Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-05
Legge, President OF In
/ ternational Harvester Co.,
Declares That Farmers
! Suffer- From Excessive Sell
ing In The Fall.

Business conditions in the north
west in the next year depend on how
the problem Of marketing the grain
crop this fall is, handled, Alex Legge,
ester company, who, with other Of
nctals OF the company, has been in
Grand Forks the last two days to
demonstrate new types of harvesting
machinery. declared this morning.
The northwest has an excellent
crop, Mr.. Legge said, but unless
measures can be found whereby
can be made more gradual
than has been the case in the last few
years, prices m likely 70 b. unsatis-
fAotory. The farmers have always
suffered considerably from the prac-
tice OF marketing during a period Of
three or four months, while the crop
Is consumed over a full twelve
months period.
More Acute This Year.
The effect Of this excessive move
ment of grain. Mr. Legge continued,
Is o acute this year than In years
before the war for the reason that the
European buyer in those years made
1t a practice to stock up on food sup
plies during the period Of heavy ship
ments, but cannot do so now. The
financial conditions in Europe are
such at the present time as to compel
the foreign buyer to buy on what
might be termed a hand to mouth
basis, that is, to secur grain only. as
It is actually needed. The consequent
burden of storing a supply until 1t Is
needed is beyond the capacity in this
country. Unless some plan can be
OF for marketing more
gradually, satisfactory returns cannot
be hoped for.
World statistics as to the cereal
indicate clearly that there
should be a demand for every bushel
of the crop in the country this year
at a fair price. But this price cannot
be obtained If the grain is forced IN
the market at a rate so much in ex-
cess Of what present facilities for
handling will properly care for.
Store ON Farms.
TT is my judgment" Mr.. Legge
said, that much grain can be stored
on the farms cheaper than anywhere
else in the world, and I believe that
any sound organization such as the
grain growers organization can OBJ
tain money to enable it to hold a suf-
f1cient amount Of grain to avoid the
destroying Of it's value by excessive
sales during the ~threshing season. IN
fact. l understand that some of the
grain growers associations in the far
have already negotiated
for loans for this purpose.
Business conditions in the north
west in the next year depend on how
this condition is handled. The
farmers have a crop sufficient to
greatly improve the situation II they
are able to get a fair price for it."
Banquet Held.
Oficials and representatives of the
International Harvester company met
at a dinner Friday night at the Hotel
Dacotah. Charles McManus, Grand
Forks manager for the company, pre-
sided. Governor r. A. Nestos spoke.
The demonstrations that have been
conducted under the supervision of
the officials on farms in this vicinity
have been for the purpose Of trying
out a new power driven binder. With
this machine one mar can harvest
from 80 to 40 acres a day and with
a shocker attached can have this
amount in the shock at the end of
the day. IT,
The power driven binder Is a COM
bination of two modern machines
the perfected grain binder and the
farm tractor. The tractor pulls the
binder as it commonly does, but the
power to drive the binder mechanism
is transmitted direct from the trac-
tor engine, by means Of a revolving
shaft, where formedly the oinder
parts were driven by the binder main
wheel; now the work Of the main
wheel is. simply to carry the binder.
Grain Shocker is Labor Saver.
The new two bundle shocker,
which is the result of ten or twelve
years of continuous endeavor and re-
search, shocks the grain with ease.
1t takes the bundles. as they are
bound and when a sufficient number
are ready, it sets the shock with
amazing certainty, inc better than is
done by the average harvest hand.
With the power drive binder equip
ped with a shocker, one man can cut,
bind and shock 80 to 40 acres in an
ordinary working day. He can &C
complish this remarkable amount of
work with It usually takes the
work of four men and two binders,
SIX men in all, working hard to ac-
conplish the same results.
Take Moving Pictures.
Moving pictures of the machines OF
the International Harvester company
which are in demonstration on farms
adjacent to Grand Forks today are
being made this afternoon. The pic
lures are to be taken Of the new pow.
er binder. and of the .shocker attach
ment.
G. A. R. VETERANS TO
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