Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-09-04

The University of Idaho has re A.,
comfy issued an interesting bulletin
in which the merits of the Alaska
wheat are discussed at length, The
bullein gives the WELD of the various
tracts where the Alaska" wheat
was grown this year and concludes
with statement 60 the effect that
II, reason is apparent why high pr
price should be paid for this grain
than the market price for any of I'll,
Standard varieties
The following Is the bulletin Is
sued hy the university;
''Cn account of the numerous in.
quiries coming into our station We
find il necessary to issue this press
bulletin concerning the so-calicd
Alaska" wheat.
This wheat whom given ample
field space or conditions favorable toI
the individual plant. has branch
! ing head borne on n rather tough
straw at height Of between four
and FIVE feet The mesh bears two
and three kernels. when grown I'M
der close field conditions the head
tends to he much smaller. branches
less and the mesh bears from one To
two kernels, very seldom three. If
heads grown under these conditions
alone were examined the impression
would be obtained that this wheat
never bears but two kernels to the
mesh, a mistake which some writers
appear to have made.
THE boards, while not numerous,
are dark in color and considerably
stronger than We ind in our common
wheats, but not so long or stiff as
Those found on the Durums or Mac
aroni wheats The normal kernal II
light in color, short and plump, with
an unusually open grceve, which al
lows the kernel to be easily broken
H. thrsshing, A cross section shows
the interior to he white and powdery
with comparatively Nttle horny
starch. The shrunkcn kernels are
naturally harder.
Taking everything into consider
alton ! am led to conclude that this
"a the Egyptian or Miracle wheat
Pou'ard, and that Il belongs. "a
that variety OF the Egyptian known
as Eldorado, which II very closely re-
lated to the seven-headed variety.
Inferior a. to Flour,
"The Pou'ards are peculiarly ad-
apted to dry regions but never have
\ in N
Their yields have never proved Il
be OF such nature as 10 warrant
their extensive growth. even fo'
stock food. And the inferiority Of
: the -four produced from them hal
prevented their use TO any extent
! for the production Of bread.
"The high yields claimed for thu
wheat in this section OF the country
in some cases PIT bushels per acre
lore fabulous. One OF the promoter
states that from one head OF thu
wheat he obtained seven ponnda
from these seven pounds he produced
1545 pounds. or a. yield In roun'
numbers Of 220 fo'd II IL from thes'
figures that the yields noted In tn
various papers. and IN the circula
Of the Adams Hobe Seed Grain com
. rany. Of Juliaetta. Idaho. are com
. | puted. To show the riduculonsnes
, Of computing yields In this way, W
determined In couple OF eases, tn
: number OF grains produced from on
: seed OF Little Club grown under ia
9 vorable conditions in our braedin
: plat, One plant produced 1l7s, IN
: other 1900 kernels Now. reason'n
. as this seed company has done. II W
: should pant one buahol 81 this LII
9 Il. Club To the acre. We would obia'
: 11Tg or 1900 bushels. This wouI
b. rather high yield, even !"
> Idaho.
Best Yield Only 80 Bushels.
This year the company bad 10
acres Of the wheat grown on djn"'
ent farms in this locality. ~
acre tract near Moscow. which ".
,b,eshes in the middle Of Augui
went abou, ~ bushels 30 the arr
Mr. Adams stated AZ the time ia;
his best yield had been - bu*hf'
re supplemented this remark. bow
n eyer with the statement thai y
stands were pear IN every cas-" .
. considering the ia:9s acreage u
farf that several farmers grew y
erOD ard The effect 81 Close - 4
noted above We must tate fhis
an indication a. least. ot the }ifi
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