Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-20
SMALL GRAIN EXPERIMENTS
Union Pacific will Try Samples from All
Over the World.
SOME TRIALS TO Be IN NEBRASKA SOIL
object t. TO Discover which Varieties
Are Best Adapted to Different
sections Through which
Railroad Runs.

Further evidence Of the determination OF
Mr.. Hartman TO identify in the most inti-
mate manner all the lines OF his system
with the territory they traverse has Just
reached Union Pacific headquarters in the
shape Of an extensive collection Of small
grains collected from every part Of the
world. This is the first installment only
OF an agricultural display that will surpass
anything ever shown by a railroad com
pany. A large number Of samples OF differ
ent grasses, native and foreign, with both
foliage and roots. together with seeds, is
TO follow.
With all these grains and grasses the
Union Pacific will experiment In Nebraska
TO md the ones best suited to this soil and
condition OF temperature aud moisture.
The work will be done in some representa-
tive section Of the state along the Union
Pacific tracks, a strip Of land from a quar-
ter to half a mile long being used for the
purpose.
The feature Of the matter, however, is
in Its connection with the scheme Of Mr..
Hartman TO reclaim the ranges in western
Wyoming, where millions Of acres will be
rejuvenated by re-seeding as soon as the
most adaptable and suitable plants for the
purpose are selected by experiments.
EIEhty-three sampler Here.
In the Office Of Assistant General Freight
Agent Lane Of the Union Pacific railway
the grains are arranged In a hardwood wall
case. There are eighty-three samples,
each In a box with glass top. Every box
Is labeled with the variety and the source.
There are different kinds Of wheat, barley,
oats and rye.
This display has come Immediately from
the Oregon Railroad & Navigation com
pany's experiment farm at walla Walla,
Wash, where 1t was collected by r. c.
Judson, Industrial agent for that railroad
and in charge of the farm.
The idea in securing such an enormous
variety from so many corners OF the earth
Il to discover by cultivating just which is
best adopted to the different sections
through which the Hartman lines pass.
Countries where the rainfall Is FIVE inches
a year, others where 1t is forty inches,
seeds maturing in June and in January and
under all conditions Of heat and moisture,
all are represented. so every portion Of
this country can be given just what It
wishes.
Especial attention is being paid to dry
Iand seeds. as 1t is thought that the vol
canio ash soils Of Wyoming and Nebraska
and neighborlng states, being so charged
with potash and other elements necessary
to their t%ruition. will prove very fine for
this class of grasses. A few are the bunch
grass, the dry land alfalfa and the bromus
inermus.
barley from Russia.
Among the most notable Of the grains
that have arrived here are the YarosIaf
and Uta spring emmer barley from Rus
sla. famous for its powerful mailing quail
L. ~ l.
with the millers because 1t is so rich in
gluten and makes such strong. fine -four.
and the Pelissier wheat from Mustapha,
Algeria. which is almost transparent in it's
grain texture.
Then there Is the White Welcome oat, from
British Columbia. which is the heaviest
In the world. weighing forty-hve pounds to
the bushel, and the Schlansted winter rye,
from Germany. famous as the best for rye
bread manufacture. Another peculiar
grain is the black oat, which comes In two
varieties, one the Avena Saliva, from
France. and the other the Avena Rouse,
from Russia.
Great stress is to be laid upon rye as a
grain for the west, since varieties have
been found which can be sown on Septem-
Der l and will be eight feet tall by the
time cold weather comes. This forms a
most valuable 1000 Tor stock. because OF
its succulency. and II Is so prolific that
thirty stalks will emanate from a single
seed. 1t stools out almost as strong as
wheat.
The samples that have just arrived com
prise twenty-five Of barley. six OF oats,
tour of rye and ~nfty-one Of wheat.
Railway Notes and Personals.
Herb Howell. travelling passenger agent
for the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
road, 10 In Omaha.
M. r. Casio, commercial agent of the
Houston Eastern a. Western railway al
Kansas City. is In Omaha.
The Frisco system has appropriated