The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-09-07
NEW WHEAT GOING TO EUROPE
MILLIONS OF BUSHELS EXPORT
ED 10 MAKE BIACARONL
and This Great Muscle Building
Cereal ThriTes on These West
eFn PIains-PFOmIses Riches.

We shall receive in Marseilless"
writes Consul General Skinner be
fore the end Of the year something Ike
a million bushels Of MacarOni wheat
from America, the first OF that variety
TO be shipped TO France In commercial
quantities. As Marseilles IS the great
est market for hard wheat in the
world, the advent Of the United States
as the furnisher Of raw material is re-
garded with a great deal OF interest
I understand that the most OF this
grain was grown on land which VIII
not produce the ordinary wheat A
few years ago when the MacarOni
manufacturers Of Marseiiles asked Us
for hard wheat il was discovered that
the variety they wanted was not grow
ing in the United States at all. There
upon Secretary Wilson, Of the depart
ment Of agriculture consented to take
up the matter and has pushed IL with
such energy and great success that our
farmers viii soon be able to supply the
French and Italian markets, which
are now almost entirely dependent
upon the wheat fields OF northern AZ
RIGA The fact that we have taken a
million bushels at Marseilles this year
goes far to show that demand and
supply are in a fair way to adjust
themselves with great benefit to our
people
I'VE will send 100000 bushels Of
MacarOni wheat this year TO France,
Italy and other parts Of Europe" said
Secretary Wilson when I called his at
tentiOn to the dispatch Of Consul Cen
eral Skinner, writes William Z. Cur
tbs, the Chicago Record-Herald'
Washington correspondent I'VE will
send 100000 bushels to the Macar-
Oni makers Of France, and they are
paying a premium for it and viii take
all that We can send. This peculiar
quality OF wheat, continued the sec
rotary, 'is not only good for Macar-
Oni, but is superior for ordinary pur-
poses, particularly for countries like
France and Italy. where the people
eat more bread and less meat The
diet OF French wCrkingmen, and Ital-
ians also, is very largely bread and
wine and a few olives, and hence they
want good bread, strong bread, bread
that is nOurishing and muscle build
ing This MacarOni wheat which we
are just beginning to send to France
and other countries Of southern Esu-
rope is richer in protein than any 9TH
er wheat It is the best muscle build
er Of any food We have. It makes
men strong, and therefore the Europ-
cans, who eat little meat, need it more
than we do and are calling for it,
while our millers have tried to decry
it"
Where did this wheat come from,
and how long have you been growing
The agents Of the agricultural de-
partment brought it from Russia and
northern Africa about five years ago."
replied Secretary Wilson and we dis
tTibuted the seed around among our
experimental farms and among farm
ers who were willing to give it care
full attention until it has spread over
a considerable part OF the west and
has extended the wheat area Of the
United States more than a, hundred
miles into the semi-arid regions and
has enabled our. farmers to cultivate
with profit land which was supposed
to be ut for nothing but pasture for
wild steers 1t is the best crop we
know OF for a dry climate. I would
not recommend 1t for an ordinary
wheat country, but it will flourish
where other wheat will not grow. It
needs only ten inches Of rain for 2
crop and a wide zone of hitherto use
less land on the eastern slope Of the
Rocky mountains which has had too
little moisture for ordinary cereals
and vegetables, yields large crops Of
the best quality OF MacarOni wheat
1t requires careful attention, however.
1t must be cultivated with patience
and skill.
There are two varieties Of Maca-
rOni wheat-that which comes from
Russia being the best for -four" said
the secretary, ''and that which comes
from northern Africa being the best
for MaCarOni I do not see why we
should not supply the greater part OF
the European market with MacarOni
wheat It would be good for the peO-
pie over there and il would be good
for US"