The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-11-04
RED DIjRUM WHEAT
ATTACKED BY Co. AGENT

DnflEg the past season l2t4nefS in
the county have grown fields of red
duyum wheat aad as a result have
been discouraged because OF the low
marae. value Of the crop. Red durun
was developed in North Dakota and
altho slightly more rust resistant than
Qthcr WheatS it has low milling pro-
pelties, consequently receiving heavy
dockaac a. the elevators. The fol-
lowing is a description OF this wheat
and reasons why it should not be
"rovn:
TIE only red-kerneled variety o.
Rcd Durunl grown commercially is the
D-5 lDurum No. - which was obtain
ed from Russia by Professor H. L.
Bolley of North Dakota ard distribut-
cd by HIM in 1911. This wheat Is;
rust resisting and largly because Of
this has gained popularity In some
sections it IS called 3D. Fife" also Ladd
Dulu,n both OF which are wrong. It,
right name is D-5 and it is one OF
the variety Of the Red Durum group
which are placed in subclass (c) in
the Dulun wheat class under the Fed
eral Grain Standards.
Comparing this D-5, Red Durun1
with the Amber Durum varieties Of
hubanl.a, Acme, Montd, in eSperi-
ments Of IL field stations in The nor.l.-
ern half OF the great plains era it vas
found that:
|. D-5 was slightly more rust re-
sistant than kubanka, Acme, and
Monad
2. That D-5 has yielded slightly
less then Acme anil Monad.
3. That D-5 is poorest ia milling
and baking qualities of all other va
rietiaS OF Gurum wheat.
4. That kCbanka is the best mili-
ing and baking durum Of all and
Acme ard Monad as'e only slightly IN
fcrior
). That the Amber durum wheat.
Acme, Monad, KuDanEa, should be
grown in preference to DIS.
Remember that the above state
ments are all based uron the results
OF experiments and thai they are facts
A summary Of these facts shows thu.
the Amber Duls.,ns. especially Acme
and Monad yield more than the D-5.
that they are more valuable for mill
ing and baking, and that they IRE only
slightly less rust resistant. The Eu
banka an Amber Durum, is the best
in milling and baking qualities of all
durum wheats and it yields slightly
less Than the Acme AMI Monad, also
Do, ard is less rust resisting than
these three varieties.
The onlv point where the D-5 is in
any way superior to the Acme or
Monad is in its rust resisting powers,
which are not mach greater than the
Acme OF Monad. The D-5 is placed
IN suoclass (c) of the Federal Grain
Standards because of its poor milling
qualities. Subclass fc) brings !
price much less than the Amber Dur
un suoclass ta) where pure Kubanka
Acme and Monad would go.
Another big objection to the grow
ing Of the red durum DIS is because it
gets mixed with the Amber durums
kubanka, Acme, Monad, when all are
grown in the same neighborhood and
then the price OF the good amber
durums IS cut when taken to market.
There is but one reason for the d.
that of the slightly better rust resi-
tance, while there are several more
important reasons for growing the
amber wheat.
The growing Of the T,-5 should be
discouraged and where farmers want
to grow durum wheats they should b.
encouraged to plant the better amber
durums such as Acme, Monad, Ku-
banka. If YOU have some DIS in your
territory would urge You to do
everything possible to ret the seed
shipped out of the country to some
market. The price ON the wheat is
low and some growers may not want
to sell but if the DIS stays in the
country and is planted another year
it viii be just that much more diff
cult t" get rid Of it and it will have
done inst that much more harm in
becoming mixed with the good amber
duruft,s."
We firmly believe that this DIS. will
work much BARN against tie grow
ing Of Durun, wheats if allowed to
spread.