The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1921-09-02
KAyRrD, NEW AMERICAN WHEAT

Kansas has new wheat which her
farmers believe viii not only in
crease the annual yield Of her golden
belt but also give to her a far superb
or grain. This new wheat was born,
IN the language of producera, at the
Kansas Agricultural Experiment
Station at Manhattan in 1915 and
1916. It was called by The distinctive
Sunhower Stnte name, kanrod. The
present season is the first In which
there has been an opportunity TO de-
termine by practices test It's actual
value. About 600 acres. accord
ing to an estimate By the state AEri-
cultural College, were planted In the
new wheat and the results have been
carefully watched Many reports are
10 the effect that where The yield
from other varieties common 10 the
hard wheat regions was twenty four
or twenty-five bushels uY acre the
yield from Kanred was thirly-iive or
thirty-sIx buahcl8. The average in
crease OF The yield from Kanred over
the varieties commonly grown, ag eg-
timated by the authorities al the eR-
pertinent station, is from three to five
bushels an acre.
The story OF wheat and Of IFS de
velopment ia peculiarly fascinating
The old French scientis; J. Henri
Fare philosophiaally remarks that
while history celebrates the battle
field where men met death II scorns
to speak OF the ploughed fields where
they thrive; 1T knows the names Of
kings bastards, but cannot tell as
the origin Of wheat. While modern
history fails in ita efforts to find the
origin Of wheat It has followed and
recorded with great minuleness Of
detail the development Of the modern
varieties a striking example Of this
is the tracing of the growth Of Mar
quis wheat, the famous wheat Of
western Canada an immediate pre-
deceasor Of the Kanred.
The Saundorses father and sons,
began their work Of developing a
wheat which could ne grown success
fully in western Canada and along
the northern wheat belt OF the United
States quarter Of a century ago, For
their purpose they searched for wheat
in all parts Of America, Australia,
Japan, IN the colder districts Of Rus
STA and at different attitudes in the
Himalayas. In 1903 they finally OBJ
tanned a few grains from single
head Of wheat which they planted in a
small patch on the Canadian expert
mental ground The yield of this
planting was a pound OF grain in
1904, the parent grain from which in
1918 came a crop OF 3OO.OOO,OOO BUSH
els of Marquis wheat with a market
price Of 5000, 1000. Canada esti-
mates that the Saunderses by their
discovery of Marquis wheat increased
the value of the Canadian wheat crop
$15,O00,OOO a year
The work OF the pioneer expert
menter PRINGIE of Vermont to dis
cover the Defiance, of JONES of New
York to perfect wheat for the East
ern States, OF Luther Burbank to de
velop white wheat and of DR.
Wheeler of Canada to develop the
Reb Bobs and to improve the Kitchen
er are all interesting chapters in the
history of wheat culture. Despite the
remarkable progress made in the
development of wheat, agriculturists
say that there yet remains vast field
for Improvement, When we remem-
Der that it was not many years ago
that men believed hard wheat could
not be grown profitably in Kansas