Shipping Flour Vs. Wheat

A Battle Creek oorrespondent of the Western Rural writes : Some farmers in this locality have decided in favor of shipping flour instead of wheat. The advantage that seems to be in their favor is to be appreoiated even though it be small. They are quite sure to save the 9horts, if nothing more. Fivo hundred and fifty-five bushela of wheat, floured, would leave, after deduoting toll, about three hundred and flfty bushela of wheat, or its equivalent of flour in weight. The object tobe sought for, when shipping, is to concéntrate the artiole so as to get the greatest valué in the least space. Flour being more valuable tban wheat, can undoubtedly be shipped with more certainty if not more profitably. It would seem to be a poor market that would effect the Bale of flour at figures below the actual cash valué of the wheat. Three hundred and fifty bushels of wheat, shipped from here to Detroit, would cost, I believe about ten cents a bushel, or, the wheat, at a dollar a bushel, would be ten cents on a dollar for shipping. From 555 bushels of wheat, after paying toll, leaves 107 barrels or a car-load of flour. The proportional expense of shipping a barrel of flour beine; about $0.33, the cost would be about $5.51 in Detroit, beBides the cost of the barrel alone. The price of wheat in Detroit on Oct. 15th, is quoted as follows ; these not being the very higheet figures: - White wheat, Western extra, 5.90a6.35. There is a gain of $0.39a0.84 on a barrel, besides the shorts. Again : Extra Ohio, $5.90a6.80- gaining here 39ca $1.29. On a carload the least gain as above named is $41.73 and the greatest is $138.03. At the lowest named price per barrel, the freight would be about $0,055 on a dollar and, at the highest, it gives a little more than $0. 046 on a dollar instead of ten cents as for the wheat. Por every barrel of flour there should be about eighty-four pounds of shorts. That, at $15.00 per ton, would be sixtythree cents worth of bran for each barrel, which makes a gain of $67.41 in value. It should be remembered that, while the farmer may, perchance, realize no more than he would have done by selling his wheat, bis chance is equally good to gain a desirable sum frequently.