East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-09-20
Wonderful Collection Of
Grain and Hay Assembled
for Competitive Display.
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
LAUD PURPOSE OF SHOW
Many States and Counties
Provide Samples Showing
Different Wheat Varieties.

The best efforts OF 500 farmers OF
Oregon, Washington, Idaho and
Montana are represented in the giean-
tic grain and hay display at the
Northwest Gram and Hay Show.which
opened its doors last night to q
throng Of 800 interested spectators.
Wheat, equaling three city blocks in
expanse, and bales and bales OF hay,
show the fruits of the best agricul-
tural methods. for these displays have
been chosen for their excellence. The
wheat is the best that could be CLEANED
from the fields, and the hap is the
finest of the crop. The exhibits prove
the benefits of careful seeding and
good cultural methods. sgaa
Many Visit Show. g, ss.4
james H. sturgis bought the first
ticket for last nights show. while
David H. Nelson, president of the
Northwest Grain and Hay Association.
was second. viii NJ. Peterson, local
attorney, in his address emphasized
the advantages of making the show
an annual feature.
4 Other talks were made BY George
Hartman. mayor of Pendieton. ID. II
Stephens, superintendent Of the Nero
experiment. stafiesf D. b Thomas. of
Condor. manager Of the Farrnefss E:ies
vator there. J, NJ. Lewis. county agent
Of Columbia county, and Fred Berin.
ion, Unlatilla county agent. whom tha
audience called upon for aytaIk. Mr.
Bennion, who is secretary of the asso
clation, is given the credit for, carryx
ing out the idea of the northwest eNx
hibition. Mr.. Nelson introduced she
speakers. ass,a.s j
Different Varieties Shown.
Besides the competitive exhibits,
there are among other showings three
exhibits which will be OF special inter4
est to the farmer. One is from thep
Moro experiment station and shows
every one of the 36S commercial va !,
rieties of wheat grown in the United
States, the second is from Columbia
county and the third from Gilliain
county.
The variety wheat exhibit Is arrang<
ed so that the wheat can be seen 81 I'M
the head. in the grain and also t;f
flour 1t forms most interesting ex.
hibit
Trplet Is Featured !,
Triplet wheat is featured in the eE-
hibit made by Columbia county. and
under the personal supervision OF ].
NJ. Lewis, county agent. Triplet, Mr..
Lewis explains, is of the same brecd-
ing as Hybrid 12S, crossed with Tur-
key Red, the seed being originated at
Washington State College.
Mr.. Lewis characterizes the wheat
as "top-notch" yielder, which can
be harvested week to 10 days earlier
than other varieties grown in C.olunt-
bia county. The wheat is smut-resist.
ant and well adapted to various soils.
light and heavy.
One hundred farmers grow a total
.cf 1000 acres of the wheat this year In
Columbia county and Mr.. Lewis pre-
diets that in three years rs per cent
of Columbia countys wheat Will be
Triplet
Bread Is Shown.
Shown in the exhibit are loaves of
bread demonstrating the milling quail
tiles of Triplet. as compared with
Turkey Red, Hybrid 1928. Marquis and
jenkins Club. grown on the same
farms The Triplet made fine show
ing at the Moro station. says Mr.. Lew
is. and won first in the field tests in
Morrow county.
Farmers who grew the wheat this
year made enough extra from the