The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-25

ed fullsiZed loaf of the best quail
ity. More than one-half of the
bread eaten in the United States dai-
/ ly is made in bakeries and they
demand flour that will make full
sized loaves and the highest num-
Der or loaVes to the barrel
When the miller is ready to grind
wheat, he dampens it and allows the
grains to soften and get into con
dition where the bran separates
best and the largest percentage OF
flour is produced. When the exact
point is reached, the softened wheat
is ground. Each kind of wheat re-
dUires 4 different quantity of water
and different length OF time for
sO.tening and if exactly the righJ
treatment is not given. the bran
does not separate well and carries
flour with it. Some kinds of wheat
require twice as much water as
others and from six to eighteen
hours longer TO become properly
softencd.
When the wheat is made up of
several varieties, it is of course i'm.
possible to give each sort in the
mixture the right treatment to gel
the most flour from it and loss
of quantity of flour produced fol-
lows. Sometimes when hard and soft
wheats are mixed, the loss equals
a ton and a half Of flour to a
thousand bushels of wheat The lar
mer who raises mixed wheat, has
this loss taken out of the price
of his wheat 1t costs no more to
raise pure bred wheat than ii does
mongrel wheat, while usually the
yield is greater and always the price
is higher. The hard wheat grower
should SOW Turkey Red wheat and
the soft wheat grower should use
pure strain of the best yielding
variety for his section. Not bush.
cl of mixed wheat should be sown
in Oklahoma this year.
a Better Seed Wheat Campaign
is being conducted jointly by the
Rock Island lines and the Oklahc
ma Agricultural College and Expert,
ment Station and a special train has
been provided to cover the Rocf
Island lines in the state acy)mpa-
mel LN competent eNretls to give
demonstrations and lectures The
newspapers Of the state are interest.
ed and are publishing articles on
better wheat growing. Posters have
been sent to postoffices, railway sta
tions, commercial clubs and other
public places. Experts have been
sent out to find pure seed wheat
and lists distributed of growers
who have purcw heat for sale
Experts from the United States de-
partment of agriculture are giving
their assistance in pushing this
movement Many county farmers in
stltutes have used their influence in
having good seed wheat only sown
in their counties. Commercial clubs,
the State Export Association the
State Grain Dealers association. and
The State Millers' association, will
give their active support in secur
ing pure seed and in getting the
wheat growers to SOW it, The cash /
ier of the country bank is usually 7
the confidential business adviser of ,
the farm patrons OF the bank and |
the bankers of the state have been .
asked TO induce all wheat growers .
to use pure seed and to aid in
finding pure seed.
The fifteen thousand boys in Okla.
homa who are members of the Boys
Agricultural Clubs have been fur
nished good seed wheat literature
and the school teachers of the
state have been urged to ask all
thelr pupils to BRING samples ol
wheat TO hool and study them Un-
til they become familiar with the
characteristics OF choice wheat The
Culdreu will stir up their fathers
to set pure seed.
Fair managers will have bakinS
demonstrations OF flour from differ
ent grades OF wheat ana also make
exhibits Of different milling quail
tiles implement dealers will be
asked TO make an unusually vigor
Gus campaign for the same of ma
chincry for cleaning and grading
up seed wheat.
The plan is TO get every man,
woman and child in Oklahoma,
living on a farm or in town,
to thinking studying and talking |