The Kendrick gazette., 1920-12-24
Wheat Standardization

Va AdIdu COuEly duOptcu IuC WhSos
Standardization project tor 1920.
The objects OF this project are:
/. To show, by grading schools
and other similar meetings, the
Importance Of growing limited
number of pure varieties of wheat.
2. To determine, by surveys and
by test demonstrations, the best
varieties of wheat to grow in the
various communities.
8. To secure and distribute pure
seed of the desired varieties.
a. BY certification and dlstrlbu-
tion of wheat grown within the
county.
b. By importation of certified
seed.
Eight gram grading demonstra-
tions were held during the year.
Twelve communities were affected
by these demonstrations.
A QUESTIONABLE was sent to every
farmer of. Latah county asking him
to Indicate his first and second
choices for winter and spring
varieties of wheat. Replies to the
questionable show that great num-
ber of varieties are perferred by
the people as a whole, but that in
most communities people have be-
gun to standardlze on not over two
or three winter varieties and about
two of spring varieties. The
principal spring varieties are
Jenkins Club, Palouse Bluestem,
Copper and Marquis, while tie
chief winter varieties are jenkins
Club, Forty Fold, Washington .Hy-
brid l28, Copper, Washington Hy-
brid 143 and RedsRussian.
The farm bureau is cooperating
with the experiment station in COM
pairing popular varieties of wheat
IN several communities. The ex-
pertinent station furnishes the
wheat for these plots and the farm
bureau furnishes the. cooperators.
In these tests single drlll.widths of
the varieties to be, compared are
planted side by side in field so
that all have uniform conditions.
Three such plots wree planted in
the fall of 1919 and harvested IN
1920. The yields were deter
mined by the hoop method by Pro-
fessors Bennett and Hubert of the
Agronomy department of the Uni
versity of Idaho. Two of the CO.
operators will continue the demon
strations tor 1921. AS the work is
only in preliminary state, we are
not ready to announce the results
Of the demonstrations.
Fifteen fields of standing wheat
were inspected by the state seed
commissioner, or by men acting as
deputies tor hlm. Six fields passed
the preliminary inspection and four
passed all inspections. 1864 BUSH
els of Jenkins Club were ce1 titled
as seed and 200 bushels of Copper
were certified.
Fitty-fve farmers living in
eleven communities of Latah county
purchased total of 4949 bushels of
certified jenkins Club wheat for
seed. While some communities Sc
cured but small amount of wheat,
farmers in most of these COM
munltles will be able to get all the
see that they want for seed in 1921.
In addition to the seed distributed
in Latah county, one car of wheat
was shipped to the farm bureau of
Umatllla County, Oregon; approx
imately one car was distributed in
: Nez Perce County; and small lots
went to Idaho County, Kootnai
County, lone. Washington, and
Creswell, Oregon.
The Moscow Union Warehouse
Company, of Moscow, financed the
purchase of car of wheat for Mos
COW and distributed 1t thru its
warehouse without charge to the
buyers. The Genesee Exchange
Bank of Genesee, financed the ship.
ment of two cars of wheat to Gen.
esee without charge to the buyers
and the C. E. Woods Company ware.
house distributed the wheat thru
its warehouse without handling
charges.
Many communities wanted pure
seed OF Forty-Fold wheat and ar
effort was made to obtain this
Early in the summer 1t looked a.