American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-07-27
MILLERS GIVE
TIMELY WARNING
Utah Farmers Must Grow Bet
ter Quality Of Grain.
Inferior Kinds Will Not Be Received
at Full Price, Turkey Red Rec
smmended as the Best Vari-
ETY. for Milling.

At recent meeting of the Utah
State Millers' and Grain Dealers AS
sociation held in Ogden, H. T. Peter
son, Esq, manager of the Trenton.
Charleston Mill & Elevator Company
was made chairman of the publicity
committee Of the associotion. The
president of the organization. H.
H. Blood, of Kaysville, manager of
the Kaysville Milling Co., has for
warded to Mr.. Peterson a copy of
the following document, which goes
under the auspices of the association
and Is intended for publication by
the county papers of the state.
A note of friendly warning to
Utah farmers was sounded at the
convention of the Utah millers and
grain men held in Ogden, recently.
to the effect that unless better wheat
Is produced in this state, the time
will come when producers will have
to take lower price for their grain
than a standard wheat is worth. 1t
was pointed out to the convention
by Prof. J. c. Hogenson and DR..
Robert Stewart of the Agricultural
College of Utah, and by Charles A.
Smurthwaite, a leading wholesale
grain dealer of Ogden, that the kinds
OF wheat mostly grown in Utah is
OF inferior quality for milling and
Dread making purposes, the last
named speaker declaring that the
California millers who, some years
ago were active bidders for Utah
wheat, will not now make an offer
Ior such grain as is grown there,
except for use as chicken feed.
The wheats that are said to have
caused most of the slump in quality
are the Gold Coin and Sonora varie-
ties, neither of which are accepta-
Die for milling purposes because OF
their excessive starchiness and the
lack OF gluten contents in the berry.
Utah millers have long known that
these wheats We're not good. but
nave accepted them at full price un-
I'll now. That they will no longer
do SO is shown by the tenor of the
resolution passed unanimously by
the ogden convention, in which the
mlllers present declared emphatic
ally that they will not accept these
Two varieties of wheat at full price. |
put that purchases will in future be |
made according to the quality of !
The wheat offered by the farmer.
The wheats mentioned in the res
olution as being desired because of |
their fair or choice milling qualities
are as follows: In the order of their |
preference: Turkey Red, Bluestem,
dollhouse, or Winter La Sale, Ko-
fod. Red Fife. Turkey Red is put |
at the head because the showing
made with that wheat in Utah so
1ar indicates that it will produce
larger yield than any other variety |
on dry farms, being an exceptionally |
good draught resistant. 1t is also the
highest in percentage of gluten, and |
hence will be the best for milling |
purposes. Bluestem, while not SO
prolific. is good milling wheat. |
dollhouse is excellent both in mat
ter of production and quality. New
Zealand is recommended as the best
spring wheat for Utah.
Nearly all of the important mil
ling concerns of the state were rep |
resented in the Ogden convention,
and the decision reached means that |
the farmers who wish to get full
price for their wheat must plant, IN
future, kind of wheat that Will be !
acceptable to the buyers. The grain |
brokers of the state were also mOm-
bers of the convention, and regis
istered their vote with the mlllers,
SO that the movement for better
wheat in Utah may be said to have |
been launched in way that VIII
insure results
1t would seem, therefore, that
farmers should make arrangements
before planting this fall to get some |
seed of one of the standard Varle-
ties mentioned. The benefit Will ac-
crue first to the farmer himself, and
in a secondary way the millers ana
grain men will be benefited by the
increase of grain shipments ana
the better flour market.
Every effort is being made by the
officers of the Ogden convention 10
advise farmers of the action taken
in time to reach them before l9ll
seeding, and in this they will be as
sisted by those in charge OF the
Agricultural College Experiment sta-
tion, who have for years been ad-
vocating the planting of only the
best varieties of grain, as potent
means of developing the farming
industry of Utah.
It is understood that some of the
milling companies and grain men
are planning to provide seed wheat
at cost to farmers who will make
known their needs in that line
Malad Enterprise.