Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-01-02 | Page 15 | New Wheat is Developed to Combat Rust Parasites

New Wheat Is Developed To Combat Rust Parasites By ROY J GIBBONS N NEA EA Service Writer CHICAGO Jan 1 Destructive 1 rust parasites which yearly cause causo damages of ot untold millions to the i grain crops of the world may be defeated b by a new type ot of o cereal called the Garnet wheat The new grain is the tho perfection of L L H II Newman for tor the Dominion of o Canada He devel developed It after years rears of ot painstaking research through a process ot of elimInating all but the most sturdy sturdy dy crop ot of certain characteristics from the seasons season's harvest Newmans Newman's discovery probably will bring riches to countless farmers But the scientist who has given the new wheat wheat to the world will Ill receive not so much muchas muchas as a decoration tor for his discovery Tests have shown that New New- Newman's New mails mans man's garnet species ripens from 10 to H It days earlier than the staple variety of wheat wheat used used- used almost exclusively exclusively jn in inthe lithe the principal wheat-growing wheat sec sections sections of ot this country and Canada This means that the garnet seed aced will escape tho the rust pests partle partie particularly destructive In the tho Dakotas Montana 1 Kansas and the prairie provinces ot of western Canada Since It matures natures earlier garnet wheat heat can be grown farther tarther north than heat ever before has baa been blen harvested It will trill open ripen some acres of ot virgin land representing a swath miles deep by miles wide which Canada is plan plan- planning planning ning to add to her ber wheat belt It across the provinces of bt o Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba L H Newman II e creator of the new 0 C W rust combating Garnet wheat shown her here