The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-24
Hancock Department
WHEAT Is BEST
IN THE COUNTRY
EXPERIENCED MILLER WHO
BUILT SEVERAL MILLS IN THE
U. p. PRAISES THE up
PER PENINSULA.

That the wheat grown in the upper
neninsula Is superior To any grown I'm
The United States and is Of the same
standard as that grown in hungary,
which ranks first In the world for the
strength and flavor Is the assertion OF
William FroehllngsdOrf who has built
n number of mills In the upper PENN
eula is an experienced miller and has
mad first hand experience In Hungary
France. spain Switzerland, France and
England. as wen as In the mills If the
Dakotas. Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The assertion is a sweeping one, but
MIR. Froehlingsdorf has taken pains 10
gather evidence to back his statements.
81. ct any one doubt my statement as 10
The favor and strength Of the upper
neninsula wheat" he said. and will
invite comparison of the bread made
from the ordinary wheat grown in 9th
CT parts of the United States and the
bread made from the middlings of the
wheat around at Herman, and | viii
wager that The latter will have the
better flavor and viii be eaten with the
greater relish. it has been demon
strated.'
Forty Bushels to the Acre.
Mr.. FroehlinRsdorf citel the case Of
n farmer who planted several acres
with wheat last year as an experiment
and harvested forty bushels "a the
acre. The wheat was tested, and
weighed sixty-two pounds to the bush
cl This is considered remarkable, as
the No. ! wheat weighs only sixty
hounds To the tushel. The test Of the
wheat showed that il possessed better
favor, greater strength and higher
percentage of gluten than other wheat.
This extraordinary condition. says
MIR Froehlngsdorf. is partly due TO the
fact that the upper peninsula Is vir-
gin ground. y crop of forty bushels
In the acre was the top mark of the
golden days of wheat raising in the
Dakotas whereas now the crop goes
only sixteen bushels to the acre there
Eut at that MI. F'roehlngsdcrf SAYS the
upper peninsula can do better The
farms here have not yet been made
Level; the grain fields go UP and down
hills around stumps ana stones, and
no effort has been made to ascertain
what the SOIL really can DO.
Must Build More Mills.
The assertions made as to the flavor
of the wheat are borne out by the eX-
perlments of the experimental station.
and the great percentage of sugar in
the sugar beets and corn grown mere
has been determined by Official tests.
Farmers who have Tied raising the
wheat are enthusiasts over the crop.
and believe that the upper peninsula Is
destined to attain n reputation as the
part of the United States where the
best wheat i'm the world is grown.
When Mr.. Froehlingsdorf came 10
Marquette sixteen years ago. all the
wheat grown i'm the upper peninsula
could have been ground by one mill in
few days but there was no mill,
says the Mining Journal. Now there are
seven mills. five of which have been
built by Mr. Froehlngsdorf, and he
SAYS that all that is necessary To make
the upper peninsula n wheat country
is TO build more mills.
He returned yesterday from Herman
where he erected the Hour mill for the
Farmers Coz operative Milling company
This is the sixth mill he has built in
the last few years in Barasa. Hough-
ton and Ontonagon counties. and IL viii
grind wheat. rye. barley, buckwhea'
and chop feed. IL has a capacity OF
one hundred bushels a day and is as
well equipped as any mill in the pen
insua. The president of the company
So Nels Majhannu and the miller Il
Jos. Keranan.
When we started To grind this
spl'ing." said Mr.. Froehlngsdorf THE
officers anticipated only weeks run
but the mill has been grinding whea
for two weeks and the supply of grain
ia not yet exhausted. All the grain