Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-01-27
Seed Grain!
l.. q OCHSENRETER AND DAVID
WILLIAMS SPEND SEVERAL
DAYS WITH MINNEAPOLIS
GRAIN Ten & MILLERS.
An Interesting Interview With Prot.
hays Of the Minnesota Agricultur-
al Experimental Station.
Opinions that arc Timely and Good

As there has been more or less
agitation n regard 10 making a
Oh ange IN our seed wheat. not only
by taking Il among ourselves, bat
also by lengthy articles IN the state
press, l began 70 see there vas some
thing in 1 bat before doing any
thing d=fuite, / thought it we'll
enough ! % MAKE al examination as
an entire change in seed wheat In
Day county wheat alone would mean
a great nany thousand dollars.
Having business in Minneapolis
gave me an opportunity to consult
the millers aud grain dealers Of the
Northwest | spent the greater
part Of two days with them, putting
about the same questions to a dozen
or more, and in answer received as
n any dIferent opinions, had
seen or made personal experiments
along this line.
Mr. PiIlsbury made the assertion
that Saskatchewan fife wheat bro't
down from Manitoba would Weld
screenings the FIRST year in this
section He. no doubt, bases his
opinion on the seed wheat furnished
along the lines, Of the Milwaukee
road some twelve years ago, which
vas represented TO be Saskatchewan
ffs. Il was a nice looking wheat,
bat the yield and quality that year
was very poor but we must re-
member that that year the elements
affected the grain the same as it did
the past year.
/ found that ! could not get the
desired information from these
people, although they are anxious
and wiling to assist US all they can
in this matter. The thought came
10 me that the Minnesota agricuI-
tural experimental station had Ger
tainlv made experiments along this
line, and wheu Mr.. David Williams
joined me on last Wednesday eve
ulng, | proposed to him that we
visit the agricultural college a..
Hanline- The following IS a synop-
SIS Of our visit there :
We called on Professor HAYS, the
agriculturalist at the college, who
for many years has made the subject
Of seed grain a study, and has de-
veloped many new v~arities of seed
wheat. We submitted to him sam
pies Of wheat from the extreme
southern part af OR state, from Nc
Pherson county in the west. from
Penbina count in North Dakota,
and from the timber land Of Mime
sofa, and an average sample Of our
Day countr wheat which grades
rejected IN the markets Of Day eoun-
II. In reply % our numerous ques-
lions the professor, in substance,
replied
Tbs question od SEED wheat may be-
compared 70 the question OF bgooded
stuck the two varieties whieh we have
found best adapted 10 our climate and
soil are the bIas stem and the If. the
former being a scft and the latter n
hard wheat.
The samFle exhibited "a having been
grown IN Day county j. what woga ne
termed BY u a lean wheat, and wongd
be compared TO stock which had uot
had sufficient feed to make il fat. the
~eHRent IN wheat which corresponds "a
fh@ lat in aEiHfass = ~-tssr-is or giutDu !
and thls wheat which Won hive here
lacked the proper conditions 10 E--i tl,@
T4aht at the tius- fs= - ~As aexelao.
ing IN order 70 ssf good stock. 4
bot necessary to bred from a fat ap-
Imal rakIag two had ~ which, tn.
strains 0f btoaa nr,. : D.. .,m