The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-21
TO GRADE WELL
Little Kansas Wheat Expected
To Go Below No. 3.
First Samples Were of the
Poorer Crops.


Manhattan, Kan, July 21.-In spite
of the apparently stringent federal
grades rules, a large part of the Kan
sas wheat will grade No. or better,
believes DR.. w. NJ. Jardine, president
of the Kansas State Agricultural col
lege. The large percentage OF the
wheat which first moved to the market
came from damaged fields that were
threshed because they were in no con-
dition to stack or hold in the shock.
AS the season progresses the condition
of the. wheat moving to market will
undoubtedly be found to be OF bet
ter quality. In fact. report upon the
Kansas City receipts indicates that the
quality has already begun to improve
Wheat is graded down when 1t con-
tain excessive moisture or an excessive
amount of damaged Kernels, when
smut is present, when 1t is low In test
weight, and it is also discounted in
value if there is a mixture of different
kinds of wheat such as hard and soft.
Little Excessive Moisture.
1t is believed that very little of our
Kansas wheat will contain excessive
moisture when it goes to market. Most
of it that grades low will be on account
of shriveled kernels and low test
weight Some of it may be sprouted
or a good deal of it may be bleached.
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damage. There is a maximum and
minimum discount provided by the
grain corporation on each of the fol-
lowing points namely: low test weight,
smut, excessive moisture. and mix
lures. In a few cases, ignorant or un-
scrupulous buyers may take advantage
of this fact and penalize the wheat
too much. In case the farmer feels
that his wheat is being penalized too
much by the buyer, he and the buyer
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at least three pints, fill out the infor-
nation card which the dealer has for
that purpose, and send the sample in
a sealed container to the United States
Grain Corporation at Kansas City.
Full instructions concerning the pro-
cedure, taking and forwarding such
samples. are given in a printed poster
which every dealer is required to dis
play in his mill or elevator.
I'VE are ascertaining here" said
Doctor Jardine, "the milling value of
the different types of wheat in order
to find out the quality and amount
of flour each type will produce. This
is necessary in order to determine how
much of a spread in price is justifiable.
There now appears to be too wide a
spread. In order to know definitely.
| however, the milling department of
the Kansas State Agricultural college
is now testing samples of the differ
ent types received from the agronomy
farm as well as from different parts
! of the state.'
In case the farmer is doubtful about
| his wheat grading high enough to
bring a satisfactory price, it is sug-
| gested that he take a sample to the
. buyer in order to find out before haul
/ ing to the elevator. just what the
grade and price will be. In case the
price is very low, it may be better to
! feed the wheat to, livestock than to
! sell it to the mill or elevator.
As Good Feed as Corn.
Wheat" Doctor Jardine points out,
| has practically the same feeding val
ue as ecorh of the same grade. and
corn is now very expensive. Shrunken
\ wheat is usually richer in protein than
! wheat of a good quality. For fatten-
ing steers. hogs and sheep. wheat has
/ proved its effectiveness 1t should,
however, be supplemented by some
| feed rich in protein. such as tankage,
| for hogs and cottonseed or linseed
meal for cattle and sheep. 1t should
be coarsely ground for all classes of
! livestock. 1t is likewise a splendid
feed for dairy cows. 1t is less desir-
| able for horses, especially work
| horses. being liable to cause digestive
| disturbances and skin eruptions 1t
may, however. be fed to horses for a
few months if rolled and fed with
| bran or chopped alfalfa and supple
mented with a pound of linseed oil
meal daily. Hence, the farmer may
find it profitable to feed the poor
/ qualities of wheat until the new corn