The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1908-08-07
stroying part of railway con-
struction camp.
A Miracle in Wheat Raising.

Everyone who knows anything
about farming or gardening, even in
the remotest degree, and many Others
besides, know about Luther Burbank,
The wonderful manipulator of natures
products, and the great things he has
done to create new varieties in fruits
and flowers, vet when 1t comes to ac-
tual value to the country and world
at large, the most wonderful thing
ever accomplished has been by Abra-
ham Adams, OF Juliaetta. Idaho,
who has performed almost miracle
with wheat, and made 1t possible to
increase the wheat crop OF every in
dividual who raises that cereal ten
fold.
While 1t has not been generally
known, many governments through
their scientific men, nave been striv-
ing for many years to avert world
famine. elbow soon will the world
starve to death?" asks Sir William
Crookes, who shows by statistics
that the average yield per acre Of
wheat for the world is only 1877
bushels. Yet, after years of skillful
trial, the government stations have
been able to perfect wheat bearing
only trfle, and they are now aghast
at the result Of experiments by this
Idaho farmer, who has been able by
mathematical figuring on individual
stands of wheat as perfected by him,
to show an increase Of 276 fold.
1t will be hard for old wheat raisers
to believe this wonderful story, but
proof has Deen made by surveys Of the
land on which wheat was planted,
and accurate affidavits of wheat
threshed. Here is what is coming to
the wheat business, a most marvel !
Gus thing, but actually true.
Mr.. Adams, In 1904, succeeded in
getting one single head of wheat,
] that satisfied him Of discovery.
This one head Of wheat he planted in
the fall of that year, and in the fol-
lowing summer, procured seven
pounds of the wheat. This seven
pounds be planted in the spring Of
1906 and he secured from the seven
pounds, l,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 weather and hail during SUM-
mer, destroyed all the fields of Ordi.
nary wheat so they were not ft to
harvest Yet the new wheat left
: standing threshed out SO, 900 pounds
. From these statements, 1t is easy
to figure what this wonderful wheat
is. Because it is imperyious to frosl
and also to light hail, and because II
partially withstands the heavies
: hail. Mr.. Adams named his whea
the Alaska, to mark its wonderful
I sturdiness. But the wonderful thing
r were yet to come. On the govern
i ment station test, IL was found tina
: this wonderful wheat was hard wheat
!. 1t is therefore wheat that succeed
n equally well as winter or sprin
wheat, and in both paintings wi
grade No. l hard.
This means an absolute revolutio
in wheat raising. 1t means that tn
countless acres of California, Wher
" only soft wheat is grown. can no
raise hard wheat 1t means that !
!. all The vast winter wheat regior
y which is greater than the sprin
of wheat territory, growers can no
ID compete with the northern counts
is in growing hard wheat. 1t meaI
IS that an average crop for the farm
n. will not be 20 bushels to the acre, b,
200. 1t means that the worn o,
farms of the east, with such yiel
. can afford to have farmers manu-
:, their land for wheat crops becau
," Of the enormous return. 1t meal
III that in time, when the seed can
is distributed everywhere, the whe
rs -op of the world will be multiple
many times. 1t means that this ye
ke il Alasks wheat could have be,
of PLANTED, instead Of an estimat
&c American crop of 500, 900, 600 bushel
c. America would raise for the wor
, close onto five billion bushels. VIII
this is realized, the wealth that ALI
ka has gwen in gold, pales into insi
- niffcance by the side Of what I
~ farmers will be able to lay up
ny wealth for the country.
Up Mr.. Adams wheat has been rails
ee on dry land, under slight moistu
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