The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-09-28
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1922.
ern part of the State"


ern part of the State"
"Other articles have appeared III
newspapers and Agricultural publica-
tons and we wish to emphasize that
all of them have been published strict
ly as news and this organization has
had nothing whatever to do with the
writing and publication of these arti-
cles. We have heretofore quoted Ex--
pertinent Station Bulletin No. 149 ex-
tensively and the Experiment Station
has recently distributed mimeograp-
he'd bulletin entitled "Kota Wheat At
Faro" which contains still further
proof of Kota's supremacy.
:'in regard to the yield of Kota
wheat iii Barnes county, it may be
possible for you to find isolated cases
where it did not produce a high yield
but if you will investigate the circum-
stances you will no doubt find that it
was drowned out, choked out with
weeds, or affected by some other fac
tor which was not the fault of the
wheat. The same thing is true with
every other variety of wheat and we
can cite you many fields of other va
rieties which were never harvested,
but we, know of no fields Of Kota
wheat which did not produce a fair
yield. The following 1922 yields back
up any statements we might make to-
the effect that Kota is a high yield
ing variety. Frank Sanford, Rogers,
N. D., planted 80 bushels of Kota seed
and threshed 100 bushels. A. J. Nc
Einnes, Darcy, N. D., Barnes county,
seeded 7 bushels of Kota on II acres:
and threshed ZIG bushels. Mr.. A. K.
Skonnard, Valley City, planted 10 ac-
The M. Sigbert Awes Company Of
Devils Lake, threshed two fields of
kota which averaged rs bushels. Mr..
McGillic of Mandan grew a field of
Kota which yielded rs bushels to the:
acre and, after cleaning, weighed 63.1
pounds to the bushel. Mr.. A. Linn
baugh of Berthold seeded 8 IL BUSH
els on 5 acres and threshed ITO BUSH
els, or an average of 81 bushels to the
acre.
1T is officially reported that Kota,
excels Marquis in nine Of the twelve
important milling factors and equals
Marquis in the other three. We be-
lieve that this evidence would substan-
tiate almost any claims that we might
make for Kota, but we have not made
any claims, we have submitted facts
and data. In regards to the opera
ton and management of this organiza-
ton, we wish to say it is organized
and operated on the same basis as the
California Associated Raisin Compa-
ny and other cooperative, collective
marketing organizations. The corpor-
alton has very limited overhead and
makes no profits. The government
Der receives his pro rata share Of the
net income, which is the gross selling
price, less the expense of advertising,
selling and handling. You mentioned
that we are selling the wheat at $675
per bushel but that we are only pay
ing the farmers who raised the wheat
Csc above market price. You ignore
the fact that the farmers you refer
to are not members of this organiza-
ton but are merely growing Kota I'M
der contract for various members
The members of this organization are
men who obtained small amount of
Kota seed wheat several years ago
when its resistance to rust was first
discovered. These men have been in
creasing the available supply of Kota
wheat since that time by planting all
they produced each succeeding year
so that they have heen investing NOR
ey back every year without realizing
one cent in return. In 1922 they had
more seed than they could plant on
their own land, so instead of selling
the surplus for $25 or $50 bushel,
which they could have done on account
of the small amount in existence, they
furnished the seed to farmers under
contract to buy back the crop at a
premium above market price. Thus it
was good deal for the farmer be-
cause he had the seed furnished free
and is receiving premium for his
crop and the grower-member is GER
tainly entitled to receive high price
for his crop this year after spending
several years increasing the supply
without getting any returns before
this time.
; "You suggest that your readers can
purchase Kota seed from the farmers
whn raised If at a ,,ouch lou,or f;on,ro