The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-21
KANSAS cOAMENT

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KANSAS FARMING WITH BRAINS.
A famous painter is related to have
answered a pupil who asked how he
mixed his pigments to produce such
marvellous colors, with brains, sir
All over the world the state OF KAN
sas IS marvel this year. for the fact
that although the spring wheat crop
III quantity is one third less than the
average for the past ten years, the
wheat crop in this state represents
nevertheless the greatest value of any
year in history.
kansas flour this year is being made
from wheat which shows the highest
percentage of gluten in the history of
wheat raising in Kansas The result
IS greater cash value for a crop even
smaller than the average.
The Kansas farmer will be asked by
his brother farmers in other states how
this wheat is raised, and the answer
is: with brains"
The Kansas farmer has learned to
conserve the soil, has learned to pre-
pare good seed bed, to be zealously
careful in the harvesting of the grain.
Millers who have learned to analyze
every load of wheat to ascertain the
percentage of gluten and of moisture
in each load, have the evidence that
Kansas wheat this year has the quality
to make the best flour in the world.
1t is also remarkable that Kansas
wheat growers have succeeded when
other famous wheat growing sections
nave tailed to utilize this opportunity.
: The great northwest, for example,
has not remained in the lead which it
once boasted.
The Northwestern Miller, an author
ity in. the trade published at Min
neapoliss says of the northwest:
I'm comparison with the results of
this policy, the state of Kansas, from
which the Officious political farmer has
been excluded, stands forth as a con-
spicuous example. Kansas has been
raising wheat as long as the north
western states, but it's quality, instead
of deteriorating, has improved. The
reason for this is not far to seek. Kan
sas has had an intelligent agricultural
department of its own, and has turned
very deaf ear to the Overtures of the
outside political farmer with head
quarters in Washington.
Quality, milling quality, the actual
value OF wheat made into bread, and
not mere quantity has been the stan
dard consistently and persistently held
up before the Kansas farmer by his
agricultural colleges and his depart
ment of agriculture. AS a result he
grows real wheat, of acknowledged
and recognized value the world over,
and while his crop may be more or
less according to the weather condi-
tions, there is no annual spasm aboE<
its growing. g.'-Wichita Eagle.
ALIENATION CASES.
If there could be devised some way
fer securing judgment, a good many
women in this country could bring
suit against ]. Barleycorn for the
of the affections of their
husbands and there would be evidence
and exhibits in plenty to be introduced
at the hearing. Every newspaper Office
in the country could produce several
by running back over a few months
and recalling the requests that had
been made by sad faced wives, asking
that nothing be said about my hus-
bands case in police court on account
of the children.
Such pleas would not come if the
affections of the husband were in their
proper place and any court of fair and
impartial mind would assess heavy
damages on the offender If they could
be collected; for it is reasonable to
suppose that a man with the proper
affection for his family would not
think of placing himself in a position |
that would bring disgrace and sorrow
to the members unless there was some |
thing that held a stronger place in his |
life.-SaIina Journal