The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-02-16

key red and last summer the ten car
loads shipped out graded almost en-
tirely No. I.
The certi6cation project is only
part of a cereal improvement pro-
gram being carried out in Eastern
Oregon by the Oregon Agricultural
college, Another prominent project
is the introduction and distribution
of better adapted varieties. In this
connection the advent of Hybrid l2S
in Union county is typical example.
Two years ago Frank McKennon of
Alicel secured a start with this wheat
which had proven successful var
iety in parts of Washington and also
in Umatilla county. 1t proved well
adapted to Union county conditions
and last summer dozen other farm
erS in the county sowed small acre
ages in order to compare it with
Fortyfold, the commonly grown win
ter wheat of that county. In each in
stance the farmers reported favorab-
ly upon the new variety, reporting
yields of five to seven bushels per
acre above Foryfold grown under
similar conditions. Five carloads
of Hybrid l2S wheat were sown in
the county this fall and as a result it
is confidently expected that Forty
fold, an easy shattering and only fair
ly desirable wheat will be replaced
by the higher yielding, non-shatter-
ing Hybrid 1928. The first field Of
Hybrid 1873 was grown in Wallowa
county last summer and did particul-
arly well. There is every reason to
believe that it will replace Fortyfold
there.
One of the outstanding new wheats
of Eastern Oregon is Federation, of
which there are two types-the hard
Federation, a dry land wheat, and
the common Federation, adapted to ir-
rigated land. These wheats have
been tried out in the last two years
in every county in Eastern Oregon
having a county agent, and every in
dication is that they are five to sew
en- bushels better than any compet-
ing variety.
The Federation is an Australian
wheat, which has been developed for
several years, long enough to estab-
lish its excellence beyond question,
at the Sherman county branch exper-
iment station.
Herbert Egbert Of The Dalles, a
veteran wheat grower of Wasco coun-
ty, took sweepstakes on his exhibit
of hard Federation at the Northwest
Hay and Grain show at Pendleton,
while T. A. Sammis, also of The
Dalles, took similar honors with
wheat grown from the same seed at
the Land Products show in Portland.
Triplet was introduced last year
into Sherman county and is likely to
prove an excellent wheat for the
south end of the county.
Every county agent in Eastern Or
egon in outlining his next years
work is planning to devote consider
able attention to the establishment of
superior varieties by large number
of practical demonstrations as has
been done in scattered way in the
past, and also emphasize greatly the
superior qualities of those varieties
which have already been demonstrate
cd to a more or less extensive degree.
Emphasis will be laid on varieties,
according to counties, as follows
Umatilla-certifed Hybrid l28, Jen-
kins club, Federation, Turkey red.
Morrow-Turkey red, Hybrid 1928,
Federation. Sherman-Turkey red,
Federation, Triplet. Wasco-Turk-
ey red, Federation, Hybrid l2S.
Union-Hybrid 1873, Federation.
Wallowa-Hybrid l28, Federation.
Malheur-Hybrid 1928, Federation.