Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-12-28
SOFT WHEAT VERSUS HARD
WHEAT FOR THE DRY
FARMER

The temporary rise In the price of
soft wheat above that Of the Turkey
Red, should not be taken at all seri-
ously by the dry farmers Of the Aber-
deem district or neighboring sections
having similar climate condtons.
The great demand this year for soft
wheat is largely due to the shortage
In the supply caused by the floods
in the Mississippi valley. Some of
the demand is no doubt due the
shortage caused by a great many dry
farmers in this western country who,
realizing the great value OF Turkey
Red wheat. have stopped growing
soft wheat entirely. Practically all
this soft wheat flour goes to south
ern states where 1t Is mostly in de-
mand by the biscuit eating popula-
ton OF the south. As soon as eQuil-
ebrilm Is again restoEed in the soft
wheat producing sections Of the Miss
issippi valley the soft wheat price
Will come back to practically It's nor
NAL condition, and it's true value in
comparison to Turkey Red will be
again restored. Good Turkey Red
should always sell higher than the soft
wheats, due to its superior qualities,
and the recent attempts to give 1t it's
true selling value in comparison with
soft wheat should not be lost sight
OF, due to the more recent but tenn
porary higher price of soft wheat,
Turkey Red has time and again been
demonstrated to be the best dry farm
wheat we have, and no dry farmer
should be misled into planting soft
wheat.
White wheat either winter or
spring, cannot compare in quality or
yield per acre ON the dry farms to
the Turkey Red or Crimean wheats.
These facts have been clearly DEM
onstrated by the Nephi Experiment
Station OF Utah, the Nebraska Exper-
iment Station, the Kansas Expert
ment Station, and the Montana Elk
pertinent Station. Mr.. Farrell, form
erly superintendent Of the Nephi sta
ton, states in Circular No. 81, B.
P. l. of the U. S. Department of Ag-
riculture, that In six year test of
Turkey, Coffoid, and Gold Coin, Tur-
key outyielded Koffoid 4 bushels
per acre, and Gold Coin Z e bushels
per acre. This was an average year.
ly increase. In the same six year
period tests I'm winter and spring
wheats were carried on and an aver
age yearly difference of 704 bushels
per acre in favor of winter wheats
shown. He further states that of 60
varieties tested Turkey Red led all
varieties with a good margin.
In the winter wheat sections of
Montana Turkey Red outyielded all
other varities, giving an average
yield of 32.45 bushels per acre, and
this on four stations.
Turkey wheat having but very little
foliage and thin straw Is naturally
to regions of scant precipi-
tation. 1t is the most drouth resist
ing wheat we have at the present
time. Its high yielding powers, com.
bined with its most excellent quail
ity has caused the Kansas farmers
to abandon all other varieties. Kar-
kov, an improved Turkey or Crimean
wheat, Is now grown to a greater
extent in Kansas than the original
Turkey, Prof. Jardine Of the Kansas
Station states In Kansas
Bulletin No. 176: During the past
ten years thousands of varieties Of
wheat, brought together from all
parts Of the world have been tried
out in comparison with one another
ON the various experiment farms OF
the state, and the results show con-
clusively that the Turkey Red and
Khardov wheats are most ideally
adapted to our conditions" Invar-
iably they have outyielded all other
varities in the western section OF the
state.
Prof. Montgomery OF the Nebraska
station states in Bulletin No. 1875, that
in the last ten year periol Just pas.
sed, the average yield Of wheat In
Nebraska has been Increased five
bushels per acre for spring wheat
and 80 per cent Of .he winter wheat
grown In the state is Turkey Red
The Nebraska station is now putting
practically all it's efforts In Wheat
Improvement ON the breeding up and
Improvement Of the Turkey wheats
In order to create demand fol
Turkey Wheat, and in order to attract
buyers. 1t is very essential that y
whole district grow that one variety
and grow it exclusively Of any other
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