The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-17
A NEW WHEAT WANTED.
Ono That VIII stand Cold Winters
Suitable for Macaroni.

Suitable for hGcarORi.
Experiments are now being conducted by
the Depar zlent of Agriculture with view
CT increasing the producing capacity
of the United States from SO to leo per
cent and furnishing a better grade Of
wheat
The problem presented is a difficult one.
1t is desired to procure a winter wheat
which will be available for use il the Red
River Valley, wheat which VIII stand
| exposure and which viii produce as good
-four as the spring wheat now raised in
/ this territory. The best wheat in Auerica
| IS the spring wheat OF the Red River VAL
| ley and the great miIIers OF the lake cities
| prefer il 10 any other. but wheat s0wn in
| the spring yields only about half the
| amount Per acre that wheat sown in the
winter yields, If IT, conditions are equally
: favorable Therefore II Is estimated that
should the department be successful in
/ finding winter wheat for the Red River
Valley which VIII produce as good -four as
the spring wheat and VIII stand the expo
sure of the severe winter weather OF that
region. the problem will be solved.
Hungarian wheatSfs said 20 be the best
in the world. AS an evidence Of this fact
it is pointed out that in the markets Of the
world Hungarian wheat sells for higher
the first country 10 adopt the roller proc
ess of making -four, now in common use in
the United States. Experiments have been
made IN the United States with SAMPLES Of
Hungarian wheat and seem 10 indicate
they VIII maintain their high bread-mak-
ing qualities here
Another wheat which the department is
trying to introduce in the United States IS
a wheat from which -four suitable for the
making OF mGCaTcni can be produced.
Macar0ni demands q wheat of the highest
gIutinous qualities, such as are not pos
sessed by any American wheat It IS for
this reason that the American manufactu-
Ters CT macaroni are so anxious to obtain
an American flour which viii answer their
purpose and with which they can success
fully compete with the manufacturers of
maeaToni abroad, not only for the Ameri-
can, but for the foreign markets
Some OF the large wheat growers are
also very much interested in this matter
as they see in the production of a success
full macaroni wheat much better prices
than for the ordinary wheat they now pro-
duce- This is especially true OF certain
Texas growers
The department has just received some
samples of Algerian wheat, which is said
to be the best wheat in the world for this
purpose. One sample was obtained from
the market of Marseilles. where most of
the mdcaroni wheat is handled. Unfortu-
nately ii was badly cleaned and does not
present the appearance which the other
sample does. The latter was obtained
from a large seed-wheat grower of AIge-
ria, who supplies the French Government.
1t was through the French Government
the sample was procured
On this subject Mr.. CoviIle Chief of the
Division Of Botany. said: Formerly all iha
macaroni consumed in the United States
was imported from Europe. but recently
in this country. We have no means of OBJ
tanning any statistics On this industry at
present, but hope the census will give us
some valuable data
1.-The manufacturers have found howev-
CT, that the consumers prefer the imported
product. and Ii has developed that the Eu-
ropean macaTcnis are made from pecul-
iarly hard-graIned type Of wheat which we
have not heretofore produced in the United
States. American farmers have been
growing, of course. the wAeats they could
market NEST aGvantage0u and these
have been the whe3ts suitable for the man
ufacture OF bread and pastry f0urs. The
macaroni wheats which are now being i'm
ported into The United States ia expert
mental Quantities will, it is expected. fur
nfsh the basis fer great extension of the
macarOri manufacturing industry in the
United States and create demand for the
production of the macaroBi Wheats in these 6
parts of the country to which the expert
ments now in progress show them TO be
adapted"
Mr.. CoIvilIe spoke of the difficulty of In
PRODUCING foreign seeds. but said the de-
partnent was determined that if it we're
possible. America should produce the best
wheat in the world. The farmers as
rule, are slow to adopt innovations. he
said, and referred to the struggle for the
introduction of ehicory. Formerly this
country imported S5o0. goo worth Of cnicory
every year. but under the experiments of
the department the growing of chicory I'm
this country was begun and now only a
few thousand dollars worth is imported
the remainder being produced in this
country.