The Pulaskian., 1917-10-05
HEAVY DEMAND
 FOR SEED WHEAT
ARkADELPHIA MILLING COM PANY ADVISES ARKANSAS FAR MFRS TO SELECT ACCLtMAT-
 ED INSTEAD OF PURE SEED.

The Philadelphia Milling Company of Philadelphia has available about 40,000 bushels of seed wheat and about 30000 bushels of seed oats, ac- cording to General Manager w. N, Adams.
 We have in stock in Philadelphia more than 10000 bushels of Arkansas raised Red Winter seed oats and we have contracted for about 10000 bushels more, so you can count on us for at least 30.00O bushels" said MT. Adams. These oats have been re- cleaned over a seeding machine adopt ed by the United States Government
 "As to seed wheat, we accumulated about 10000 bushels of practically pure-strain Arkansas-raised Fultz Smooth Head Fulcaster Bearded and Early Red May Smooth Head seed wheat Also we have accumulated an almost equal amount of Fancy No. 1 Arkansas-raised winter seed wheat. Every bushel was selected especially for seed and every bushel produced exceedingly well in Arkansas this year.
 Demand Is. Tremendous.
 "The demand for seed wheat in Arkansas this year is tremendous and unless we can locate more of the va. rious pure strains of seed wheat, it is Egoing to run out long before the planting season is ended We refer especially to the Red May, Fuicaster and Fultz. We still have a big stock of Arkansas-raised Red Winter wheat which really produced better than any of the pure strains of wheat we have. It seems to us that Arkansas planters are making a mistake in insisting on pure strain of bearded or smooth seed wheat.
 eIn the best wheat sections of the United States the growers pay very little attention to pure strains of seed wheat. They simply select seed that they know is acclimated, wheat that produced well in their vicinity. We believe that the same practice should be followed in Arkansas. We believe that one bushel of plump Arkansas, raised No. 1 or No. 2 Red wheat is worth two bushels of Northern seed wheat.
 'When we started the wheat-grow- ing campaign in this section when war was declared three years ago, we could not get Arkansas-raised seed wheat and had to bring our seed from the North We sold some of this wheat to friends in Clark county. The first year it produced only 12 bushels to the acre. They saved the seed and the next year got "A bushels to the acre. This shows what acclimat- ed seed will do.
 A Savings i~ Cost.
 "We can save the armer 15 cents a bushel on this character of seed. Every bushel of seed we offer, unless we offer as country run, is redeemed over a machine adopted by the Unit ed States government. Every bushef is sacked in even weight two and one half bushel bags
 Our price to the Arkansas farmer in local lots is as follows: Basis f. 0. 1 D. cars AFhdQSlplldJ SSlSSIVu 1CSAOe'ih ed Arkansas-raised No. 1 Red Winter seed wheat, $2.S5; selected Arkansas raised recleaned Early Red May seed wheat, S3; selected recleaned Arkan- sas-raised Marvellous seed wheat, S3; selected recleaned Arkansas-raised Fultz Smooth Head seed wheat, SS; selected Arkansas-raised recleaned Fulcaster Bearded wheat, B. Our price on Missouri No. Red wheat is S2.65 per bushel, and on country run Northern seed wheat is $2.55 per bushel. On account of our ability to use the transit arrangement we can deliver cars to banks or county agents at these prices to practically any county in Arkansas.
 We are having a tremendous de mand from Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas for seed wheat, but we are refusing to furnish seed wheat for these states and are keep ing it for our friends in Arkansas. The interest in wheat raising in Ark ansas now is tremendous and we have put on two extra stenographers to handle the wheat situation"
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