Wheat Is King

The wheat erop of 1897 will bring to the farmers of the United States the enormous sum of $400,000,000. This amount is wel] nigh incomprehensible, and the benefits to bc derived from the fair erop and the good prices cannot be over-estimated. The wheat price is good because the world's supply Í9 decreasing. On account of the world's shortage, wheat will be a profltable erop for at least two years to come, and if parts of the world shall have partial wheat failures in the meantime, there will be gooJ money in wheat for even four or five years. It will require the accumulation of sevai-al big crops the world over to cause a burdensome surplus. One farmer said tha other day: "I have 70 acres of land under cultivation and I shall sow iust 70 acres to wheat." The wise agriculturist in this section will make careful selection of his seed wheat, cultívate and fertilizo his ground thoroughly, and plant to wheat as many acres as his teams can plow.