The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-08-05
WIZARD DISCOVERS
! NEW WHEAT PLANT
That Will Yield 200 Bush
els to the Acre.
An. IDAHO FARMER WINS OUT
Grain That Grades as Hard
Winter. Suited to Warm
or Cold Climate.

ST. Paul, Mimi, July 27.-Every one
who knows anything about farming
. or gardening, even in the remoteSt de-
gIse, and many others besides, know
about Luther Burbank, the wonderful
manipulation of natures products, and
she great things he has done to Gre
ate new varieties I'm fruits and flow
ems: yet when it comes to actual val
ue To the country and world slt large
the most wonderful thing ever ac-
complished has been done by Abraham
Adams, of Juliaetta, Idaho, who has
performed almost a miracle with
wheat and made it possible to increase
tbe wheat crop of every individual
who raises that cereal ten-fold.
While it has not been generally
known, many governments, through
their scientific men, have been str'fv-
ing for many years to avert a world
famine. How soon VIII the world
sltarve to death?" asks Sir William
the average yield per acre Of wheat
for the world is only 1921 bushels. Yet
after years of skillful trial, the gov
ernJnent stations have been able to
Improve wheat growing only a trifle,
and they are now aghast at tho re-
suit of experiments by this Idaho
h.. oh Il hxr
NAUTICAL figuring on individual stands
of wheat as perfected by him to show
an increase of 27S-fold.
1t will be hard for old wheat rails
ers to believe this wonderful story,
but proof has been made by surveys of
the land on which wheat was plant
ed and accurate affidavits of wheat
ahreehed. Here is what is coming to
the wheat business, a marvellous thing,
but actually true.
Mr.. Adams in 1904 succeeded in
getting one single head of wheat that
satisfied him of a discovery. This
one head of wheat he planted in the
fall of that year, and in the follow
ing summer procured seven pounds
of the wheat. This seven pounds he
planted in the spring Of 1906 and he
secured from the seven pounds 1,545
pounds. Here was a Startling yield
at the ratio of 222 bushels TO the
acre This seed was planted in the
fall for winter wheat, but bad wealth
err and hail during summer destroyed
all the fields of ordinary wheat, so
they were not fit for harvest. Yet
the new wheat left standing thresh-
ed out $4,000 pounds.
From these statements it Is easy
10 figure what this wonderful wheat
Is. = Because it is impervious to frost
anu also to light hail, and because 1t
and also to light hail, and because
it partially withstands the heaviest
hail, Mr.. Adams named his wheat
the Alaska, on account of its wonder
full sturdiness. But the wonderful
things were yet to come. On govern
ment test it was found that this won
derful wheat was hard wheat. 1t is,
therefore, wheat that succeeds equal
" we'll as winter or spring wheat, and
dn both paintings will grade No. 1
hard.
This means an absolute revolution
in wheat raising II means that the
countless acres of California, where
only soft wheat Is grown, can now
raise wheat. 1t means that in all the
vast winter wheat region, which is
greater than the spring wheat terri !
tory, growers can now compete with
Northern countries in growing hard
wheat. 1t means that an average crop |
for the farmer will not be 20 bush
els TO the acre. but two hundred. 1t
means that the WORKOUT farms OF
the East, with such a yield can afford |
to have farmers manure their land
for wheat crops because Of the enor-
nous return. 1t means that in time,
when the seed can be distributed ev-
erywhere, the wheat crop of vhe world
will be multiplied many times. It
means that this year, If Alaska wheat
could have been planted, instead of
an estimated American crop of 5OO,-
100000 bushels, America would raise
for the world close ON to 5000, 900, 900
bushels. When this is realized the
wealth that Alaska has given in gold
pales into lnsignificance by the side
of what the farmers will be able to
lay up in wealth for the country.
Mr.. Adams wheat has been raised