The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-09-02
27 Carloads
Grain Mark
eted in City
Shipments From This City
Total From 3 To a
Cars Per Day
HAVE PAID TOP PRICE
Advises Growth of Mailing
Barley and Thatcher Wheat
For Better Prices

In the early days Sank Centre
was dotted with elevators and at
that time was the grain market
for the pioneer farmers Of large
area Of Central Minnesota. For
many years grain was marketed in
this city, and then came the de-
cline. Other villages built eleva-
tors, and gradually they became
the grain markets for individual
communities, until the farmers Of
this community were forced to
haul their grain to other places
where markets were maintained.
At intervals through the years
attempts were made to rebuild a
local grain market, however, with
out avail until this year when the
Farmers Shipping Association OPP
ened a grain market in the eleva-
tor at the Great Northern tracks.
This elevator, which was idle at
times, was purchased last year by
the farmers and this year has be-
come a thriving, bustling business
place, with farmers from long dis
tances bringing the various kinds
Of grain to this city to new and
profitable grain market.
"A visit to the elevator Friday re-
.vealed some startling facts as to
grain purchases and shipments,
and we were assured that results
so far had exceeded even the fond
est hopes Of the management. Clar-
ence Enright, the manager, stated
that three to four carloads OF grain
are shipped from this city each day
and that the amount in bushels
would be about 5000 or over.
Twenty-seven carloads Of grain
were shipped from this city up to
Friday, and for this amount a
trifle over $4,000 was paid to the
farmers in cash. We were told that
the farmers who are hauling grain
to the local establishment have
come from distances Of twenty
miles and over.
A visit to the Great Northern
depot at the same time revealed
that extra freight trains through
this city are ten per day, five both
ways, with some Of them 100 cars
in length. All available railroad
men have been put to work to haul
grain and other shipments at this
time. Conditions are similar on the
NJ. p. Railway, we are informed.
With grain from such wide ter
ritory brought to the local estab-
lishment, We were naturally inter-
ested in quality and test, and were
informed that wheat is of fair
grade with a test Of and A aver
age; oats is exceptionally good /;
barley has been Of poor quality
and light test; rye very good,
grading about No. as a whole.
About 50 truck loads Of grain
per day have been unloaded at the
elevator, and the producers are
receiving payments as good and
even better than on most markets.
Practically all grain is shipped to
market Immediately, although 49,
600 bushels Of oats and wheat
have been placed in storage by the
Shipping Association.
In discussing the quality of bar
ley, Mr.. Enright said, that mailing
barley must go 43 pounds or better
to the bushel and must be Of good
quality to be so qualified. He stat
ed that practically no mailing bar
lev has been marketed, and that
very little mailing barley Is grown
in this community. To obtain bet
ter price for barley, he advises
production Of mailing barley and
for that purpose states that farm
ers should grow Wisconsin 38 or
INDEPENDENTLY Wisconsin SS.
OF the wheat received, Mr.. En-
right stated that Thatcher Is the
best Of all varieties, and at the
present time is the only rust re-
sistent wheat. It is good milling
wheat and is hard. Marquilla
wheat is soft and therefore Is not
a good milling wheat. The price on
wheat during this time of the
year, he said, Is the highest 1t has
been for the past ten or twelve
years. Rye is still good price, but
oats at 23c per bushel Is too cheap,
and should be not less than Soc.
One carload Of rye was sold on
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