Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-08-19
DURUM WHEAT IN SOUTn DA-
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tafion of Rnseian durum wheat was
made by the II. S Department of AZ
ricnltnre in 1894 There arc ~sevoret
varieties of dur,iu, wbest but tho inn
nortation or kubanl5a wheat in 1000
has nroven ia he ono of the hos; d1,fun
wbeats for South Dakota. There are
two strains of Kubanka bnt Kuban4a
TAO is The hest v,elder at presept
Possibly = wild Goose variety has
hoen crown in the state far some tj,nc
This variety is not as aood a vieldor
mo, as GOOD . milling wheat as tba
above named.
puru1n wheat crriticum dlrnm) is
closely related ia tbe common whoats
which -ooranYiee Tho pfincinal whpat
eroos of This country The anrum va
rfeties are all enri,,q wheats At least
so far 90 is known
ppr,m wheat differs from common
wheat in size and character Of hofa
nIant and Grain. The plants are usual
Iv tallar and Inc loavas are broader
than the common whe9ts The head
is more compact and solare and the
boards arc long ana persistant which
gives the plant somewhat the resum-
of barley. The cbalf is brown
or black. and NAV no smooth or vel.
yetv Kubapka 11l0 is moi; a pure
strain since one often finds if mixed
With black heads The grain is lipht
amber color differinp from the COM
mon wheats which are dark red The
Kernels are larger and harder than tho
common wheat Que objection may
he raised becausa of tba be,rds but
nearly all he farmers living in tba
driver belts raise Re3rdod rife
The ADVANTAGES of raisino d,lr,,m
wheat are that if is nriie resistant 10
smut and rust. although different va
rieties of this grain are also note.
worthy. A five wears test nj the Hieh-
moro station gave a WELD of eavan and
cne-hajf hrgl;els of Grain over amy
other variety of common wheat. hase,1
on q five-vear average. In regions Of
less than 90 inches of rainfall if Will
Weld better than anv of the common
wheats. Red Fife outyielded the din.
rum wheat at the Brookings station
However. we may he o1jte safe in sav.
ing that where the average rainfall is
more Than 90 inches fine common
wheats will outyield the dur1m wheat
The greatest discouragemen in tho
raising of durum wheat was that it
brought less on the market thar the
common variety. In 9 o tho nrice for
durum wheat was 10 cents below the
common wheat, while in 1912 durum
wheat sold for 5 cents premium above
common wheat. The figures are taken
from the quotations at Duluth. Minn.
on December 1.
Experimental evidence has shown
that Kubanka 144O Yields as high 4
per cent of our as does the best com.
mon wheats. although the percentage
of high grade -four is less. The per.
centage of shorts. however. Is creates
while that of bran is less from durum
than from common wheat. The hard.
ness of the durum kernel increases
the cost of milling. Millers have esti-
mated the cost of grinding TO he IL
cents a barrel more than for common
wheat. The baking qualities of d,r,ln,
-four are high. II contains more crude
protein than does tbe Aours made
from other classes of wheat. The col.
or of durum wheat flour is more yellow
than that made from other wheats. and
this is held Objectionable bv some
people.
The culture for durum wheat is
much the same as for common wheat
The date of seeding is the same hut
the rate of seeding would he more
since it does not stool as much Three
stools to a plant is about the average