Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-16
lEBRASEk FIRST IN WHEAT
" nssR Wins on Spring Wheat
saample Given Many Tests.
,oRg SHOW PRIZES ANNOUNCED
whsat Awards Were Held Until All
ssusPIss Were MiIIed ny Minne-
spOIis Company, Giving
. Complete Tests.

Nsbrsska won first prize for the hest
r1sat for light bread flour at the National
cora exposition, the winners being an
aonheed for the first time Monday, when
rsfvfns we're received from the Minneapolis
mffis.s
n. ID. ~stslk or Grand Island was the
wilmer. The prize 10 a complete farm cleo
trfe lighting plant, given by the Orr Gas
Ehfihs starter company of Omaha.
The sample for spring wheaton which
Nebraska has never been quite famous.
but the product of the state is recognized
by mallers as being the best grown, only
they cannot get enough OF 1t to make a
geed showing every year.
The contest was open TO the world.
Thirty-ftve entries were made from all
parts OF the wheat growing area. including
Ninnesota, which won most of the prizes.
Thatwhsat. was not only judged by the
experts from agricultural colleges and the
~insneeters from the leading grain ex-
changes of the United States, but it was
given the laboratory test in the best
equipped milling laboratories. then 1t was
nstled sby. the wsshburn-Crosb company
Of Minneapolis, makers of some of the best
flour in the world
aFH Wins On Many Scores.
when these reports were all in. the
wheat was given a certain number of scores
for each test, Mr.. Sticks wheat had
81 scores sac ia total. The millers
shostdfthe relative amount Of flour, shorts
and, bran and comparative amount OF
Sflteh. Carbohydrates, oil. ash, fibre and
notiture. The following we're the other
winners in the class:
secobd, john Cheney. Warren. MINI,
score a. points, prize Power grain grader,
ysiss 400 donated By Eureka Manufactu--
ina company, Lincoln, Neb.
Third W. Binnail, Woodbine. Ia, score
a points, prize Hoosier drill, value $50, do
mated BY John Deere Pillow company,
Fourth, b. H.. Thompson, Rifle, Colo,
score 81 points, prize Steel grain bin, value
60, donated BY Butter Manufacturing com
panyf Kansas City, Mo.
Fth, Merritt Green, jr, Marshalltown
Is,, score 81 points, no prize for this place.
The following IL the official score card
ros judging wheat, used by those who
passed on the samples giving Nebraska
first place;
Points.
Yisid OF flour. 60
Texsure and color of loaf ...,..".... 10
sizes Of loat'..'' ~
S~oUDaKsss ana flavor. Is
Per cent and quality of gluten.".."..... 10
~ RNN@E 81
GIuten Content Decides.
In this class the samples of John Cheney
and j. w. Binnall scored an equal number
OF points, also the samples of b.. Ii.
Thompson and. Merritt Green, jr., had an
sduat number. but the decision of the
Judges was made in favor of the sample
scoring the highest number of points in
afantitys and quality of gluten and absorb
ton. which. were considered of most i'm
p%ortance.
Winners of other wheat prizes will be
made known in a few days. During the
exposition only a few awards were made
as the National Corn exposition had an
nohnced It's determination TO give all wheat
samples in the classes OF most Importance
the milling test. II was the first time a
grain show ever made this test before
aNardfng premiums and furnishes a com
pfstefitsst at once conclusive and undis-
putahfe. HGrc