Morris tribune., 1905-11-25
TORE ABOUT DURUM.
An Ever Widening lslarket for the
New Wheat

| New Wheat
| w. W. Jermane, the Washington
correspondent of the Minneapolis
Journal, sends the following dispatch
regarding durum wheat to his paper
of last Friday.
Washington, Nov. Ut is the
opinion of Secretary Wilson and
every other member of the agricul
tural department having to do with
the question, that Gurum WI eat has
now gone far beyond the experiment
al stage, and must from this time on
be rekoDed as one of the vital forces
in the agricultural world.
Tho recent export of 100000
bushels of durum to Marselles,
where it is to be used in the manu-
facture of French macaroni, in the
opinion of Secretary Wilson, will es-
tabl!sh permanent market for this
wheat in Europe. This order came
at the true psychological moment"
There had been a succession of poor
crops in Europe, and it was imposs-
IDLE to supply the European demand
without importing. At the same
time the crop in this country was
not only the largest vet grown. ag-
gregating about 100000 bushels
but was of very high grade. This
export shipment will equal, in all
the elements demanded for macaroni
purposes, any hard wheat ever grown
abroad and surpass the average o.
the foreign yields. The future of
this export market, therefore, seems
assured. and it is the belief of de-.
partmental officials that it will grow
year by year
Supply May Outstrip Demand.
Secretary Wilson made an address
in the northwest last spring. in the
course of which he said that the
durum crop of 1905 would probably
aggregate 100000 bushels. He
overshot the mark, so far as this
particular year is concerned, but he,
and the zen under him, agree in the
prediction that the crop will go to
to loo, 100000 bushels within a very
short time. Plsus already under
way by farmers in the dry durum
districts indicate that the yield next
year will more than double that of
the present year. In fact, all the
indications point to such rapid ex-
pansion OF this indurtry as to cause
fear here that the farmers may over
do the business and develop the crop
In advance OF the market openings.
Several commission merchants in
Duluth and Minneapolis have adj
Vised their country correspondents
IN the Dakotas to encourage in SOW
ing of durum, promising to provide
good market for every bushel offered.
Under this one stimulus, it is said
that many farmers not heretofore in
.erested in durum haze prepared to
SOW it next spring, while farmers
who already have grown it are to in.
crease their acreage. It is the judg-
nent of NJ. A. Carleton, chief CO.
'ealist Of the agricultural department
hat it will not be long before all the
Dig mills of the country, especially
n the middle west, will be taking
Ill the durum that is offered. He
ellis me of an interesting experiment
'ecently make by him, which, quite
bore out all that the de-
oartment has ever claimed along the
inc that durum would make as
White bread as the fife wheats.
Durum Flour BIeached.
A number of samples of durum
nd fife wheats of this years crop
we're sent Mr.. Carleton several weeks
go, and he undertook an experiment
u bread making to determine certain
acts regarding the native value of
ach. The samples of durum which
le used came from Colorado, the fife |
rom Lamoure, N. D. After the
read had been baked, it was dis
0vered that the durum loaf was
1uch winter: in fact, it was as much
hitter than the fife as the fife had
reviously been shown by expert
lents to be whittier that the durum.
little inquiry developed tina fact
nat the durum -four had been
leached.
II do not want to be understood as