The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-21
WHEAT FOR DRY REGIONS
TALK WITH Mr.. CARLETON OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
The New Macaroni Wheat Successfully
Grown in Dry Seotions-Speeially
Adapted to West Texas.

Mr.. NJ A. Carleton Of Washington, u. c.,
cercallst NJ the bureau Of plant industry |
in tho department of agriculture was in |
this city yesterday. and was seen at the |
Logan hotel last evening by Post repre- |
sentative Mr. Carleton Is direct from |
Washington, and is on route to san An. |
tonic whore he goes To visit the farmers |
I'm that section who arc experimenting with |
the macaroni wheat They have about |
! forty acres or more In this now wheat, aud
4 have nearly every variety known OF It, |
| Ills object In visiting the wheat fields at
/ this time Of year Is 10 see the result OF
/ their experiments and how the grain Is
] standing the winter. While this growth Of
wheat Is being carefully watched. 1t can
| hardly he called an experiment. as the
macnronl wheat was grown there last year
md Notwithstanding the excessive dry
season. it not only made fair crop but
the grain was good, AMI the experiment
then made show,< that this variety OF
wheat Is a much larger grain than other
/ wheat and Is one OF the hardest grams
grown II has been proven by dctupA lesl
I that the Yield from this wheat Is FUZZY one.
; third larger than that from any other
/ known variety II is especially a drouth
/ rrsistfu- wheat and in that respect pos
scsscs stronger resistant qualities than any
. other wheat known.
The reason tue name OF ulhfaIpHl mas
brcu given this wheat Is that 1t is more
generally used for making macaroni IAN
amy other and Is specially adaptcu 70 'lE'
uiouurgcturc 81 this article. While II is
specially adapted to this purpose. u Is $50
% very line grain for -four and persons VINO
have used IL In making bread pronounce
" an excellent grain for this purpose some
millcrS object to this wheat for the reason;
as they claim, that the grain Us TOO haru
and they can not grind It,. THIS Is ms,
take. Tho wheat can he ground and
~ fauuily other wheat. All
that Is needed is that the millcrS shall nr-
range their machinery property Tor griud-
ing IT, II Is being ground I'm a great many
places. aud there arc toSns In TINS country
whore the people living In thom use scarce
ly any other bread than that made from
| macaroni wheat -four
Another point In favor Of this wheat is
the foreign demand and market for It. es-
uccial'y In France md italy, where II Is
used both for the manufacture ~ mncaroni
and for bread. Thorc has been Surh DC.
mand FOR II from these countries mat M
The present time II Such an amount i9HIl
bc secured 100000 bushels ~ II could be
: disposed ~ NJ once. The Nicaragua
wheat was grown In this section several
years ago, aud grown successfully. hut m"
farmers fudng very little market for it,
. its culture was almost entirely stopped
L ono or the objects which tho United StatcS
e department has aimed Mt has been to huld
MP or establish a market and enable the
+ growers Of this wheat 10 obtain good
a price for t. The result NJ the departments
, . efforts In this direction Is that today as
y / good figures can he obtained for II MS for
u amy other wheat, and the demand for II
- Is rs great ms is tho demand for any other
variety. The department has imported from
~ Russia and Algeria already about 2MD
- bushels of the mncaroni wheat. This Is
n distributed aS rule through the state eX.
~ Went to Russia and siberia for the depart
r mcnt and spent nearly year hunting for
!, whent for dry regions. The result OF MS
n best varieties were found to he those OBJ
A tanned from the siberian border
r. The department of agriculture Is carry
IN ing on cooperative experiments with this
40 wheat with the state experiment stations
If 81 Texas and other States Of the plains
From san Antonio Mr.. Carleton will 60 to
~. pallns 10 meet Prof, Conncl to make fur
~ thcr arrangements concerning these OK
ia pcrimcnts Nearly all of the CsI0grlmcnrs
70 with this wheat In Texas ARE being made
d. In the western part N the state, In tho
~ dry districts some Of the most Important
In points are San Antonio, Abilene, Dallas
IN Wichita Falls kerryiHo, Vernon Iowa
4, Park Temple and Necdland This wheat is
expected to give great results Ia the Pan
III handle Of Texas.
,n While this immediate section around and
is contiguous To Houston is too damp FOR IN,
al successful growth Of this cereal. yet IN,
Sc dry sections ~ the State will grow II sue
~ ccSSfully ana the experiments already made
lr are sufficient to encourage the growing OF
70 il extensively In the sections to which II is
III especially adapted, with this wheat grown
nj extensively Houston ana all other cities are
IN and should he deeply Interested, as an in
is creased acreage and quantity means more
~ macaronl factories and these will all o
vi course he built AT business ccntcrs. Al
~ ready the building Of new factories for tn,
1T manufacture of maCaToni Is contemplated
To and even under way in several places witt
n an abundance of the grain grown Il coulC
o. lee shipped here and manufactured rs wei
c as elsewhere, and Houston being the rail
'd road center Of the state could and woult
at all times command her portion OF tn,
ne trade, and the manufacture Of the artlcl,
a.. be made as profitable here ms az any othrl
point In the State. Mr.. Carleton said tina
no the department of agriculture has already
o. lhrcC different publications or pamphlets
ON This wheat which any person can Sc
~ cure free of charge by writing for same {,
% the department OF agriculture Washington