Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-11-28

ley. This is not any more a qrIe
ton of doubt for successful demon
stration was made near Salem thi
year.
During the early part of 100
Mark Bloom, an enterprising farme
who resides on rural route No.
out of Salem, secured 80 bushels o
the very best brewers barley tha
could be had. He was able to &c
this through the Salem Brewery asso
citation, who had IL sent to then
from Milwaukee, Wis. The Lyle
Stoppenbach Malt company were tn,
senders and took special care tC
select what they considered the best
barley they had. Mr.. Bloom sowed
the thirty bushels on his farm and
at the proper time harvested his
crop.
A sample of the barley raised was
forwarded by the Salem Brewery
association to the Lytle-Stoppenbach
company, who pronounced II the
very best of choice brewers barley.
Mr.. Bloom expects to put in abomt
100 acres OF barley next season and
has already sold a considerable
amount of seed to his neighbors at a
fancy price.
His sale OF seed has more than
covered his original expense in send
ing for the barley from the east. He
still has about so bushels OF seed
barley left. Samples OF same can be
seen at the rooms of the Salem
board OF trade.
Following is the report OF a spe-
cial government agent on this very
interesting subject.
Cooperative Work With the u. g.
Department of Agriculture With
Brewing Barleys.
BY G. P.Norgord, special agent,
Madison, Wis.
The barley OF the barley markets
and barley raising areas OF the Uni
ted States are in a singular chaotic
and mixed condition. Not a single
pure race of barley is in general cul-
divation today.
The terms Manchuria, Scotch,
oderbrucker and Chevalier, though
some OF them represent comparative
ly good yielders, are nevertheless
but mixtures of several distinct bo-
tanical varieties or races which diff |
fer more or less from each other IN |
their yield. matnring. mailing and
brewing qualities.
Al the first glance this does not
appeal to the farmer as affecting
him seriously. He applies the old
argument which has kept the scrub
COW so long on our farms and advo-
Gates leaving IL alone. Looked at in !
its relation TO the market and the
maister who sets the standards for
the market. the question appears
much more serious. II Is found that
each variety IN the mixture has its
own period OF germination, one kerr
mel requiring four days to develop
as far as the malster requires, while
another requires eight days. Az
whatever time the malster discon-
tinues the termination he will have
"A part of his malt either terminating
too far or not far enough. In either
case. there is a serious loss of the
valuable qualities sought for in the
barley. Molds, bad flavor and innu-
merable other serious evils also fo'- |
low upon the condition. The general
markets have show within the last
few years that this mixture and de- |
generated condition of barleys is in !
creasing rather than decreasing, de- +
spite the efforts which have been
made by few of our agricultural
colleges.
There Is, therefore, ample room
for better barley on our market
and a very definite demand backed
by liberal price has arisen for an
improved barley. AS an instance OF
this, II may be cited that the last
few years the Pabst Brewing com. ,
pany of Milwaukee, has paid seventy
cents for a superior barley obtained
from Montana, while the highest
market price for common barley has
been so cents per bushel.
IL is the purpose in the co-opera-
live work between the department
of agriculture and the Wisconsin +,
experiment station to obtain and !
'lace in the hands of the farmers of !
he barley areas OF the United States ,
md Wisconsin in particular, a barley !
which will command this high price ,
n the markets of the United States !