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Show I ! ' , IMPORTANT TO UTAH FARMERS, "" .GRAIN MEN AND MILL OWNERS BH J i i Questions of vltnl Intel est and Im- BBJ ' I portanco to fanners, grain men nml BBB I ' i millers wcro discussed at the spring H V I J. convention of the Utah Stnto Millers' BBl i . ' j . and Drain Dealers' association, which H I ' , ,f ; wob held at tlio Hotel Utah In Salt BBl f Lake City recently. There was a BBl ii 3 good attendanco at tlio convention, BBl ' and all parts of tho state sent dele- BBl ' , gates. Southern Idaho was also well BBB represented. BBl Henry II. Mood of Kaysvllle, who, BBl from Its first organization has been BBg i president of tho stnto association, tie- BBl J v ltvcrcd the opening address, In which BBl ' ho reviewed tho work accomplished BBl last year In tho prnpoganda In favor BH of "Hotter wheat for Utah." rrom BBl reports recalled for several counties BBl where efforts had been mndo to get BBl i farmers to grow Turkey lted wheat BBl It appeared that approximately one- BBT fourth of the acreage of' wheat now BBl growing In those counties is of the BBl j hard vnrlcty, while In other counties BBj not heard from the results would BBg probably he about the same. He be- BBl lluvcd that after this year It would BBl ,'j bo possible for Utah millers to place BBl i on tho market a standard grado of BBl hard wheat flour, and to maintain BIIS 'I Itn nnalltv. thus closlnc our doors BBl ' to tho Importation of thousands of BBl ' dollars worth of eastern hard wheat BBl I s flour, which hitherto has been shipped BB j In annually because tho quality of BBf Utah wheats has been so poor that BBl i the mills could not mako a good bak- Bfl Jg I Other subjects discussed by tho ! president In his address Included (1) the establishing of seed stations In several counties of tho state, by In- pM duclng Vrogresslvo farmers to start BBj with a clear strain of Turkey Ked BBl ' wheat and by sclcctlvo breeding, BH; j grading and acclimatizing, develop n higher quality of hard wheat which BBl could bo held for seed purposes ox- BH i cluslvcly; (2) tho standardizing of BH tho quality of Utah wheat by grow- HB ing largely ono variety, tho argument H being that "Rocky Mountain Turkey H lted wheat" might In this way become HB as famous and as much called for BBl as Kansas bard wheat now Is; (3) tho BH Inducing of farmers to quit planting HB mixed types of wheat for their own HB good as well as for tho benefit of B those who buy and use tho grain; (4) B tho securing by tho mlllcrB of tho H state of a larger outBldo market wliero B tho surplus flour that now causes B ruinous competition could bo disposed H of with profit; (5) tho demanding of H better freight rates from the rail- B ronds; (0) the improvement of mill B ing methods to the end that Utah B flour may becomo known throughout H the west for its high quality and unl- B lonnity, this being p-wnuM-.o to the H Wdlng of larger markets; (7) the BHT uirlng of tho passage of a law by BBb the next legislature establishing of- B fl'lal Inspection and grading or grain H li. Ibis state; (S) the idopt!).i by the BBS i mills of a cost accounting system that H will show what It costs to mum and H sWl ttielr products, this for tho pur BBS pose of eliminating tho haplinzzard B mrthodB of arriving nt n sdlltng B I price that now; obtain In itij milling BHf I tride, causing n-'iny sal"! to no mado BBV be'ow cost. BHY Following .'e president's uddievf. B James W. Webster of Rexbu.-c, Idaho B probibly the "sost Kro.er ot hard 1 r.Vat n the I'n.'vil States, spoUo mi B '; bt Growing ' Haul Wheat He BBB ttJvocatcd piuwlng nt less than H. eight Inches deep, and said twclvo BBB' Inches would be better. He pro BBV ferred plowing in tho fall rather than Bi In the spring. Tho ground bl ould be , ulsccd Immediately after plowing and BBbi tucn harrowed; and after ovorv rain H it Rho.ild bo given another ?oo5 bar H lowing. TMi will servo' two purpc-5Cf BBS H v i keep the sumir.r fallow B tlenn fTl1 y lirovcntlnB cvatriv.ii.-n BBM ' of tho water that falls, will storo BBB ' molbtmo In tho ground to mai I ho BBS J crop ween planted. Mr. Vehstcr BBS I ,lrgtd tic planting of only the vcr.' H best of seed, without regar-l what H it coi-ts Ho said thirty po.nnie or H Turkey lied wheat la plenty tn plant K, nn acre, nnd if seeding coil J bo BBSr . evenly done, twenty to twenty-Ilvo BBV; ' poundi. would suit him quite in well. H If w'ncM comes up too thlclc, hnr- B uw it with barrow teeth i to cut B cut ns much as posslblo; if too thin BBS harrow it with teeth set back to pul- B -verlzo tho soli. Keep tho harrow fo- B ing, on the growing grain until It is B eight inches high, cspoclaily af.cr B stormti. If these directions aro fol- B lowed there Is no such a thing as a B falluro with Turkey Red wheat. Tho BBS speakers said that on his farm last BBB year, 1800 acres or Turkoy Tied wheat B yielded an averago or 33 bushels t.n BBS acre. Ho cspectnlly warned runners BBS against being discouraged with ccin- BBS ingly poor showing mado by Turkey BBS Red wheat In early spring montl.B. BBS Sumo had oven plowed up field oi BBBj reBeedod the land, when if they had BBS followed the suggestions above as to IBB ' Hfek harrowing they would have reaped a BBB BBBBflk natlstactory yield. His experience BBLflSBBBBSB lad taught bim that for certnlnty BJBBBBBflBBS tor lack of ebelllng ill "i. glit resisting qualities, an J for profit to the farmer there was no wheat lie would grow In preference to Turkey Hill. .Addresses were made on tho technical tech-nical subjects of tho "Correct Milling or Hard Wheat" by V. H. 'Wlldn ot Uilgham City, nnd on "A Satls'aito-y Ilttkers Flour,' by M. Mirtlnov ot Salt l.nko City, both addresses being ably presented nnd well rece,V9l by tlio convention. Details ot thcs; excellent ex-cellent talks arc omitted for lack of rpnec. 'iho closing address was delivered by Dr. F. S. Hnrrls of the Agrlcul-tu'al Agrlcul-tu'al Collego of Utah. Dr. HmrU said t'lah has ton to twenty million i of a-'et bf innd suitable for tha raising of wheat and all wo need la to develop de-velop n method ot hnndllng these Inndt and making them produce prut- I ltble (rope. Ho believed Mia worl it ml noclBtlon In seeking to cs--Aldiih Letter kind of wlient for the :ate ould have much to do with th fut.ire wheat .rowing. The -v ncrlmenis made nt t'to collet;? ur.t. at (.viverimuut stations elsewhere, show i'lnt I'luk climate and soil av boih adapted to tho glowing ot hard wheats and that in most localities tlo qt.altt of tho wheat will grow rtesi'l-Hy rtesi'l-Hy be tor year after year. ThU la partlcinarly fortunate, hccaiuo 'u some nates deterioration setB In 'vltli the first planting ot hard wheats and continues till soft, starchy qii.lltlcr, predominate. Ho spoke of tho fact that Utah has about thirty varieties of wheats and that sales cannot bo mndo to advantago outsldo of tho stnto because be-cause ot this condition. There should, be a propel grading ot these wheats as to quality, and farmors should be paid for tho quality they produce. He expressed a hopo that tho hard wheats, particularly Turkey rted, would finally becomo a standard Utah product, for tho -benefit of tho farmers, grain shippers, millers, bakers bak-ers and consumers, whoso interests are all linked together, and who should unlto in tho effort to build up tbo great agricultural Interests of the state. Following tho addresses, committees commit-tees were appointed to take up questions ques-tions that had been raised and work out solutions of tho problems pro-' sentcd. These committees will report re-port nt the mid-summer convention, which will bo held nt Ogden in July. The closing session of the convention conven-tion was conducted around tho banquet ban-quet board in tho private dining room at tho Hotel Utah, where 100 delegates dele-gates nnd their Indies partook ot an excellent dinner. Toasts were re sponded to by C. A. Smurthwnlto of Ogden, J. J. Neville ot Salt Lako and K. K. Rich ot Salt Lako, tho subjects being, respectively, "Tho Outlook," "Utah Men and Methods," and "Millers "Mil-lers I Have Known." Henry II. Blood acted as tonstmastcr. Tho convention throughout was a successful gathering, and It io expected ex-pected will do much good in improving improv-ing grain conditions of tho state. |
