The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-11-16
FORTUNE IS MADE
FROM THE SEED Of
4 M|LLET PLANTS
10000 BusheIsoi Seed
Grown from
Them
1T PAYS LIKE FLAX
Mitchell Has Become Chief
Market for Millet Seed
i'm State

Wata Nj. W. a. Wheeler came TO
M..,rtoM il 100. 10 take the manage
I1r:iI Ci the Dakota Improved Seed
Co. nc irrongAt with him The seed
,flo:.l millot plants. These were Sc
lectcl "s The best from II largo gum
BIZ of plants with which Mr. Wheeler
Wa.s WofkinG while conducting the
loa.c plant Investigations at the
l.x,erin,crl Station. Higirmorc. S.
H.. lmrinss tho past . years the Da-
loia Improved seed Co. has produce
Cd from the seed OF these i millet
n.ants over 20,u00 bushels of seed.
Wilon tho Dakota improved Seed
co. VA organized i'm 1907, Mitchell
aas NOS looked upon as 4 millet seed
p;sdh, INK gtcnter. Now Mitchell
.i.es more millct seed to central
t. =. i.t5 Ian ANY other station in
TOUT, ssf0ta, aud practically every
hasAe' ,GGt sh!as ben shipped traces
ba,x "a. 10 i giants selected by Mr..
WlFe.tr1
Tqa. mi3lcj in question is Known as
aa ks.sk %.rGiiiet. Ii was imported
ITO tl!c Emitted States by M. NJ. 4.
E:af!oton, who has charge of Inc
atain Investigations OF the T.. S. Dc
iaFtin, MT OF Ngriculturr. Mr.. Carlo
Ion s,oure5 this millct from the
Province Of Hnrsl1. Russia. in 1898.
New Plants Selected.
Tho seod thar was first imported
u was = miXtlrc OF red yellow, and
black seeded varieties. Trials OF the
Original stock al the Btookings and
.lisrmora Experiment Stations lem
onStratrd that this variety was ahead
II ;il of the ordinary varieties in
df,2uth resistance. yield OF hay and
seed production With these results
as a foundation. Mr.. Wheeler start
ea, in 1901 to improve and purify the
stock so rs to%make il suitable for
introduction. That year he sowed a
large plat. of millet in. such ii man
ner tina the individual plants could
he studied. From this, plat 2O5 of
tho most vigorous and hest producing
plants We're selected for increase.
The product of each of these was
sown in a plot, by itself and the
record of Yield kept of each plot. The
second year all bur 40 were culled
out. These 40 were sown again and
The thir1 year all hut 10 We're elimi-
natea.7F At the end of the fourth
year the records of yield showed
four selections very much superior to
ali OF the others. The seed from
these four represent the stock which
Nh. Wheeler brought to Mitchell in
1907 and the entire 10000 bushels
which has been produced during the
past s years is q product OF these 4
PLAINS. ST
The millet is in great demand by
the larger seed firms in Minnesota
and other eastern states and brings
anpremium over all other millet.
During the past week the Dakota I'M
firm alone , large cars representing
$500 bushels of this millct. and
conld sell many more ears il the
seed was available.
Grown On New Breaking.
One thing that holds the quality
Of the Kursk millet as produced il,
the vicinity of Mitchcll above that of
all other millet. besides the pedigree
of the stock. is. tho fact that all Of
this seed is grown on new breaking.
Mr.. Wheeler makes ii q rule, that he
will not contract any seed on old
ground for IT rs very difficult to koen
sucllssccd lccc from green foXtaii and
other weed Seeds =.
Mr.. Wheeler has been continuing
his Improvement work with this mil
let and expects in u year Or two TO
Offer an improved strain which will
probably be much superior even TO
tho seed from tho Z selected plants.
With those who have grown tho
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