The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-09-18
/ STATE NEWS OF, INTEREST
SHOULD LEAD THE COUNTRY.
North Dakota Millers Have cr4at Ad
vantage, Says Prof. Laid,

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vantage, Says Prof. Ladd.
II want North Dakota to take the
lead IN the way Of wheat and -four
investigations and also the lead In
tFe production Of flour for the con.
"Eampticn Of the world" said Prof. e.
%. Laid, state pure food commits
: sioner, in an interview with the Fargo
Forum.
I'm flour Investigations believe
that we have the lead of the other
states now and the system of co.opera-
tive work which has been planned
with the government and which is
: now outlined will be a means of keep
Ing us we'll in the lead. The work
we have planned is such that it will be
great benefit to the millers and
farmers Of the state and have just
completed bulletin which will go to
the printer in about ten days and
gives a complete statement with data
of our work which was done the past
year. This should be very interest
ing to all interested in wheat or -four.
IF the millers of North Dakota
would get busy and advertise series
OF brands in the East-not any partic-
'ular brand, but many, showing that
they were made from the famous
spring wheat Of North Dakota they
could work up large Eastern trade.
The Minnesota Millers are using a
mixture of wheats which come from
that state, North Dakota, and the
South and in which the wheat of
North Dakota plays an important
part"
Professor Ladd has tested almost
every brand Of -four sold in this part
'of the country and has figures which
show that in the gluten tests the
commercial fiours of North Dakota
are far superior to others. He pro-
'duced table which showed that the
gluten in the North Dakota flours
averaged 13 per cent, while the flours
made in the East averaged liz per
cent. Pillsbury and several other
noted flours only averaged 11.39 per
cent gluten while many of the North
Dakota dours went as high as II per
cent.
I'VE talk of bringing manufacturers
to this state when the flour manufac-
tured would be the one to thrive I'M
der present conditions If natural gas
can be secured as is reported it will
make the power proposition cheap.
The millers should form associations
for this advancement of trade and it
would be benefit to the entire state.
1t would promote the dairy industry
for the by-products, such as bran and
shorts, could be secured at q reason
able rate which are not now possible.
Again, while the most of the flour
would be shipped out of the state,
still the soil would be conserved by
keeping the bran and shorts in the
state for food as these products con-
tain the greatest part Of the fertil-
Ety."
In making his tests of the CONNER
cial flours. a standard flour was adopt
ed by him with which to check the
other brands and tests were made
twice and double check was obtain
ed. The flours were twice tested, once
under one number and once under an
other number. The miller, baker and
all assistant were not permitted to
know what -four they were testing,
the only one who knew this being
Prof. Ladd himself. AS a conse-
quence they did not only not know
what flour they were testing, but they
also did not know If it was an orig
inal or duplicate tests, which gave
two authentic tests for each brand of
1our
The data compiled from these tests
will be published in the bulletin which
will soon be off the press. This bull
letin will contain about Ga pages Of
very interesting matter.