The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, January 11, 1917, Page 14

e o L] i el i e Nl N Gt i\ Sl LY ; e o Uncle Sam’s Crop Data Wrong Official Report Says Farmers Were Getting an Average of $1.55 for Wheat When They Were Really Getting Under $1 - for 1916 are completed by the CROI’ figures for the United States United States secretary of agri- the disease got under headway. The spring wheat yield in Minnesota ran from 5.3 bushels to the acre in the of over 13 bushels per acre on an average over the state. No part of the state had a wheat yield averaging up South Dakota’s crop averaged 47 pounds per measured bushel. On about November 1 the farmer was SRl quoted only $1.14 at the country elevator on that kind of “feed” culture and ‘are of particular interest in the Northwest. & to 6 bushels per acre. Red river valley to 13 bushels in the P northeastern part of the state. The South Dakota also was hit hard By wheat. Yet the government re- g ent It was one of the worst crop years ayerage for the state was 7 bushels. the rust, according to the government ports an average farm price for tog the country has seen. The crops of Minnesota spring wheat farmers lost report. The average spring wheat for wheat in South Dakota of $1.46 on of corn, wheat, barley, rye, buckwheat a5 ayerage of 10.8 bushels per acre on the state was 5.9 bushels, against an Notoiabea g =5 and potatoes were all below average in yccount of the rust. expected vield of 18.3, making the rust fai guantity; thesoat, and ‘hay, crops;alone loss over 12 bushels ver ~--- i v .. wunnesola the . government did being up to or above average in amount. NORTH DAKOTA HIT el dis harvested. HARDEGT BY RUST Sh : : St = & ; S The damage done by black rust in North ‘Dakota was hit the hardest ser the hard spring wheat states is one by the rust, the average yield for spring Co of the big features ‘of 1916, cutting wheat being only 5.4 bushels per acre, ing down the yield from one-third to a against an expected yield of 181-2 ing quarter of what was expected before bushels. Thus the rust caused a loss -.]‘“- haI! oar : ' N7‘2°.A5K' cir 1 Wo FOUR-INCH FARMERS’ FAVORITE S i A : cor i 1 Force Feed Grass Gseder, on order ' 8. DAK Ing ! 8s8.8 the ! mi 4‘ the ' an( Leo T Mention Leader when writing advertisers Standard Touring Car ..........$740.00 Standard 2-passenger Roadster . .. De Luxe Touring Car ........... De Luxe 2-passenger Roadster . . .. De Luxe 4-passenger Roadster . ... More Brothers ‘While in the city attending conventions we will be pleased to have you make our place of business your headquarters. Pullman On a light, strong chassis is a snappy stream- line body lavishly roomy, plenty of leg and elbow room. The car has accessories of the two-thousand-dollar class. 740.00 825.00 825.00 825.00 m“ . FOURTEEN ernment gives the 10-year average for Dakota wheat as 56.8 pounds per mea- sured bushel, but the 1915 crop aver- aged 58 pounds. South Dakota's 1916 spring wheat was also of poor quality, what little there was of it averaging only 47.9 pounds per bushel. The South Dakota 10-year average is 56.6 and the 1915 crop weighed 57.6 pounds per measur- ed bushel. - GOVERNMENT DATA IS MISLEADING In view of the government's figures on the small yields and their poor quality in the hard spring wheat states, its report of prices received by farm- ers is somewhat astonishing. The government reports the “farm price” (that is, what the farmer got) was $1.58. per bushel November 1, this be- ing the average for the United States. For North Dakota it reports a farm price average of $1.55 a bushel for November 1. For South Dakota, the November 1 farm price is given as $1.46 and for Minnesota $1.63. This would make it appear that the farmer did pretty well on his wheat. However, the facts are that farmers were forced to sell wheat under the arbitrary “feed” grades put out by the elevator and mill combine. On 46-pound wheat, the kind the government says North Dakota had on the average, the “feed” wheat price was 99 cents Dakota at the time the govern- ment reports the “farm price” was 50 per eent more than that. The same is true in South Dako- ta and Minnegota, for the farnrers who were forced to sell on a “feed” wheat basis. The government says struction. world’s largest tractor manufac- turing concerns. New Terms Start Feb. 5 and ‘March 12, Small tuition fee Field work, shop work and scientific gas engine in- Information and entry blank free. MINNEAPOLIS STEEL & MA- CHINERY CO., Makers of Twin City Tractors, 2300 Minnehaha Ave., Minneapolis; Minn. 7 Passenger Luverne almost like new—only run 7900 miles. All modern equipment, cost $2750. H.L.HAMILTON Fargo, N. D, : Car at Wheelock Auto Co. Gasage N €O This map of the Northwest shows the yield, all crops, for 1316 as compared ces with the average yield of the last 10 years. The 10-year average yield is consid- of ered as a 109 per cent yield and the figures in the states indicate what per cent, ne in relation to the 10-year average, each state produced, the figures being the e average for all crops. Thus, North Dakota in all crops produced only 725 per refi cent of its 10-year average yield, which is the lowest in the Northwest. On the ::; \ other hand Nebraska produced 113.9 per cent of an average yield, or considerably over the 10-year average. It had the best crops in 1916 of any of the states e TWO SIZES shown. Next to North Dakota Minnesota had the poorest crop. Nebraska, lowa o 20 DISCS, Grain only, or . 30 DISCS, Grain and Wisconsin of the states shown, are the only ones having crops in 1916 above wl Combined Grain and Fertilizer only average. an g THIE FOUR-INCH FARMERS' FAVORITE DRILL has been constructed ] for the farmer who wants to sow his grain in rows closer together than has been - ba cuslomary. The same amount of seed, as sown with the wider spaced machine, average. The west central part of the says the wheat crop averaged 49.7 W is distributed bysthis new ynedrillithrough imordjrows-peracre spandsiconses state, with a yield of 11 bushels, and pounds per ‘bushel and says the for gtulfll-:(tilér tgl’)xf\?\yxl'?.;‘l.ln'l‘tl?ee gios‘::,é ilr‘:tgo (:zzllgs]el:;'etsparg:({efl:at al highly cultivated seed the southwesteétn part, with a y.leld farm‘ price for wheat November 1 { fa bed is obtained with an almost total eiimination of weeds. ‘This all tends to of 14 bushels, were the only sections in Minnesota was $1.63. The facts | toc greater:ylolds, pndiit is: claimed by:some, that thelr increase has.bpen as much of South Dakota that had anywhere are that at about that time the | th, any section of this country. Will be shuown at Grain Growers’ convention, Fargo. Montana was the only spring wheat for 49-pound wheat, the kind Min- | W Manufactured by THE AMERICAN SEEDING MACHINE CO., Springfield, Ohio. state that DI‘Odl_lced w_heat up to its "e1s_°hta hf?d- A be THE JANESVILLE MACHINE CO., Minneapolis, Minn. usual standard in quality. Montana's e gures: quote ere’ on re. ; General Agents for the Northwest. wheat averaged 59.1 pounds per mea- (Continued on page 23) ; sured bushel, the 10-year average be- 2 €r: ing 59.5 pounds per bushels and the || . . | urn 1915 crop weighing on the average 60.5 -ty [RACTOR & North Dakota’s wheat on the aver- ag age weighed only 46.8 in 1916. What C H O O I be little wheat there was, therefore, went - o r"ncstly into the so-called “feed” grades, A complete course in practical :3 illegally promulgated for the 1916 grain work—operation and care. Oper- crop by the grain combine. The gov- ated in connection with one of the o2 per bushel to the far t th 3 3 DISTRIBUTORS :;,,.,fl:‘;,, ;,,::"?‘;M e e | High class car. Must sell quick. & n r - . . Fargo o Wimbledon i Minneapolis tinglleas thas $1 2 Eosbaliy Nonh Bargin price, $850. '