The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-09-28

'K0TA SEED WHEAT
GROWERS ANSWER
We recently published an article
dealing with the claims of the Kota
Seed Wheat Growers, Inc, regarding
their brand of wheat and their method
of selling this seed at the price of
$6.75 per bushel. We received let
ter from that organization this morn
ing answering that article with the
request that it be published and this
we are doing. Their letter follows:
"The news article which recently ap-
peared in your publication has come
to our attention and it was evidently
written by someone who is misinform-
ed. The article questions the state
ments or what you term "claims'
made in our literature and advertising
regarding Kota wheat; attempts to
discredit the merits of Kota and then
proceeds to criticize our organization
as regards to it's plan Of operation and
management. We wish to present
some facts in answer to the article
and request that this letter be publish
ed in the open forum columns of your
paper.
"First, we have not made any
claims in our literature and advertis-
ing which were not backed up by in
disputable proof and evidence and al
most every statement concerning Ko-
ta's resistance to rust, it's resistance
: to drought, it's high yielding, heavy
weighing qualities, and it's value as a
milling and baking wheat, have been
quotations from Government or Ex-
pertinent Station Bulletins or state
ments made by prominent, RESPONSE
BILE individuals who are familiar with
Kota's record.
"This completes the fifth season
that kota has been tested and closely
observed by the Experiment Station
the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture and
many individuals in different locali-
ties of the State and the statements
submitted in our advertising and lit
erature are the results Of the tests
and experiments which have beer
made. We wish to refer you to al
article which appeared in the Dakota
Farmer, September LIST, 1922, entitled
''The 1922 Rust Crop" which sets
forth the results of tests made ove1
a period of five years by the N. D
Experiment Station. This article con
tains, among other things: "Wher
one considers the remarkably high
technical value of Kota wheat in mill
ing and baking in connection with its
remarkable rust resistant capacity il
appears that the N. D. Experiment
!Station is handing the farmers of the
hard spring wheat belt and the wheat
CONSUMERS of the world a whole plate
full instead of mere TASTE"
eve would also refer you to the re-
port of Mr.. TIL. Kristjanson, county
agent and assistant superintendent o:
the State Demonstration Farm neal
? Lakota, which appeared in the Fargo
!; Forum, August 23rd, 1922, and to thu
article which appeared in the Crane
Forks Herald, August 18th, 1922
which was written by the Herald rep
resentative in Washington after an in
i terview with one Of the authorize:
} of the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture. This article contains the follow
ing: "The chief virtues of Kota, a:
compared with Marquis, are its heav,
weight per bushel, its higher grade
!; greater crude protein, higher yield o,
flour and exceptionally high water alb
sorption. * In nine out of twelve
important milling factors it exceed.
; Marquis, the most perfect of al
; wheats, from the milling standpoint
The samples for the milling expert
ments conducted by the department
): Gu. S. Department Of Agricultural
!; have been drawn from 80 Experimen.
tai Stations in the Spring wheat pro.
ducing sections oe nc Country.
! In additics to- its. rndeniab,e rust re.
sistancc. kota's resistance 10 drought
rHakes it very promising wheat FOL
North Dakota, especially foz the west.