The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-10-15
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into WINTER WHEAT
Movement Of Grain to Market
Has Slowed; Fairly Heavy
Call for Loans on It

Notwithstanding prevailing low
prices, normal acreages Of winter
wheat are being seeded in Montana
though dry weather in the Southwest
has somewhat curtailed the planting
of winter wheat crops in Oklahoma
and Nebraska, according to the week.
ly review by the Farmers Union Ter
minal association at st. Paul.
ANY real test Of whether wheat
acreage is to be curtailed III the
Northwest cannot come until April.
as the bulk of wheat produced in
this territory is sown in the spring."
the review says. Farmers show q
desire to curtail acreage of wheat,
but seek information as to what to
plant. With flax and other grains
nearly all at low prices. 1t Is difficult
for farmers to find any crops that
promise profits.
Farmers r beginning to increase
their feeding of wheat to livestock.
In the southern part Of Minnesota
farmers have turned to mixing wheat
and oats and r using wheat instead
Of higher priced bran. During the
past few weeks there has been a de-
cided trend toward the holding of
wheat to be used as feed.
DRY weather has hampered field
work in many districts. Far less than
the normal acreage of land has been
plowed because of the lack of mois-
ture. With grain harvesting COM
pleted except for scattered fields of
flax and late crops, the digging Of
potatoes and sugar beets Is occupying
the attention of producers. General
ly the potato crop Is below average.
The sugar beet crop is spotted, with
some Montana districts reporting the
best crop in years, while in some
Minnesota districts the yields are
small.
I'm many districts feed conditions
are much better than forecasts indi-
Gated that they would be a few weeks
ago. Pastures generally are fair in
the Northwest and in a number of
! districts there are some SURPRISES Of
hay above requirements. In some
cases cattle will be moved from west
ern districts to North Dakota and
Minnesota feed lots where there is
sufficient feed.
"The feed situation is so much i'm
proved and the fall weather has been
so favorable to date that there is lit.
tie likelihood that there will be any
distress selling Of livestock. Pastures
are expected to provide sufficient
feed until nov falls and with wheat,
rye. barley and oats as cheap as they
are, these grains will be substituted
for feeding purposes. ,
THE movement of grain to market
has been slowed down considerably in
recent weeks. due largely to the low
prices prevailing. Should grain prices
improve. a good deal of wheat would
be started to the terminals.
1.-THE demand for loans for grain
stored in country terminals. Twin
Cities and Duluth terminals and on
farms is fairly heavy. However. the
number of dollars required to finance
these loans are comparatively few
when the volume Of bushels Is con-
isidered. Cooperative marketing asso-
Citations r making loans of about 70
per cent of net value of grain. This
means that only about 40 cents q
bushel can be loaned on wheat in the
country as compared with more than
81 a bushel q year ago. The amount
per bushel is so small in many cases,
that the proceeds of q loan are not
sufficient to pay a farmers labor,
store and other bills, so that he sells
at low prices"