Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1912-08-15
FARMERS after
Prize OF $4,000
-Four Hundred Entries For No.
vember Wheat Contest.
TO Be HELD N MINNEAPOLIS.

Four hundred farmers living TN the
American northwest already have sig
nifled their intention Of entering the
contest for the 5000 prize offered by
the Northwest Development league for
the best five bushels Of wheat grown
in Minnesota, the Dakotas, Montana,
idaho, Washington or Oregon. Lewis
Penwell, president of the league, 10
working out the details for the con-
test for the worlds greatest wheat
prize. He has completed the rules for
the judging of the samples to be ex-
hlbited and entered in the contest at
the Northwestern Products exposition
In Minneapolis in November.
"Judging by the number Of wheat
growers who have already announced
that they will enter the contest" Mr..
Penwell said, 1T appears that the task
Of hand picking the wheat does not
dismay the farmers of the northwest,
and it is evident that many people are
willing to inspect five bushels OF
wheat in order to get the kernels uni
form, remove weed pulp, have only
plump, bright, sweet seeds in the sam
pie and thus get the grain as near as
possible to perfection"
Judges and Judging.
Three judges will be selected by the
presidents and the agronomists of the
agricultural colleges Of the seven
states competing. The Judges must
come from without the American
northwest. 1t is not expected that
these judges will all be agricultural
college people. ) Some of them will
probably be from one Of the grain ex-
changes Of the country-a Judge of
commercial grains.
Judging will be in three ways: First
according to the accepted score card;
second, by milling and baking test
and, third, by the Yield per acre. One
hundred points will be allowed for
each of the three ways and the sum
Of the points gained divided by three,
thus arriving at the average score.
Mr.. Penwell said the Judging by the
standard seed score is probably the
most interesting, as the exhibitor can
gain points by carefully selecting his
grain. Before the milling test the e1-
hibitor cannot tell what kind of bread
his wheat will make, but he can have
the wheat clean and free from. I'm
purities. This score card shows the
test which all wheat is given in one
way or another at the great grain
markets to determine it's commercial
grade. The judges in determining the
best wheat at the exposition will be
guided by the same requirements.
Number Of Points.
Thirty points will be allowed on
yield, twenty-five being on the weight
Of the sample.
Fifteen points will be allowed on
variety characters, three Of these
points being on the color; ten on pur-
ity, which means the kernels must be
true to the type Of breed represented;
two points are allowed for the kernel
shape, which varies with the breed.
Thirty pounds are allowed for vital
ity, five of these being for luster, as
dull, dead color is objectionable; If
teen points will be allowed for plump
ness, as all wheat kernels should be
plump, well filed and well rounded,
saving no sharp angles and with the
creases we'll closed; seven points are
for odor (the sample should be sweet
and free from all foul smell, mustiness,
etc.,.
twenty-five points are allowed for
market condition, ten points being to
cover,weed seed, three points for dirt
and dust, two points for injured ker-
nels, fve points for smut and five
points for the condition Of the bran.
This means that the samples to
stand any chance Of securing the prize
must be free from weed seed, especial
u wild oats, darnel, quack grass, cheat
and mustard. No dust must be pres
emit. All broken, blightcd and scabby
kernels win count against tn. wheat,
while the bran or seed coat must be
smooth. bright and free from dirt and
weatherinP.
The rules for judging take away one
point for each pound for less than
standard weight of sixty pounds. The
Judges will count out 100 seeds as42ey
run. They will cut the score in1rO-
portion to the weed seed found. tosior.
purity, kernel, shape, luster, plqp
ness, germ, odor, dirt, dust, smut ana
condition Of bran are all Of a matter of
Judgment The Judges will cons0sr
carefully the desirable features IN thsDs
regards and cut the score in each CO
accordingly.
The officers do not care how uucA
hand picking is done, but they have
asked for nve bushel samples, which
makes 1t highly probable that only one
n = hundne1l win h hand Dfckad.