The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-02-24
WHEAT OND2YFARM
Durum Variety Admirably Adap-
ted to the Semi-Arid Regions.
Must Be Grown Without Irrigation to
Give Best Results--several lmpor-
tant Facts Obtained from Ae-
tual Experience.

As to the amount of wheat that can
be handled, there is no question that
considerably larger amount OF the
wheat can be readily marketed than
has ever been grown. There is good
reason, therefore, from this stand.
point for increasing the production,
writes NJ A. Carleton in charge of
cerals. department of agriculture, in
Dakota Farmer. Each year the supply
is not sufficient to meet the demand.
This, of course, is largely because of
the great amount exported. Some have
remarked that the export is now like
" to decrease because of the larger
production of this kind of wheat in
other countries. II may be noted, how
ever, that the wheat is continually in
creasing and during the past year has
increased more rapidly than at any
other period About 20 important
-four mills in the country are now
grinding this wheat every year, some
of them using for this purpose their
entire capacity the year round. The
names of these mills will be given at
any time to the parties individually
or commercially interested They in.
clude some of the largest milling firms
in the world This list too covers
probably not more than half the
entire number of mills in the country
using durum wheat, but simply gives
the extent of our own information in
the matter.
In view of the fact that durum
wheat Is so admirably adapted to semi
arid districts and must be grown with
out irrigation to give best results and
at the same time has received opposi-
tion from mills in certain quarters, it
will be important to give the following
facts with respect to 1t which are OBJ.
tained from actual experiments either
by this department or by millers and
bakers using the wheat and -four.
1. The export is now about 100000.
900 bushels per year, a large part of
which goes to central and northern
Europe for bread-making The amount
being used for bread increases each
year
2. There is an unmistakable in
crease in the use of durum wheat -four
in this country each year for bread,
very large proportion so consumed
being ground by Minneapolis and
North Dakota mills.
3. In respect to every objection
made by millers and bakers to this
wheat, when the wheat has been prop.
arly handled it has been found that
such objection is not we'll founded.
d. Even the objection of the strong
er color in the flour and bread is al
most entirely overcome by many bak-
ers in their method of handling the
Tough.
B. The size of the loaf also, which is
smaller than that of loaves produced
ordinarily from other -four but which
S purely mechanical matter and of
value only to bakers, allowing them to
sell that much more air than bread
'or the same price, is largely con-
rolled also by the same methods that
Modify the color. On the other hand
he advantages are:
6. Unquestionably a better flavor in
he durum wheat -four.
Z. Durum wheat bread, being more
moist, Will remain fresh half as long
gain as bread from other wheats.
.. The baker can get many more
caves of bread from one barrel of
lour because of the greater absorp-
ion of water, so that he can sell more
water at the same price in durum
wheat If he cannot sell so much air.
3. The baker also makes saving
# considerable amount of sugar per
ay In his regular baking in using
urum wheat -four, as a prominent
aker has stated that no sugar is
eeded in making this bread because
t the large amount naturally found
n the flour.
The above points mentioned are in |
aspect to the commercial side of the !
ubject. AS to the adaptation of
urum wheat as a crop to the semi.
rid districts, this has been thorough.
: demonstrated for many years. Dur
m not only gives uniformity a yield
from 33 1-3 to so per cent. greater
ian that of other wheats under the
ime conditions in such areas but will
ven produce a crop when other
heats practically fail. The present
reduction of durum wheat is probably
'mewhere near 6O,OOO,O0O bushels per
mum, about 5O,OOO,OOO of this amount
sing produced in North Dakota,
outh Dakota and western portions
Minnesota and the other 1O,OOO.OOO
estern portions of Nebraska, Kansas
I'd Oklahoma, in the Texas Panhan.
e, eastern Colorado and scattered
calities over the Rocky Mountain
i'd Pacific coast regions.