Wheat Will Be A Paying Crop For Several Years

The wheat erop of 1897 will bring to the farmers of the United States the enormous sum of $400,000,000. This amount is well nigh incomprehensible, and the benefits to be derived from the fair erop and the good priees cannot be over-estitnated. The wheat price is good because the world's supply is decreasing. On account of the world's shortage wheat will be a proíitable erop for at least two years to come, and if parts of the world shall have pavtial wheat failures in the meantime, there will be good money in wheat for even four or flve years. It will require the accumulation of several big crops the world over to cause a burdensome surplus. One farmer said the other day : "I have 70 acres of land umler culnvation and I sliall sow jast 70 acres to wlieat." The wise agriculturist in tliis seetion will make careful selection of his seed wheat, cultívate and fertilize liis ground thoroughly, and plant to wheat as many acres as his teams can plow.