Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-04-24

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The professor stated however that all
land was not adapted to the raising of /
| durum wheat and that the Red River
Valley was not as good for this pur-
pose as the lands farther west. He
says that the durum is little harder
to mill than the fife or bluestem but
that there is a larger percent of -four
produced from it. Prof. Ladd is of
the opinion that the difference In price
is not on account of the difference In
the -four making qualities of the wheat
but that it is regulated by the millers,
and that the difference as it now ex-
lists, about zoe, is out of reason. He
Istated that the -four from durum wheat
Is much preferable for pan cakes, cer- :!
ials and pastry He distributed sam
pies Of bread made from durum -four
that was of excellent quality. The
-four was made at the college mill and
baked at the college bakery. He rec
commended agitation against the differ
ence in the price of the wheat, as the
difference really does not exist, as
durum wheat is blended with the 9th
er wheats in many instances and sold
at the same price as the hard wheats.
In the course of his remarks he took
occasion to state that the
Devils Lake -four showed up
as among the best samples
that had been tested at the university.
Mr.. sivertson, Of Crookston was next
called upon. Me- sivertson represents
the Millers Association, being in that
business at Crookston. He has mill
which is devoted entirely to the grind
ing of durum wheat, and recommends
that the people be educated to the
+ use of durum flour. He stated further
\ that they had tried to work up trade
in this product, but that they had not
met with much success. He stated
v |futher that the difference in the price
Of wheat is regulated by supply and
demand and that the only way to put
" durum wheat where it should be, was
. to create a demand. This In his opin.
- ion is the only way that the price can
. be raised. - - -
ss Mr.. Walker, miller of Oaks, was
= called He has. a mill which grinds
durum exclusively. They have an out
. lay of about ;s26,00c lii. this mill anG
4 he states that there AZ Q none Who5ars
s more anxious than they that the dur
p un1 flour liecomes Of more general use
& He stated that the direrence in tht
a price of the different kinds OF wheat a
= this time is In the condition brough
= about by the short season making :tllt
: fife and bluestem short crop and thu
!, bring ahigher price while the durun
Z { wheat is not in such demand and 8;
y does not 60 up to the mark Of ths
- : others, or the product of their mil
\. about so percent. is sent abroad, t.
= = Finland, Egypt. and other foreign coup
: tries. # they had to depend on, hem,
8 8 consumption Sof their product the.
. would be@ol,Iiged to close down, !:
y * }5 Mr.. NranLiew, $of the Farmers Mil
q. III this: city stated that the -four mad
1 from durum wheat was Just as foI
= eign from that made by the fife ali,
= bluestemz as is the product Of ric
= wheat ..s s $ ID " ss 4. \:
Z. Mr.. Payton of Hope, a wheat buyer
= next, took the fioor and stated that /
y great amount Of the durun wheat. j
s sent to Minneapo oils, and no one know
= what becomes sof il so It is very likel
a. a that 1T Isl ground into -four and sen
g back to us. He also stated that we ar
not getting what we should Tor tI
dur1lm. There Is the same compain
on durum now as there was on blu,
56 stem some years ago. He stated tina
s5s itH Is impossible for. the nillers of th,
M northwest to- compete with the Min
@ neapolis mills for the reason that TIL
# millers there use all the poor Nhea
S ia their -four and the nnillers OF the
# northwest use nothing but the hare
wheat sof the first quality
4A commit tee, consisting of Ole Ser
# umgard of this city. Q. G Majors, q
M Hope and Capt Main, 81 o,ando, were
pointed to Ssinyesti gate the nnattei
M and determine the best remedy fol
M decreasing the difference ii the price
off wheat ana report 70 the president
S of the society
lNer0 chan Dies IiIl Asylum
. message Waa received Thursday
Iastt ann nouneing the death George