The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-11-22
Does Hard winter Wheat Become
SOffer2


Justly conceded to their products,
rot only in American but in foreign
markets as well.
An opinion exists among some
that the extremely hard Russian or
Turkey winter wheat for which Kan
sas is so famous, deteriorates If pro-
duced year after from home grown
seed; also that the best method of
overcoming this difficulty is TO use
seed of recent importation.
This subject WAS brought before
the recent special meeting of the
Kansas MilIers' Association by Sec
retary Cobnrn of the Kansas State
Board of Agriculture with the sug-
3estion that the ussociation should
set on foot measures for importing
not less than shipload of the best
seed to be had in Russia and making
1T available to Kansas wheat-farmers
in time for next years SOW ing The
idea was at once adopted and a com
TDittee appointed to confer with the
State Grain Dealers Association as
to ways and means of cooperation in
making the importation and distrlbu-
tion.
Since then Secretary Coburn has
been in correspondence with many of
the prominent millers, especially in
the main wheat belt, TO learn their
views to whether the Kansas
grown Russian wheat from any cause
really changes character in such
way as to lesson it's yielding, milling,
and baking qualities, and whether to
counteract this it is needful to i'm
port ew seed each time; also whether
the millers an o. ganlzatiOn should
father the undertaking. From the
replies the following are representa-
tive, and typical of the general senti-
III ment among those most closely obser
- I, 1if
New Era Milling Company, Ar
kansas City: sfIt if our opinion that
If the hard wheat is kept pure, it will
retain it's virtues as well upon Kan
sas soil as anywhere on earth. The
great difficulty has been, that many
of the farmers who grow it, have
sown 1T upon ground pre-
viously used for soft wheat, and the
volunteer growth has detracted from
the virtues of the Turkey" wheat.
These conditions have been allowed
to continue with the result that much
of the so-called hard wheat marketed
At this point and many others through
out the state are inferior to the
pure Turkey Before seeding
time this fall we brought IN from the
northwestern part of the state, from
n Russian settlement where they had
sown no other kind for many years,
a car load of this wheat and it is as
pure and hinty as can be. It is the
intention of the writer to use every
effort to aid in procuring better
grade of seed for the farmers, and
we will be pleased to cooperate with
the Kansas AIllers, and Grain
Dealers Associations to import n
cargo of the pure seed from Russia. :"
International Mills, Sterling:
Eve concur in the belief of many
that after few years in Our climate
and soil this wheat (ssTurkey'') ma
terially softens, and we deem it of
considerable importance to have the
Kansas AIillers' and Graiu-Dealers'
Associations act promptly in their
efforts to get in supply of new seed
in order that 1t may be on hand for
next years sowing
Hutchinson Mill Company, Hutch
inson: 1--WE are unable to say
whether it is the continued sowing or
because of it's becoming mixed with
other varieties, but are satisfied tn at
our hard winter wheat Is not so good
as few years ago. We are of the
opinion that our wheat could be inn
this locality
Hunter Milling Company, Well
ington: '.Our experience with the
Russin wheat leads us to believe that
1T is becomming softer each year it is
grown in Kansas from home-raised
seed, and of less value for milling
purposes. Ten years ago our bard
wheat was hard and flinty and much
darker than it is at this time. Tt In
our opinion that in order to keep
Kansas hard wheat up to what it
should be it will be necessary for the
Inillers and grain-dealers to arrange
to ship in new seed and in such
quantity that the entire state can be
changed IN seed, anyway in two or
three years. We believe that southern
Kansas would join in and take its
proportion of seed providing it could
be shipped here in such quantities as
to make the price reasonable and bo
here in time for next years sowing.
We will gladly join in the movement
and take at least one car load, and
we believe if the movement were
started among the millers and grain