Show colorado gets wheat kins for fourth time in last 5 years by W J DRYDEN w N u form farm elliot while a new united S states t a tes wheat king has been crowned the state of colorado still retains its fis place as the home of quality wheat for the fourth time in five years the pills fills bury award has been given to a wheat producer of colorado luther F givens 43 sterling colo walked off with first honors at the wh wheat eat contest h held eld recently at chicago ills his entry was wichita wheat a strain developed it at the agricultural experiment station university of colorado the wichita wheat entered in the contest by givens was ol of the hard red winter variety which had a test weight ol of pounds the standard weight of a bushelow bus bushel helof K wheat la is 60 pounds the contest held under the direction ti on of the international crop improvement P pro ro n association and the various 0 is state a agricultural gri cultural experiment stations and colleges had for its judges prof R F crim university of minnesota prot prof J C hack lemon leman university of illinois and prof A L clapp kansas state agriculture college prot prof K E beeson of purdue university represented the operating cooperating co organizations givens operates an 80 acre farm raises hay sugar beets hereford cattle and hogs bogs ilia his wife lena raises chickens they have no children both are equestrians having fine saddle horses and are leaders in a sterling saddle club so some M is 15 acres of the farm arm was wag devo devoted ted to the development of the wichita 8 strain tr in 0 of f wheat second place in the national contest went to R E condon platte v valle ille colo with hird hard red spring wheat with a test weight of pounds per bushel winning the tha national reserve award Other winners include D F yuba city calif for or raising tho the best hard white wheat ralph osborn culver ind for best spring red wheat appleton Appl ston br brothers 0 can andai and algua gua N Y best soft white wheat and william frozen frazen map mapes es N D the contest was established in 1841 1041 since that time colorado wheat has ha four times taken the national honors while montana grain once has scored first former colorado winners were george hofmann leo lindstrom sterling lingard lin gand and jesse powers henderson the montana winner was L E peterson victoria thi the winner in 1841 1941 |