The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-03-11
WHEAT OhD.iYFARM
Durum Variety Admirably Adap-
ted to the Semi-Arid Regions.

Durum Variety Admirably Adap-
ted to the Semi, Arid Regions.
Must Be Grown Without irrigation to
Give Best Results-severai impor
tant Facts Obtained from Ac-
t1sI 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
ly TO decrease because of the larger
production of this kind OF wheat in
other countries. 1t 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 aud
at the same time has received opposi-
ton from mills in certain quarters. it
will be important to give the following
facts with respect to it which are OBJ
tanned from actual experiments either
by this department or by millers and
bakers using the wheat and -four.
l. The export is now about 20,000,-
900 bushels per year, 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 flour
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
erly handled it has been found that
such objection is not we'll founded.
4. 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
dough.
S. The size of the loaf also, which is
smaller than that of loaves produced
ordinarily from other flour but which
is purely a mechanical matter, and of
value only to bakers, allowing them to
sell that much more air than bread
for the same price, is largely con.
trolled also by the same methods that
modify the color. On the other hand
the advantages are:
(. 6. Unquestionably a better flavor in
the durum wheat -four.
Z. Durum wheat bread, being more
moist, will remain fresh half as long
again as bread from other wheats.
s. The baker can get many more
loaves of bread from one barrel of
flour because Of the greater absorb
ton of water, so that he can sell more
water at the same price in durum
wheat II he cannot sell so much air.
9. The baker also makes a saving
of a considerable amount of sugar per
day in his regular baking in using
durum wheat -four, az q prominent
baker has stated that no sugar is
needed in making this bread because
of the large amount naturally found
in the -four.
The above points mentioned are in
respect to the commercial side of the
subject. AS to the adaptation OF
durum wheat ASA crop to the semi
arid districts, this has been thorough
ly demonstrated for many years. Dur
UNI not only gives uniformity yield
of from SO 1.3 to so per cent. greater
than that of other wheats under the
same conditions in such areas but will
even produce crop when other
wheats practically fail. The present
production of durum wheat is probably
somewhere near 60,O00.OOO bushels per
annum. about 50, 900 900 of this amount
being produced in North Dakota
South Dakota and western portions
of Minnesota and the other 100000
western portions of Nebraska, Kansas
and Oklahoma, in the Texas Panhan.
die, eastern Colorado and scattered
localities over the Rocky Mountain
and Pacific coast regions.
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people charge per pint or per quart
for fresh cream?" but what price car
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