The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
HARLEY TERRITORY
| TO BE EXTENDED
MILLIONS BACK OF MOVE FOR
EXPANSION OF FIELDS.
Big Brewers of Milwaukee Aided by
Agricultural Bureau and Minneapo-
lis Interests Set on Foot a Plan to
Foster Growing More Of the Grain
in the Northwest.

m Raemsa any mana sFsa'g 81 the experts
of the country, a movement is under
way for the extension Of the barley
fields of the northwest and the improve
ment of the crop. This is one Of the
most important, moves in the agricul-
tural history Of the northwest:
The .Uihlein Brothers, millionaire
owners Of the Joseph Schlitz brewing
plant of Milwaukee,, and J. M. Riebs,
manager Of the Milwaukee houses Of
the American Mailing company, D. G..
Fairchild Of the United States depart
ment Of agriculture, : and .Northrop,
King g. Co. and William. Goetz and
James j. B. Orth, barley experts, both
formerly Of Milwaukee, now Of Min
neapolis, are pushing the plan.
Mr.. Orth, thru Correspondence with
Mr.. Riebs, has. already arranged for
the Introduction Of new seed in some
localities in the northwest.
$50 milwaukee, Needs.
Briefly stated, the ever-shifting CEN
ter of grain production has begun to
affect the barley crop. Milwaukee is
! the grea test barley consuming market
Sa1Ges @ aad ie IS
that Milwaukee has capacity that could
| use up 100000 bushels in. a
year. The finest barley comes from,
eastern Wisconsin, and on this Milwau'
KEGS industry has been built up. Not
more than 100000 bushels of Milwau
KEGS annual consumption is western
barley. But conditions are changing
A falling back like that of the line OF
production Of wheat that is turning the
ers to the Canadian northwest, is being
repeated In barley, and the best minds
in the mailing industry. can see the in
<evitable shifting that is ultimately tc
: carry the supply center farther into the
northwest.
Minnesota's Opportunity.
The time will come, if indeed it is no.
already here, when Minnesota and thu
Dakotas must be turned to- for raw ma
terial, but except for South. Dakota
northwestern barley does not, on tn
whole, come up to the highest standard O.
that Of eastern Wisconsin,: Hence tn
campaign now on for good seed barle.
and new varieties.
Northrup- King & Co.. have alread..
spent several thousand dollars in tn
work, and a series of experiments wit
new seed varieties is now under way
their houses. Mr.: Riebs has also. take
, up we IldGLcI Will N1AAAo1poAAo 'SA@
, vator companies.
, D. G. Fairchild Of the department. Q
, agriculture, some time ago induced vi
lein brothers, owners of farms near NJ
nomonee Falls, Truesdell and Fo
Point, Wis, to plant a variety Of in
ported barleys on their three farms. Th
results have been highly satisfactor,
/ Barley Of these varieties will be. di
Q tributed among barley growers OF tn
8 northwest-> : :. ~ r
The Varieties are as follows:~ San
pie No. S559-Six roWed barley fro
Norway; sample No. 7992-from Mu1
ich, Bavaria; sample No: 7427-fro7
" Albacete, Spain; sample No. 9877-:-fro,
= the Khedival agricultural society. Ga
= TO, Egypt; sample No. l0402-origin
Hanna pedigree barley from Austri
Moravia; sample-----No. 10585-fro
! Hannchen, Sweden;s sample No: 1886
- from Primus, Sweden; sample No. lO5S
: from Princess, Sweden; sample N
s. lO5S4-from Chevalier, Sweden. 80,
}. 49, Results Remarkable. . ...s. :
s The results of the experiments alreai
made are wonderful. Probably: Il
|:change of climate, and the extra ca
and cultivation are responsible for tt
4 extraordinary results. ~.
u st. Duplicates Of all Of these sampl