve
ment OF roads and the increasing pop
ularity of automobile trucking. Con-
slant streams of automobile trucks
and horse drawn vehicles have been
pouring into the Grand Forks market
during the harvest season, the motors
drawing from points 100 miles from
the city. This Is in addition to the
large quantity of various farm prod
ucts sent from longer distances by
rail.
@ a The Farmer' Market -
It Is here that the farther finds
market for anything he raises. There
will not only be the state mill and ele-
vator but there is the Russell Miller
mill of long standing. Aside from
these industries Offering a market for
North Dakota grains, thore Is the
Northern Packing company, in the
market for livestock; the Bridgeman-
Russell and the Grand Forks cream
cries, h Northern Produce" cornpan
and other produce buyers, number
OF the biggest potato buyers In the
northwest, including the O. J. Barnes
Co. In Grand Forks. and the r. L.
Douglas concern in East Grand Forks.
There Is also a ready market for all
kinds Of garden products. In addi-
ton there is The Grand Forks Seed
60, which with other like firms, has
dPne n approximately $4,000 busi-.
mss thIs year.
In connection with the potato mar
ket, 1t is noted that the new Kedney
warehouse has some $4,000 bushels
in storage now and 10000 bushels
more contracted for while the Red
River Valley potato warehouse in East
Grand Forks has some 80, 900 bushels
in storage, 3y
! Although figures are not available
on the IA quantity Of potatoes mar
keted in or through this city this sea-
son, h report Of the number of car
loads handled so far this season by
the Dakota division Of the Great
Northern railroad may give some idea
Of the extent of this traffic in the dis
trtct which includes Grand Forks. To
date there have been 1857 cars Of
potatoes handled on the division. The
cars have a capacity Of 900 bushels
each, making a total Of ~1,774,2o0
bushels.
Some indication as to the creamery
business may be secured from the re-
port of various county assessors for
1921. which showed two creameries
producing a total of 2,816.801 pounds
of butter and 71,138 gallons OF ice
cream.
Extent OF Business
larger territory some idea Of extent
Of the garden products and other
produce for which, Grand Forks is the
logical farmers marketing center may
be obtained when some figures on the
quantity and value Of these products
In Grand Forks county alone are CIV
en-.
The value Of garden products sold
in h county during the year 1921 was
VAVtSSSs - II A8 I4CS 1uTuASHeu py
various assessors in the county for
that year are summed up in the fol-
lowing paragraphs.
The number of pounds of milk sold
to creameries was 2B4,4SO and the
number Of pounds Of cream sold to
creameries was nearly 100000. The
number OF COWS used for milking was
1891.
The amount received for cattle. hogs
| and cham aid fnvs Frnn III
than $237,000. s5
The total number Of poultry. AZ, 1887,
was valued at $56,362. The number of
dozen eggs sold was 140,244 at a valus
of $85,079.
Wheat Growers Aid
Even greater things are in prospect
Tor the city as a marketing center in
the opinion OF George C. Jewett. as
sistant general manager for the north
west states for the Northwest Wheat
Growers association In speaking of
this. Mr.. Jewett has mentioned that
while millers buy spring wheat for its
high gluten content wheat stored in
Minneapolis terminal elevators il us
ually mixed and thus millers have no
opportunity to mix their own grain.
They will be assured that grain store
ed In III state elevator Is not mixed
and buyers will naturally come here
Ito purchase their spring wheat, he
maintains.
He also points out that wheat stored
here can either be shipped to Duluth
or h Twin Cities, according to which
o1ers the best market and thus any
expensive back-hAul3 ia eliminated.
Another advantage Of the elevator will
Ebe that 1t 10 tax tree and therefore MAY
be ina position to omer more inviting
Istorage rates. $3.50 Vs.