Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-01-11


company of Spokane, presented q
table prepared by the Howard Wheat
and Flour Testing Laboratory al
Minneapolis, showing the relation
ship of the test weight per bushel on
the milling value OF wheat, showing
that the yield of flour increases from
63S per cent in 50-pound wheat to
ia per cent in 60-pound wheat
Based on q price of 81 per bushel
for 57-pound wheat, the value, ac-
cording to the table, increased from
$O.S99 per bushel for 50-pound
wheat to $l.021 for 60-pound wheat.
Mr. Lord presented further fig
ures in substantiation of the table
prepared on the basis of the produc-
ton of flour in 500-barrel capacity
mill on both 50-pound and 60-pound
wheat, showing that while 210S
bushels of 60-pound wheat would
produce full 500 barrels of flour,
the same amount of 50-pound wheat
would produce but Alp barrels. U.s.
ing the price figures for the two
weights established in the table the
gross profits from the days run on
each weight figured within a few
cents of equal, the much greater
amount of the mill feed secured from
the light weight grain and the diff
ference in the price of the wheat ac-
cording to the schedule making up
the difference in quantity of flour
produced.
Advocates Change of Seed
That the practice of using the
same wheat for seed from year to
year is the greatest factor in the de-
terioration of wheat was the conten-
ton of NJ. Harshman of Reardan.
Systematic charging of seed and care
full selection will result in the best
milling wheat, according to Mr..
Harshman, who stated that bluestem
wheat resown for from 10 to 20
years in his section had so far de-
Perforated as to practically lose its
identity, as we'll as a goodly portion
Of its gluten content. He told of the
practice recently established in the
Big Bend country of exchanging seed
wheat with farmers of other sections
and enumerated the excellent results
obtained. Farmers of that section
who have raised marquis wheat dur
ing the last few years claim that it
yields just as we'll as bluestem,
stands up better and skaters less
after ripening. Experim ents have
proved, however, that marquis wheat
should be grown on high bench land
as much as possible, that variety, as
we'll as many others. deteTiorating in
milling value when grown in draws.
Mr.. Harshman urged the hand Sc
lection of seed wheat, selecting as
many heads as possible, planting the
seed separately and using the re-
suitant crop for seed the following
year.
In the discussion which followed
Mr.. Harshman's remarks, Prof e. f.
Gaines, cerealist of the experiment
station, stated that No. I hard win
ter imported to the station from Min
nesota deteriorated the first year of
planning here to the yellow berried
quality grown here, also stating, un-
officially, that the poorer quality of
the Palouse country, planted in Min
nesota, the first year advanced in
quality to the standard of the Min
nesota hard wheat. This condition
was cited to prove that seasons are
largely responsible for the variation
in milling quality of wheat.
Marquis Better Producer Here
Robert McCroskey of Garfield
cited an experiment of his own
which indicates that marquis wheat
is better producer in the Palouse
country than early bart. On one
tract which he had planted to fall
wheat which froze out he replanted
with marquis in the spring. On an
other that had lain in summer fall
low he planted to early bart. The
marquis averaged 10 bushels per
acre better than the early bart, the
former also grading better.
j. w. Hill of Portland, represent
ing the Holt Manufacturing company,
was unable to be present, but his
paper on The Tractor and Wheat
Production was read by Secretary
f. G. Shafer.
Railroads Discussed