CALL HALT ON
ALL WATER JOBS
Impressive Protest Against 18
Schemes to Dam Rivers.
EYES FIXED ON THE CLARION
Two Thousand Residents, as Well as
Corporations on the Ground, Give
Warning—Most Potent Ob
jector is Pittsburgh.
(Special Harrisburg Correspondence J
narrisburg.—The tendency to lay
hold of streams ior commercial pur
poses seems to be growing in Pennsyl
vania. „JViany applications have been
made to the Governor for charters ior
water power companies that propose
to dam streams in all parts of the
Slate; but these must pass the close
inspection of the State Water Supply
Commission, which is more rigid than
ever in its investigations and seldom
approves a charter unless it is fully
satisfied that the proposed company
will net construct a dam that will in
jure the public, now or hereafter. The
Austin disaster has made the Commis
bi-" ' l XJ k ' ar y' an d although its pow
y • not as large as they might b«
-eating danger, nevertheless
y «*ercised to the limit, and it
r. mk to ask the next Legisla
t i nlarge them.
taßt March there have been
on til>\ ft th the Water Supply Com
mission 18 applications for charters
lor rew watei companies, which pro
pose to dam the Clarion River and
control the waters of the stream with
in 75 miles of its mouth. These com
panies have preempted everything in
sight in the way of water in Clarion,
Jefferson, Forest and Warrencounties,
f.o far as the streams are tributary to
the Clarion River, and as a conse
quence the people along the streams
have risen in protest, especially those
living along the Clarion and Tionesta
Rivers.
The Commission now has on file
protests from over 2000 people, and
from companies that are now in
existence and object to being depriv
ed of their water rights. But the most
potent objector of all is the Pitts
burgh Floods Commission, which sees
in the big dams in the Clarion, which
is tributary to the Allegheny River, a
menace to the cities and towns along
the larger stream farther down, if the
dams should burst.
There have been a number of hear
ings, at whiclf the applicants and pro
testants have been heard; but no
action has been taken by the Commis
sion, the opposition being so strenu
ous. Meantime another company has
applied for the right to dam the Clar
ion and Tionesta Rivers, and against
it already there have been lodged pro
tests.
State Loses Pollution Suit.
In a jury trial alleging violations of
tlie act of 1905, forbiding pollution of
the waters of the Commune oaitn, the
State Health Department has again
lost out at Bloomsburg. A jury has ac
quitted Elmer Shaffer, of Briar Creek,
of the charge, after three days' trial.
The costs were placed on Dr. S. B.
Annent, county health officer, the
nominal prosecutor, though the State
Health Department had a small army
of experts there to testify. It was tes
tified by one of the Commonwealth's
witnesses, Inspector Zeigler, who had
served the formal notice to abate the
emptying of blood and excrement from
liia slaughter house into Briar Creek,
that Shaffer had informed him Dr. Dix
on and the whole State Health Depart
ment ought to be in hades, and he had
concluded it was about time to see
whether they could compel him to do
as they desired.
Probe Medical Colleges.
Inspection of the medical colleges of
Pennsylvania started at Philadelphia
by the new State Bureau of Medical
Education and Licensure, and two or
three days will be devoted to an ex
amination into the methods, courses
ind business of the medical institu
tions in that city. The bureau mem
bers will goto Pittsburgh, where simi
lar inquiries will be made into the
Western colleges which have the right
to confer the degree of Doctor of Medi
cine. Institutions in the other parts of
the State will be visited later.
This investigation was authorized
by the bureau at its recent meeting,
and is intended to establish the stand
ing of each medical institution and to
enable the bureau to formulate certain
rules to govern the issuance of de
crees and examination of candidates
c'or State licenses. It will be sweeping
in its character.
Dies in Car Seat Beside Her.
Miss Anna May, of this city, found
tier sister, Mrs. Sarah Murray, dead in
a seat in a Pennsylvania liailroad
train just as it was entering this city.
Auditors on Public Waste.
Declaring the payment of $11,659 to
ronstables and $6,596 to Aldermen in
the city upon discharged criminal
cases in the past year to liave been a
Haste of public funds, the County
•~rs, in a report submitted to
Court at York, recommended that the
■oinniisKioners be vigilant and refuse
payment in "trumped-up" cases. It was
shown that less than SI,OOO of the to
tal paid out for discharged cases went
to Justices and constables outside the
city. Total paid constables and Magis
trates for criminal cases is $30,598.
BOYS DIE TRYING
TO SAVE BROTHER
Ice Breaks Under Three Bro
thers While Sleding on River.
BODIES WERE RECOVERED
Frederick Bader, 12 Years Old, and
Carl, 10, Perish in the Schuylkill
River When Attempting to
Rescue Albert 8 Years Old.
Phoenixville. —Two brothers were
drowned and another was rescued
from death in 'the Schuylkill River
here.
The tragedy was witnessed by a
score of persons, who were unable to
give aid to the drowning boys as they
sank after vain attempts to save each
other.
The dead boys are Frederick and
Carl Uader, aged 12 and 10 years. Al
bert Bader, aged S years, whom his
brothers attempted to save, was res
cued by another boy.
The three boys left home with a
sled and a pair of skates for t!ie
Schuylkill River. Albert, the youngest,
was placed upon the sled and his bro
thers pushed hir - about over the ice,
which covered h.-i the river, but left
the fast moving channel uncovered.
The older boys gave the sled a vigor
ous shove and let. their brother coast
out on the smooth ice. This they did
several times. Then the sled carrying
Albert sped over the ice and into the
water beyond.
Frederick and Carl started to res
cue their little brother and called for
help. They brought a limb of a tree
and crept out to the edge of the ice
toward him. They were pulling him
out of the water when the ice broke
and they fell in.
Meanwhile John Polnyak, 17 years
old. arrived with several companions.
Dolnyak drew the youngest boy out of
the water to safety. Meanwhile the
other boys tried to help one another,
oach apparently unmindful of his own
safety.
Frederick clung with one hand to
the ice and reached with the other for
Carl. Carl shook him off and told him
to "watch out for yourself." When
Dolnyalt turned to help them both
boys sank together.
Court After Death Trap.
Norrlstown. —Court has decided to
have investigated one of the worst
death-traps to automobilists in Mont
gomery County. It is the double
curve, or "S," on the road leading
from Fairview Village to Centre Point.
A woods is in one pocket of the "S,"
and a house and barn in the other, so
that the traveling public is unable to
see ahead more than a few feet.
Residents of the township, includ
ing Elvin S. Yocum, Samuel H. Tit
low, H. B. Wonsetler and others, in a
petition to the Court, asked that a
jury be appointed to consider the
straightening of the road.
Baptized Near Zero.
Pittsburgh.—With the thermometer
registering 4 degrees above zero,
twenty-seven negro men and women,
recent converts to the Mount Zion
African Methodist Episcopal Church,
of Brownsville, near here, were im
mersed in the icy waters of the Mo
nongaliela River. The immersions
were witnessed by several thousand
persona, who shivered on the river
bank and huddled close to fires built
by small boys.
It was necessary to cut a hole in the
ice for the baptisms. Carriages were
in waiting, and as fast as the converts
came out of the water they were
wrapped in blankets and driven to
their homes.
Mellon Trial To Be Public.
Pittsburgh. The charges made
against Mrs. Nora McMullen Mellon
by her banker husband, Andrew "W
Mellon, must be heard in open court
before a jury and not before a master
behind closed doors, as advocated by
the libellant.
This point in the wife's favor was
decided by Judge John A. Evans of
the Common Pleas Court, who said he
believed twelve fair minded jurymen
could be found in Pittsburgh.
The opinion was the result of the
long drawn fight on the act Qf April
20, 1911, which it lias been alleged
was passed by the Legislature to en
able Mellon to have the case heard
secretly.
Killed by Headache Powders.
Bryn Mawr. —After taking thre*
headache powders within an hour, E.
C. Miller, of this place, was seized with
convulsions and died in Bryn Mawr
Hospital. Miller was a painter and had
been suffering with pains in the head
for several days.
Dead in Poolroom, His Till Rifled.
Sunbury.—Henry Miller, aged 33
years, the proprietor of a pool and bil
liard room here was discovered dead
in his place of business with a bullet
through his head. His cash drawer
and several slot machines had been
rifled.
Nine Hundred Persons Vaccinated.
Oreensburg.—Nine hundred persons,
the entire population of United, a min
ing settlement near here, were vacci
nated by order of the State health an
thoritiss because of smallpox.
SNAPSHOTS AT
STATE NEWS
All Pennsylvania Gleaned for
Items of Interest.
REPORTS ABOUT CROPS GOOD
Farmers Busy in Every Locality—
Churches Raising Funds for Many
Worthy Objects—ltems of Busi
ness and Pleasure that Interest.
Large orders have caused a revival
in the silk industry in Allentown,
which employs 6,000 hands.
Cheltenham township's revenues the
past year reached $132,351; expendi
tures, $130,000.
Living in a tent at the Mont Alto
tuberculosis camp, Charles Miles, o£
West Chester, gained 20 pounds in
weight in a few months.
Pretzels made in Reading are now
shipped to Egypt, where travelers who
visit the Pyramids are able to buy
them.
Since January 1, 1910, 4,000 certifi
cates have been granted in Reading to
children over 14 years of age who left
school togo to work.
There are now 135 prisoners con
fined in he Delaware county jail at
Media, the largest number for a long
time.
Hazieton is with tramps,
who come in a ceaseless procession,
one batch hardly leaving town before
another detachment arrives.
The prevalence of typhoid fever in
Coatesville has caused the Board of
Health lo issue an edict warning citi
zens of the borough to boil all water.
Many Schuylkill Canal boatmen
have their craft tied up for the winter
at Reading, and some of them live
aboard the year round.
Charles N. Geiger, the largest dairy
farmer in Robeson township, has sold
his herd of fi7 limi' r>r Hoisteins at an
average price of s(>o each.
George R. Horn, of Reading, has 20
single-comb Rhode Island red hens
that laid ".74 eggs in November, 475 tn
December and 416 in January.
Mrs. Julia Peto, of Windber, was ar
rested, accused of stealing S7O from
her husband to bring from Poland th£ir
three children.
The auditors' report of the finances
of Catasauqua shows receipts last year
of $18,167 and a balance of $1,910. The
borough bond issue is $126,400.
The Reading Water Department will
ask Reading Councils for an allowance
of $263,560 to conduct the water sys
tem for the fiscal year.
With Juniata River ice 20 inches
thick and in shallows frozen to tha
bottom, fanners near Lewistown have
hard work finding water for their live
stock.
Charged with knowingly shipping a
tubercular cow to market Harry and
lames Shauffer, wealthy cattle deal
ers, of Lancaster, were held in SBOO
bail for trial in the United States
Court.
By settlement of the estate of form
er State Senator Templeton, of the
Blair and Huntingdon district, now in
the penitentiary for misappropriation
of SIOB,OOO, creditors will receive two
and a half cents on the dollar.
Professor Wells W. Cooke, of the
United States Department of Agricul
ture, Washington, D. C., said at the
Farmers' Institute, Doylestown, that
there was no such thing as wornout
soil, but that the humus was used up.
The work of the State in draining
Pymatuning Swamp, in the western
end of Crawford county, will convert
thousands of acres of swamp land into
rich farms, and the spot where now
only the bullfrog and mosquito hold
sway will in coming years be the gar
den spot of Western Pennsylvania.
Central Pennsylvania scientists are
taking a lively Interest in a big nat
ural cave discovered near the turnpike
between Hummelstown and Harris
burg. The cave is in the same part of
the county that the big Hummelstown
cave is in. The new cave rivals, on a
small scale, the Mammoth Cave of
Kentucky. The cave is made up of
many chambers, most of them dark,
and there are many evidences of ani
mal and bird life in them. The lime
stone formations, stalactites and stal
agmites are very beautiful.
Besides their large orphanage, and
a school building now in course of con
struction at Snydertown, Odd Fellows
are planning, for the same place, a
home for the aged.
Permanent residents of Johnstown
may not procure their mail at the gen
eral delivery hereafter, if they live In
a district where carriers make deliv
eries. This is directed principally
against clandestine correspondence
carried on by young people, who, for
obvious reasons, do not want others to
know of their practice.
OLD AND NEW WORLD
BRIEFS FOR THE BUSY
A published statement that the
United Stales army had cost $1,89t>,-
000,000 in the last thirteen years
brought a vigorous protest from Sec
retary of War Sthnson.
James J. Hill told the Steel Trust
Investigating Committee he had
bought ore lands and a bankrupt rail
road for $4,050,000 and turned them
over to the Great Northern, and that
they are worth $500,000,000.
Colonel C. W. Foster, acting chief
signal officer and inspector of field
artillery for the central division of
the United States army, dropped dead
on a train near Chicago.
Investigation of the Florida Ever
glades land promotion showed that
millions were involved, and Senators
Fletcher and Bryan were brought into
range of the inquiry.
The collier Leonidas arrived at An
napolis with an assortment of relics
from the wrecked battleship Maine.
They will be distributed among socie
ties, municipalities and relatives of
survivors.
Linda B. Hazzard, who starved
Claire Williamson to death in her
"fasting sanitarium," was senjtenced
in Seattle, Wash., to 20 years at hard
labor in the penitentiary.
THE MARKETS.
(New York Wholesale Prices.)
MILK.—The wholesale price is 4W,c.
per quart in the 26c. zone or $2.01 per 40-
quart can, delivered in New York.
_, Butter.
Creamery, specials 32 ©
Extras 1114 <SV°
£*«■
Seconds 29'/jsßo
.Thirds «>«i /Zoa
Held creamery, specials'! 111111 Is 2 @..
Extras
Seconds '.'" *°"""''
Thirds m A I|J
State, dairy, finest @3l
Good to prime .!28 ©3O
State, Pa., and nearly hen
nery, white fancy, new laid
lafge @45
tjtato, Pa., and nearby selected
white, fair to good 40
Nearby whites, small 39 @42
Gathered, brown mixed colors.3B (ft4o
Brown, hennery, fancy 40 6(43
Western, gathered, white 40 ©43
, , Live Poultry.
Chickens, via express, per 1b...12 1 4@13
Chickens, prime, via freight @l2\4
tows, via express 14 014}*
Fowls, prime via freight per 1b... @l4
I'owls, southern 013U
Fowls, poor to fair (w 131?
Roosters, per lb 0 9
Turkeys,. mixed hens and
toms per lb 15
Ducks, per lb 15 0. \ 3
Geese, per lb 11H@13
Guinea, per pair '"©so
Pigeons, per pair §2O
Game.
venison, whole doer, per lb 18 @2O
Venison, fore quarters, per lb .... @lO
Venison, saddles 33 035
Rabbits, cottontails, per pair,
prime ©l6
Jack rabbits, per pair 25 @4O
Vegetables.
Artichokes, per bug 8.00010 00
Brussels sprouts, per quart 100 16
Beans—
Florida, per basket 50@3.59
Beets, old, per barrel 1.2501 50
Carrots-
New Orleans, per 100 hunches 2.0003.00
Old washed and unwashed per
bbl or bag 1.250200
State, per basket 750 1 00
Cabbages— "
Red, per ton 20.00@28.00
Red, per bbl 1.50®>1.75
Domestic, per ton 15.00@20.00
Domestic, per bbl 1.2501.50
Danish seed, per ton 30.00fi 33.00
, r v '\ bbl 1.60 02.00
Horida, new. per crate 2.7503.00
Chicory, per bbl 1.50@2.25
Kscarol, per bbl 1.000 2.60
Endive, French, per lb 11 (ii 14
Horseradish, per 100 bunches. .3.0004.50
Knle, Virginia, per bbl 1.0001.21
Lettuce, per basket 1. 0041 4.50
Lime beans, Fla., per basket
or cratre 2.00@5.00
Onions—
Cuban, new, per crate 2.75 0 2.85
Old, crate or bag 2.500 4.75
Okra, per carrier 1.0002 50
Oyster ulant, per 100 bunches. .4.000 5.00
l '«»as, Florida, per basket 2.00@6.00
Peppers, barrels, boxes or cur
riers 1.25@3.50
Parsnips, per bbl 1.5001.75
Romaine, per basket 1.0003 00
Per box 1.0002.50
Per barrel 2.0004.00
Shallots, N. 0., per barrel 3.0003.50
Spinach, Virginia, per bbl 1.00 0 4.00
Squash, fine new white, per b0x.2.00©2.50
Per basket 1.60 0 2 00
New yellow 1.0001.25
Squash, old, Hubbard, per bbl ..1.0001.25
Marrow, old. bbl or crate 1.25 01.50
Turnips, Rutabaga, per bbl 75 01.25
White, per bbl 1.0001.50
Tomatoes, Florida, per carrier ..1.0004 00
Watercress, per 100 bunches 1.0001.50
Hothouse.
Cucumbers. No. 1, doz 1.00@1.25
No. 2, per doz 3.000 4.00
Lettuce, per strap 1.0002.00
Mushrooms, 4-lb basket 1.200 2.00
Mushrooms, button, 4-lb basket 7501.00
Mint, per doz bunches 600 60
Radishes, per 100 bunches ....1.5003.50
Rhubarb, per doz. small bchs.. 60@ 90
Rhubarb, w'n, per large bunch 400 60
Tomatoes, per 100 40
Potatoes.
Bermuda, No. 1 late crop, per
bbl 6.0006.50
Bermuda, No. 2 late crop, per
bbl 5.0005.50
Long Island. No. 1, per bbl ....3.5004.00
State, per 280 lbs 3 25 03.50
State, per bag 3.0003.25
Maine, per ISO lbs 3.5003.75
Maine, per bag 3.2503.50
European, No. 1, per 168-lb
bag 2.4502.75
Sweets, Jersey, No. 1, per bskt.. 1.2501.85
Live Stock.
BEEVES.—Common to good steers sold
at 15.400 7.30 per 100 lbs.: oxen and
stags, $3.7507.05; bulls, $3.7505.45; cows,
$2.5005.50; Dressed beef steady to tirni,
at 8012 c.
CALVES.—Common to choice veals
sold at $7010.50 per 100 lbs.; culls, SSO
6.50; barnyard cnlves, S3O 3 75; common
to fair Westerns, , $3.50<y4.60. Dressed
calves slow; city 'dressed veals, 11V40
lO'/ic. per lb., a few at 16c.; country
dressed. 10012 c., a few at 12',ic.
SHEEP AND LAMBS.—Common to
good sheep (ewes) sold at $304.25 per 100
lbs.; ordinury to fairly good lambs at
$6.15 07; culls at s4@s. Dressed mutton
quiet, at o'/i@Bc. per lb.; dressed lambs
at country dressed hothouse
lambs at $307 per carcass.
HOGS—Market easier, at $6.5006.70 per
100 lbs.; pigs sold at $0.40; country
dressed hogs steady, at 6'»@Sc. per lb.
HAY AND STRAW.—Hay, large bales,
timothy, No. 3 to No. 1, 100 lbs., $1 100
1.35; shipping, $1.05; packing, 65070 c.;
clover, mixed, light, $1.1501.20; mixed,
heavy, $101.20; pure, $lO 120. Straw,
long rye, 90095 c.; oat and wheat, 50@60c.
Spot Markets at a Glance.
Wheat, No. 2 red, elev., 1.04.
Oats, standard, .GO 1 ,-*.
Flour, spring pat., bbl., 5 35.
Corn, stcaii 'r, .72^.
Flaxseed, 2.10>/&.
Lard, prime, 100 lbs., 9,55.
Tallow, city hhds., .06.
Pork mess, bbl., 17.00.
Cottonseed oil, lb., 5.50 c.
Coffee, Rio No. 7, lb., 14H.
Sugar, tine gran., lb., 5.50 c.
Butter, creamery, .32.
Cheese, state factory, .17!4.
Eggs, firsts, .39.
Cotton, 10.15.
Tobacco.
Havana, R. D., .60.
Conn., wrapper, .60. 1
INITMTIONAL
SUNMCSCtiOOL
Lesson
By Rey. William Kvans, I). I)., Director Biblo Course
Moody Biblo Institute, Chicago.
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 18.
MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST.
LESSON TEXT-Mark 1:1-8; Luke 3:1-20.
MEMORY VERSES-Luke 8:S, 9 or 16,
17.
GOLDEN TEXT—Repent ye: for the
kingdom of heaven Is at hand.—Mutt. 3:2.
The story of John the Baptist's min
istry, opening as it does with a
prophetic reference, connects the Old
and the New Testaments, showing the
New to be the fulfillment of the Old.
Thus we say: The Old Is in the New
contained, the New is in the Old ex
plained; the Old is in the New con
cealed, the New is in the Old revealed.
Christ is the theme and unifier of both
Testaments. If he had not been com
ing, the Old would not have Been writ
ten; if he had not come, the New
■would not have been written.
What a strange impression this fiery
preacher of the wilderness, John, must
have made upon his hearers! Hla
dress, as his message, bore the marks
of the wild. Strange, is it not, that
euch a one should be chosen to pre
pare the way for the Messiah? We
might have chosen a different instru
ment —a well dressed, polished, elo
quent, silver-tongued orator.
The Baptist's message had Its basis
in the word of God—"The word of God
came unto John in the wilderness."
That is where every pulpit message
ought to come from. Tine business of
the preacher and teacher of Christ Is
not to invent a gospel, but to proclaim
one already provided. The Bible is the
final critic of the message.
John's ministry was preparatory; it
looked forward to the coming of some
thing better. Just as John himself
gave way to Christ, bo his message of
repentance made room for faith in
Christ. John baptized with water un
to repentance. The Baptists's ministry
went no farther than that. Jesus
Christ turned the water of John's bap
tism into steam » the fire of the
Holy Ghost. John ipared; Jesus re
generated.
The necessity for repentance cannot
b« overlooked in this lesson. In a
6ense, it Is the first step into the King
dom. Both John and Jesus began their
ministry with a call to repentance.
Repentance is clearly defined in this
lesson as a turning from a life of 6ln
to a life of righteousness. There are
three elements in repentance: First,
the intellect Is involved —it is a
change of mind or viewpoint; second,
the emotions are involved—lt means
to have a car© regarding the thing in
question, so we find the words "sigh,"
"grief" substituted for repentance:
third, the will plays a prominent part
in repentance, for there is included in
the word the idea of an after-thought,
resulting in a change In one's course
of action. Repentance is not only a
heart broken for sin, but also from sin.
That this is John's meaning of re
pentance is clear from bis exhortation
to those who asked him the meaning
of his call to repentance—exact no
more than that which is appointed
you; do violence to no man, neither
accuse any falsely; bring forth, there
fore, fruits worthy of repentance. A
little boy was once asked the meaning
of repentance. He replied: "It means
being sorry enough for a thing 6o as
not to do it again."
John preached the wrath to come.
Evidently he believed In future pun
ishment. He did not believe that the
desire to escape future punishment
was sufficient or the best reason why
men should receive Jesus Christ. And
it may be that no man really becomes
a Christian who seeks to be one only
that he may escape the results of his
Bin. We are saved that we may glori
fy God in the life that now is as well
as to be delivered from the wrath to
come. He who does not serve Christ
here will not dwell with him in
heaven.
The fact of wrath and future punish
ment is not an invention of modern
theology. Christ believed in it and
taught it when he referred to the
"worm that dieth not, and the fire
that is not quenched," and pictured
the ungodly being cast into "everlast
ing fire." We should have to blot out
a large part of the Bible if we were
to blot out all the Scriptures which
teach future retribution for sin.
When we consider the fearful atroci
ties perpetrated upon the sons of men,
the frightful Iniquities practiced upon
helpless women and children, and then
eee the ease and luxury and splendor
In which the perpetrators of these
crimes live, we would be very sorry
to be assured that there is no future
retribution for the perpetrators of
such deeds. Give the justice of heaven
the same degree of common sense
consideration that you give to the jus
tice of earth, and somewhere in the
other world you must place a peni
tentiary.
John's preaching drew the crowds,
and so will the preaching and teach
ing of the Gospel today, when pro
claimed by men as consecrated to their
mission as John the ltaptlzer was to
his. The crowd have not tired of the
Gospel, but only of the average preach
er of the Gospel. The messenger, and
not the message, is at fault. The
hearts of men with all their needs, as
well as the Gospel of Christ with all
its power, 1b the same today as when
Christ walked upon the earth. John
was a bold preacher, and a study of
his life shows u» that he died because
it his bold rebuke of Herod's ein.
COST OF GRAIN
GROWING IN
CENTRAL CANADA
A careful canvass made of a num
ber of men farming in a large way
Indicates that even with the extreme
expense of harvesting the crop, which
I has been caused by the bad weather
I and difficulty in threshing, wheat has
been produced and put on the market
for less than 55 cents a bushel. The
average freight rate is not over 13
: cents per bushel. This would make
the cost of production and freight 68
cents and would leave the farmer an
actual margin on his low-grade wheat
of 17Vi cents and for his high-grade
wheat of 19V4 cents; and though this
Is not as large a profit as the farmer
has every right to expect, It is a profit
not to be despised, and which should
leave a very fair amount of money to
! hi# credit when all the expenses of
1 the year have been paid, unless the
; value of low-grade wheat sinks very
much below its present level. A mat
ter of Importance to the prospective
settlor is that of the cost of produc
tion. The following table has been
prepared after careful Investigation:
| Interest on 320 acres, value
S3O per acre, 3 years at 6
per cent Interest $1,720.00
Interest on horses, machin
ery, wagons, ploughs, har
rows, etc., to operate 320
acres—say $2,500 for 3
years 450.00
Getting 320 acres ready for
crop first year, doing one's
own work, with hired help,
about $3.50 per acre 1,120.00
Getting 320 acres ready for
crop, second and third
year, about $1.25 per acre
per year, or $2.50 per acre
2 years one's own work and
hired help 800.00
Seed per year, wheat, per
acre $1.25, 3 years 1,200.00
| Seeding, 320 acres, 25 cents
per acre, 3 years 240.00
; Twine, 320 acres, 30 cents
per acre, 3 years 288.00
Harvesting, 320 acres, 30
cents per acre, 3 years 288.00
Marketing, 320 acres, esti
mate 20 bushels per acre
per year for 3 years, 3
cents per bushel, or 9 cents
per bushel for 3 years 576.00
Threshing 320 acres, estimate
20 bushels per acre per
year for 3 years, 6 cents
per bushel per year or 18
cents for 3 years 1,152.00
Total $7,834.00
Cr.
By wheat crop farm 320 acres
for 3 years, average 20
bushels per acre per year
for 3 years, or a total of 60
bushels, = 19,200 bushels at
80 cents per bushel $15,360.00
Balance to credit of farm aft
er 3 years operation, $2,-
563.00 per year 7,526.00
"To operate 480 acres would cost
less in proportion, as the plant re
quired for 320 acres would do for the
larger farm, and the interest on plant
for the extra 160 acres ■would be
caved."
The figures given may be open to
criticism, but they will be found to
be reasonably accurate, with a fair
ness given to the expense columns.
There are those who profess to do
the work at a much less cost than
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