Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-09-08

Culdbeu COhttihtnb tur Aldshd WHEAT ,
we, the Undersigned farmers, do
hereby certify that, in the year OF
1908, we raised the said Alaska
wheat for Abraham Adams OF Julia
eta, and the following statements
are true TO the best OF our knowi-
edge:
~. We raised the said Alaska
wheat on land which had already
grown several crops and stood badly
in need OF summer following.
1.-The said Alaska wheat will
flourish In spite OF drouth better than
any other wheat that VIC have cen.
"'S. We seeded one(D bushsl
or less to the acre. The seed was
given up very poorly cleaned and at
least 40 per cent o. Il c'ackcd. IN
which condition we put It IN the
ground.
q. The gpring of the year 1908
was cold and wet, materially retard-
ing the growing fields, the AIaskt
NHtht hHonk blHtib.
"'5. The outworms were bad, de-
stroying large portions OF the grow
ing grain. The Alaska suffered heav-
| ily.
90. In spite of statements TO the
contrary, the said Alaska wheat
which we raised on dnr fields, stood
up without lodging or shelling out
under n windstorm 20 severe that the
boards we're blown, on. fe
"7. In our Judgment, under the
this years adverse conditions and
on the poorest OF soil. we raised
twice rs much OF the Alaska wheat
per acre as we could have raised
had we put club wheat on the same
ground.
"'S. Tke Alaska wheat does not
shatter In harvesting.
80. While other wheats are
badly affected, the Alaska wheat is
free from smut
80. All statements TO the con-
trary Notwithstanding. the fields OF
Alaska wheat which we harvested
this year were not badly mixed with
any other varieties OF f,wheat.
s8"ifi. The Alaska wheat harvest
ed by us characterized by large and
plump grains.
"I2. Whereas. II is said that
there Is no demand for Alaska when
among the farmers OF this oommnn-
ity. we intend TO seed for ourselves
as much OF the Alaska wheat as Mr.. i
Adams will sell us.
"'l3. Whereas. certain press re-
ports void make II appear that the
Alaska wheat stools very sparingly. |
we afirm that II will stool equal to |
other varieties OF wheat
"on top OF this affldavit, here is
what another threshing machine man
has TO say;
-. W. A. whitten, have finished |
threshing 80 acres OF the Alaska
wheat for Abraham Adams and, by |
looking over che ground, am con-
WINGED that there was not to exceed |
one-thIrd OF a proper stand OF wheat,
and threshed ou, 50i sacks OF
wheat
Says MN Was Inefficient.
I'm the same issue of the spokes-
man-Reviow appears an article un-
der the heading Adams Wished No |
Milling Test In Il is reclted the |
fact that did not permit tho vanpeit
a Seigler -four mill at Leland. Idaho.
10 make milling test Of my wheat /
when they cleaned my seed wheat |
last fall There were two reasons
for my refusal 90 permit them TO
make the test; First. desired TO
put as many acres into Alaska wheat
as possible and | had only SS7 bush
els. Second. the vanpelt a Siegler
mill Is noted for the poor quality OF
-four. aud l did not think Il worth
while TO let II make the test.
The fact that this years yield
wonld be light has never been denied
by myself. After having watcher
my nelds mature. I am surprised to
and that they are yielding as well as
they areslq The above afiidavits ex-
plain the reasons for the light yield
wllhont any necessity for further
ietallA
- aProfessor Elliott makes the pre-
iiehion that three years from now
Alaska wheat vim be only a mem
>ry,' Perhaps-bnt then. the pro-
lessor may be mistaken, Respect
'ullx, ABRAhAM ADAMS.
Nae 'Junaetta. Idaho