The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-01-26
Experimental Baking Tests


ject of Experimental Milling and Bak-
ing Tests, proved to be of exceptional
interest to all the assembled farmers.
The working of the experimental mill
at the institution and the work i'm the
chemical and baking laboratories have
always been of vast interest to the
farmers and at the Friday meeting they
had ample opportunity to have the
work explained to them MIR. Fitz said:
From previous speakers you have
heard much of value concerning the
maintenance of soil fertility, the con-
servation of moisture, proper crop ro-
tation, good seed bed and good seed,
pure varieties, and many other vital
topics.
BY applying the principles here ad-
vocated to one specific small grain
crop. wheat, we try TO bring about
wheat Improvement. In addition to
those already discussed, there Is anoth-
err phase of wheat Improvement that
we can no longer afford to neglect.
We must know more of the milling
and baking values of our wheats.
The value of the hard red spring
wheats of the northwest should be
based upon the amount and quality of
flour they viii produce and the farmer
who produces the best wheat, judged
from this standpoint should receive the
highest price for IL.
Before going into detail on this sub
feet let us consider for a monument the
Importance of this question of wheat
Improvement and what it means to the
three states, Minnesota, North Dakoa
and South Dakota,
During the ten year period from 1893
to 1908. inclusive. these, three states
have produced over 1.500,0 100000 bush
els of wheat with an aggregate value
of 1856 .666.666 or yearly average of
over $4,000, 900. The total year
ly. production has been ranging from
about S500O0OO to 1871 10000 The
average yield per acre during this time
has been only a little over IL bushels
the average farm price about 50 cents
and the average yearly acreage a little
over 13,333,333. This gives an average
value per acre of about $3.50 for the
wheat alone.
Based on these figures. if we can in
CREASE the average yield per acre for
the three states two bushels, and / am
confident from experience gained both
on the farm and at the experiment
stations that this can be done, we can
produce 1856. $50 bushels more wheat
on the same acreage with but the
smallest added expense to the pro-
Queer When we say 26.666,666 BUSH
els we really get little idea of the bulk.
If we should load this amount into a
solid line # 4O-foot freight cars, put
ting 1900 bushels in each car, our line
would be over / As miles long, or reach
more than half way from Fargo to
St Paul.
At the average farm price of $50
this would amount to $1S,4O0.OO0.
Better Handling Methods.
Still another Improvement can be
made BY better methods of handling
and caring for the crop after maturity
we can put upon the market wheat
that will average ut least one grade
better than we are now sending there.
This improvement i'm quality and con-
dition would result i'm an increase in
the market price of about two cents
per bushel.
BY simply doing this we would en-
nance the value of the increase yearly
production of the three states over
S3,925,OOO Or. to sum 1t all up, in
crease the average yield per acre two
bushels and raise the average grade
of the product one point and you can
add to the value of the total yearly
output of wheat from the three states
over $22, 100000.
The values here given are based
upon the average farm price for the
last ten years and there is no question
but that the average farm price for the
next ten years will be considerably
higher / have also made no mention
of the higher yields that would be Sc
cured from other crops as a result OF
this campaign for good farming.
believe that you will agree with me
that we have here something big
enough to be worthy of our best eff
forts and that the time has core wher
we. should do more thar talk about
such Improvement. We should bring
It to pass.
Because of a lack of sufficient know.
ledge regarding the milling and baking
qualities of the various classes anC
types of wheat and because sucf
knowledge is necessary before these
wheats can be properly graded upor
our commercial markets, we have be
gun a thorough study of the compare
tive values of these wheats based upor
their milling and baking qualities.
This work is carried on by TIA
grain Standardization office, under tn,
bureau of plant industry United
States department of agriculture, Ii
cooperation with the North Dakot;
agricultural experiment station a
Fargo, North Dakota. 1t was author
lied July l. 1908 and was organize,
during the summer months Activ
work was started about Sept 20, 1905
The work consists essentially of mill
ing the various samples of wheat an
submitting the -four made therefor
to baking tests and all the mill pro
ducts to more or less detailed chem
ical analysis.
Equipment of Mill.
The mill equipment supplied by tn
college consists of the following mach
inery:
Fairbanks Morse 80 III p. Motor
/ Monitor grain separator; l. No. {
Invincible scourer; i Prinz- Rau du;
collector No. %; Cyclone dust co
Iector; 3 double stand inches by
inches Rolls (Allis- Chalmers); i plar
sitter No 1865. size $50, 6 sections,
sleeves high (Allis- Chalmers);1 Invir
chile aspirator, style B. No. 1 Vic
tor wheat steamer.
The three double stands. of rolls al
so arranged as to permit regrindir
giving five breaks on wheat and eigl
reductions on middlings. The spoutir
and valves from the plansifter are