The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-08-27


be defeated for congress he will retain |
his residence at Knoxville and practice
law.
in wheat that yielded equally as we'll
planted in winter or spring. Did he
have good wheat? The chemists and
experts at the station tested it and pro-
nounced it good quality of hard
wheat. Hard wheat That was sufi-
cient. But Adams knew he must have
patience another year.
In the fall of 1906 the 1915 pounds
were planted in fields by the side of the
the famous Blue Stem and Club wheat
grown in that section. Watching their
comparative growth, Mr.. Adams picked
on the same day green heads of Club
wheat and green heads of his Alaska
wheat, the latter so many times larger
than the ordinary wheat that the Club
wheat seemed hardly started. The far
mer was jubilant. Then nature took a
hand, and hailstorms of the worst kind
came, beating down the ordinary wheat
until it was not fit to harvest. The far
mer, discouraged, went out to his Alas
kswheat fields and saw that the sturdy
stems had partly withstood the storms,
and he finally harvested $4,000 pounds
of seed
Now was the time to make his final
test. He had enough for test from
winter grown. Taking this to the ex-
perimental station, he soon received
report which made him for the first
time sure that he had something worth
giving to the public. The station chem
ist wrote:
{" The kernels from the fall.sown
wheat were plump and sound and
doubtless will grade No. /. Judging
from the chemical and physical condi-
ton of this sample, it will probably
| take rank with the best grade of Blue
Stem for flour.
"The sample grown from springsown
wheat showed by chemical ANALYSIS
somewhat higher protein content (this
being an indication of its probable
: strength for bread-making purposes }
, am inclined to think that the wheat
, that you have here is the equal, if not
the superior, of our Blue Stem for flour
making purposes. | should like to
make mill test whenever you can
: send me sufficient quantity for that
purpose.
These are the facts about the wonder
full wheat of which the world will soon
be talking. Farmers do not believe it;
wheat spectators do not believe it;
but those who have Travelled to see it
y do believe it. Mr.. Adams had his fields
. surveyed and has absolute proof of the
, yield from each field. He has tried his
= wheat in other lands, and in some
D places it did better than in Idaho. AL
y ALBANIA raised wheat from it with leaves
= = seven -eights of an inch broad, growing
- like cornstalks.
). AS last test, Mr.. Adams sent single
u heads of what to other parts of the
4 country where he had men he could
trust to plant and ascertain the result
Reports are just coming in to him, and
u he finds that in other states his Alaska
u wheat does better than on its home
: soil. In Alabama a head was planted
u December 81, was up January 30, waist
S high April 1, with leaves seven ,eightf
d of an inch broad, and July was harv
. ested. 1t showed to be hard wheat of 6
10 fine quality, and the one head yielded
: the same as the first head planted ir
y Idaho.
- Under ordinary soil conditions the
I' new wheat will yield 200 bushels to the
!, acre, under extra conditions above that
q What will be the outcome? Had al
. America he'd Alaska wheat to seed this
year, the American crop alone woulC
u have been five billions of bushels. Doe,
% that not mean a revolution in the wheat
. industry? Will the food of the poor be
come SO cheap that there will be nc
q famins? Or will farm property rise in
d value with the capacity for the yield
u All this is conjecture, but these things
q are certain
3 The wheat Alaska has given us will
y Withstand hail if not too heavy.
Il 1t will withstand frost.
IS 1t grows hard wheat from fall sowing
} ltyields upto 229 bushels the the acre.
s 1t will grade up to No. 1 hard.
D 1t will turn the vast areas in Missouri
IL and the south and in the far west into
IL hard-wheat areas.
,, And last and best of all, it will bring
back wheat-raising to the worn ont
farms of the east where, with whei
J. yields 200 bushels to the acre, farmers
l. can afford to use manures and chemic.
: ais, and make profit.
- If all America could seed with the
new wheat it would, at only fifty cents
y bushel, add nearly 50, 500, 600, 900 to
10 the wealth of the farmers every year.