The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-07-26
MARKETING OF HIGH
PROTEIN WHEAT is
SUBJECT OF MEETING
Agricultural Agencies Invit-
ed to Bozeman Meeting
July 30th.

Representatives OF farm organiza-
pions, marketing specialists, grain
dealers, economists of the bureau of
agricultural economics Of the United
States department of agriculture and
representatives of the state depart
ment of agriculture have been invited
TO attend a meeting at Bozeman, July
30, for considering problems in con-
nection with the marketing Of high
/ protein wheat in Montana. The Boze-
man conference follows the series of
meetings held in central, northern and
eastern counties of the state by the
Montana extension service at which
e. J. Bell, Jr, of the department of
agricultural economies of the Mon
tana experiment station, discussed the
latest development in the marketing
of high protein wheat.
M. L. Wilson, head of the depart
ment of agricultural economies at
Montana State college, will preside at
the Bozeman meeting. Members of
the recently appointed marketing com
mittee of the Northwest Grain Dealers
association will attend. This commit
tee includes L. F. Green of Wilsall G.
A. Slyngstad of Havre, D. B. Noble
of Lewistown, w. G. Kirkpatrick of
Great Falls, A. J. Maly of Great Falls.
S. B. Fairbank of Hobson, Ray Swift
of Lewistown, w. w. Haight of Great
Falls and l. f. Labalt of Minneapolis.
The Bozeman meeting, at which it
is hoped start can be made toward
a definite plan which will solve many
of the high protein wheat marketing
problems of the state, will give repre-
sentatives of the United States de-
partment Of agriculture an opportu-
nifty to become familiar with problems
and methods already worked out in
Montana. Following the meeting in
Montana these representatives also
will hold conferences at Fargo, Brook
ings, Minneapolis, Omaha, Manhattan
(kan.), and Oklahoma City, in the
work of drawing up unified program
of wheat marketings which will re-
fleet the value of protein to the
growers.
While nothing definite can be as
sured this early in the season, limited
reports on the protein content of
wheat harvested in southwestern |
states indicate that premiums for high |
protein wheat should be reasonably |
satisfactory this year, advises the de-
partment Of agricultural economies at |
Montana State college. Reports have
been received on early season wheat |
receipts at Kansas City, Wichita and
Omaha and these indicate that the
average protein content of the early
winter wheat crop will probably be
slightly lower than last year.
A telegraphic report from, the fed
eral grain inspection laboratory at
Kansas City states: early movement |
of wheat from southern Kansas 11.6
per cent protein, later stuff averaged
11.9. Estimate protein average about |
u per cent as compared with an aver
age of 1927 last year." A report from
the federal laboratory at Omaha
states: "a check of the records of
the Omaha inspection department
show that 159 cars of wheat were
tested for protein since July ! with |
a minimum of 9.04 per cent, maxi
mum of 1877 per cent and an average
Of HOB per cent. AS nearly as can
be determined at this time the aver
age of 1103 per cent is fair COM
parison with the wheat received year
ago at this time"
In summary of reports received
to date from Kansas City, Wichita
and Omaha, w. 0. Whitcomb, super
intendent of the grain inspection lab
oratory at Bozeman, advises that Of
the total of 5,796 carloads of wheat
tested at these points, 4,216 cars or
1927 per cent, ranged between 11.25
and 12.5 per cent protein. Millers re-
quire a blend of wheat which tests
about 1875 per cent protein so that it
would appear that considerable high
protein wheat Of the kind grown in
Montana will be needed to mix with
the southwestern winter wheat crop.
The Montana extension service is
planning to issue timely protein in
formation as it becomes available
throughout the season to aid Montana
farmers in marketing their wheat
crop. A preliminary portein survey
also will be made Of the wheat crop
in Montana so that an estimate Of the
quality of the 1928 crop will be avail
able about the time harvesting starts.
Farmers of Montana who are faced
with the serious problem of harvest
ing unevenly ripened grain with
combine will be interested in the way
Thomas D. Campbell manager Of
what is said to be the largest wheat
farm on earth, handles the situation.
Mr.. Campbell states: "In order to
overcome these objections (green
weeds and immature wheat) we have
worked out system of windrow har-