The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1880-06-30

THE BEST WHEAT.

varieties of wheat for four-making,
submitted an elaborate report, which
is of SO much Importance to wheat
growers that we quote its material
points in full as follows:
In the first place We have met
with much difficulty in determining
which is the best wheat for milling
in the United States, on account OF
the vast extent of -wheat-growing
districts, extending through % de.
grees of latitude and 81 degrees Of
longitude, having lenghth of $500.
miles and a. breadth of 1,700, cover
ing an area of 8, 1850, 600 square miles,.
embracing all the states in the Union.
but three and tho entire territories,
with. every variety of soil and eli
mate.
We. find the same varieties of
wheat grown in different states,
while possessing the same general
properties, differing materially in
value for milling.
The Fife wheat Of northern Min
nesota and. Dakota being far superior
to the same variety grown in Iowa,
Wisconsin or Illinois.
The Boughton or Tappahannook
wheat of Virginia. Tennessee, and
Georgia is much more rich in gluten
than the same kind grown in Indiana,
Ohio, or Illinois. -,
We. also find great diversity of
opinion as to the merits of particular
kinds OF wheat grown in the same
localities, making it difficult matter.
for your committee to determine
which are really the most desirable
varieties of wheat for milling pur.
poses.
We are of the opinion that gen.
eral discussion at this meeting of the
association, where all the large wheat
districts are fully represented, will
do more to settle which are the
most desirable wheats to use than
any report your committee would
be able to make. From the infor-
nation before your committee, most.
ly obtained by correspondents, we
find the following varieties among
the best for milling purposes
Winter wheat-Longberry amber,
Lancaster, Indiana red,. Alabama,
Orange, Velvet Chat, Boughton or
Tappahapnock, Jennings.
Spring wheat-Minnesota Fife,
China. Mammoth, or Rio Grande,
The Longberry amber is extern.
sively grown in Virginia, which, with
the Lancaster, is most sought by
millers, being rich in gluten, and
possessing properties very desirable
for shipping to warm climates.
The Indiana red is spoken highly
of as a fine giutinous wheat also
the Alabama, the latter but little
raised, owing to its light yield pei
acre.
The Jennings is a white wheat
hard, gives excellent color and good
strength.
The Orange makes a good family
flour of fair strength, and yields
we'll in -four.
The Velvet Chaf possesses good
strength, and yields fairly in flour, il
an early variety, grows a stiff straw
and is we'll adapted to strong ant
stiff soils, where most varieties
would produce too rank straw ant
lodge.
The Boughton or Tappahannosl
is highly spoken of in some localities
while in others is not considered ,
desirable wheat, not particularly
rich in, gluten, but makes a goo(
family flour: is easily damaged BY
moisture.
The Fultz and Clawson are taking
the lead with farmers, yielding
largely, but are very undesirable fol
millers, being soft aud weak and
containing little gluten compared
with the first named varieties.
The Clawson is used somewhat to
mix with damp, strong wheat.
In spriug wheat the Minnesota
Fife is incomparably the best of any
spring variety. 1t is rich in gluten
very hard and yields immensely ir
middlings for publication and manu-
facture into patent flour; is essen
TALLY "bread-making" wheat, pro
ducing a large number of pounds Of
finest bread from a mixed number o.
pounds of flour. This wheat i.
grown extensively in the northwest
attaining. the greatest perfection in
extreme Dorthern ATTITUDES, partieu
larly IN northern Minnesota and Da
kota. In Wisconsin and Iowa it il
much the best spring wheat grown.
The Rio Grande, China, or Nam
moth is large berried, heavy wheat
yielding well in flour, and next Il
Fife in glutinous properties, is par
ticularly adapted to weak lands, hav
lag a. rank growth Of straw, and
standing drought remarkably.
The Canada Club we consider the
next best spring variety, but is soft
makes an excellent family flour wher
strength is not a particular OBJ ect.
The Lost Nation, or Prussiar
Fife, we consider the poorest spring
wheat grown, having a thick bran
very soft, weak in gluten, not ever
making a white flour. 1t is grown
extensively in Wisconsin, Iowa, ant
Minnesota, yielding well, and is con
sidered by farmers as being safer o
q crop than Minnesota Fife, China
or Club.
Before closing this report we wisl
to acknowledge the obligations WI
are under to the millers Of this asso
citation for valuable Information, AM
more particularly Messrs. Small o
. Pennsylvania, Thompson of Indiana
Havaa of Miohiyan ETallidav of iii