Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1913-05-30

served a session as inspector nope
to DC able TO tell you whether the in
spection OF your grain is worth what
il cost you.
The farmers and shippers of this
county know little OF the merits OF
this department, for / do not believe
more than 10 per cent of our grain
goes to the Sound, and as far as you
are concerned you have but little in
terest In the grading of grain by the
state, but the farmers and shippers
OF Walla Walla county and the coun-
ties west of us have always opposed
the repeal of this law; therefore
there must be some merit to the
state inspection or they too would
want the law repealed.
Now l am going TO talk to you as
one OF your local buyers, and what l
may say may be OF little value to
you, for it has been my experience
you farmers can give me more in
formation in one hour than l can
give you in a week, but as one OF
your LEGAL buyers l probably know
better than you what grade of wheat
is wanted by the local miller and ex-
porter, and to meet this demand
am going to advise you what kind of
wheat you ought to raise. First, the
Club varieties are considered the
standard OF all grades, and from
which all premiums and discounts
are figured; so you must accept this
grade as most in demand. Second,
the Bluestem Is admitted to be our
best milling variety, and for which
there is always premium paid by
our local millers from &c to 15c per
bushel. Third, Fife is accepted as
the third best milling variety and for
export, So, for milling and export
am going TO urge you to come back
to where you were 5 years ago and
confine yourselves to the above three
varieties.
The farmers OF this county have
chased rainbows long enough, and it
Is the hope of every buyer you will
get down to some system of grades.
You know as we'll as | do the many
different grades of wheat of this
county have become a joke, and
want to tell you this joke has cost
you many thousands of dollars in dis
counts. Every season you complain
most bitterly to your local buyers of
the discrimination made in prices
against Whitman county wheat. l
have tried many times to explain
why this is so, and l am going to tell
you buyer can 90 into Walla Walla,
Columbia and the counties
west of US and buy the three above
varieties and not be burdened with a
lot of off grade stuff. While you
have been chasing hybrids the farm
ers of these counties have been rails
ing the grades most in demand, and
they are entitled to the prices they
get over you.
l do not want to underestimate the
efforts of our State College to propo-
gate a grade of wheat that will pro-
duce more bushels per acre and sell
for better price, but let me say to
you the state can better afford to ex-
pertinent with these grades than you
can. 1t takes long time and much
money to put new variety of wheat
upon the market, and the time and
expense must be borne by the pro-
ducer until the variety has proven it's
worth. Millers are slow to take up
new varieties, and still slower to &C
knowledge it's merits if found to ex-
list.
Now, | have mentioned the three
varieties most in demand, and for
which the best prices are paid, and
l am going to urge you for this rea-
son to get back to them. Our county
III Ou0SCS u1OAO gram Ludu any county
in the state, and there is no reason
why we should not lead all other
countries in the state in grades.
We have a big demand for feed
wheat, and as our Red Russian meets
this demand, and it has proven it's
worth, l would urge the farmers of
the eastern part of the county to
adopt it as one of the grades. Let
the farmers Of the eastern part of
the county confine themselves to
Club and Red Russian, and those of
the western part to Fife and Blue
stem. These varieties are well adapt
ed to the county as mentioned and all
are in demand.
For the sake of the farmer who
raises Bluestem / would like to see
Fortyfold discarded, for it is a make
shift to juggle the premium due him.
Fortyfold has robbed the producer of
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