East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, September 02, 1908, EVENING EDITION, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Text.1 EIGI1T PAGES. PAGE SIX. DAILY EAST OREUOOTAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1908. pen I)(T NONDAY his nous uin wheat V- I 1 PUBLIC SCHOOLS 0 Abraham Adams, the discoverer of the famous Alaskan wheat of which o much hag been said, writes the fol lowing lengthy letter concerning the new wheat. As Umatilla county far men are Interested In It the East Oregonlan takes pleasure In reproduc ing Mr. Adams" letter a follows: "To the Public: In the last Sun day Issue of The Spokesman-Review Professor Elliot of the Washington Agricultural college appeared with a "report" denouncing my wheat as a fraud. After studying my wheat all summer he has discovered that there are eight distinct groups of wheat and my wheat belongs In the 'seventh' group, which is, so he says, fit for nothing not even for stock feed. As to his classification of wheat I have nothing to say. For all I know there may be another additional eight groups, although that is hardly prob able, since, If there were, Professor Elliot would no doubt have succeed ed In 'scientifically demonstrating my wheat to be still further remote from a bread wheat than he did. But that is neither here nor there. Pro fessor Elliot makes some assertions so flagrantly unjust that I wish to call attention to them Says Plure Is Unfair. "At the outset I wish to call atten tion to the photograph which Is pub lished in connection with the report, purporting to be 'specimens of the Alaska wheat.' It seems hardly ne cessary to say that the photograph is extremely unfair. It is always pos sible to go into any field of growing grain and find 'freak" heads and also undeveloped heads. In the photo graph are six heads which Professor Elliot asserts are representative ' heads. One of these six seems to have been a head of red Russian, an other seems to be an undeveloped secondary shoot and the rest are heads more or less 'freakish' in de velopment. "Professor Elliot states that he has personally visited the growing fields. He seems from reports, to have visit ed a field near Moscow, Idaho, ana he Is convinced that the Alaska wheat Is a poor yielder. The following statement was made In writing by the man who threshed that field of my wheat Statement by Threxlier. " 'I threshed some of your Alaska wheat and also some red Russian wheat In the adjoining field. Tour wheat yielik-d about three bushels to one of the red Russian. The red Rus sian was a better stand than the Alaska. Tours truly, " 'FRANK BENNETT.' "Professor Elliot asserts that the wheat Is of a low milling value. This broad assertion he qualifies a little lajer by saying that 'the millers are yet to be heard from.' "All In good time I will have an of ficial milling test, and by It my belief that the wheat will make flour will be fully established. In case the test proves that I am mistaken I will feed the wheat to the hogs that Is, pro vided they will eat It. "How does Professor Elliot know that It will not make flour before such a test is made? He has made no milling test. I do not even know that he has gone to the trouble of making a chemical analysis. The ce reallst of the agricultural department at Washington Is more disposed to be fair In regard to the wheat. He ad mits, at least, that the wheat may make flour and that it should not be condemned because It happens to re semble a known variety, before It has been given a fair test. It seems that Professor Ellott was, to say the least, j a little premature with his sweeping report- condemning my wheat as worthless. Head Size No Objection, "Further on In his report the pro' fissor explains that my wheat 'stools very Fparlngly and will not cover ground like the little club or red Russian, ' and moreover that the weight of the heads Is so great that It 'causes the stems to droop heavily. In fact the very size of the heads is a most serious objection to the va riety, as It can not stand erect and In spite of a fairly stiff straw Is sure to lodge badly.' "I might say that there Is certainly no danger of the heads In Professor Ellott's photograph of 'specimen heads' lodging any straw on account of sizo and weight, but that would be merely quibbling. However, I have personally counted as many as St straws In a stool and, having raised the wheat now for three years, I have never seen It lodge. But, In order that the public may not be forced to rely upon my upsupported word, I have the following affidavit from the farmers who raised my this year's crop; "The farmers are A. H. Roberts, S. W. Bingham and Ralph Robert " 'Whereas. Certain conflicting stor ies are being industriously circulated concerning the Alaska wheat, we, the undersigned farmers, do hereby certify that, in the year of 1908, we raised the said Alaska wheat for Ab raham Adams of Jullaetta, and the following statements are true to the best of our knowledge: " '1. We raised the said Alaska wheat on land which had already grown several crops and stood badly in need of summer fallowing. " '2. The said Alaska wheat will fourish In spite of drouth better than any other wheat that we have seen. " '3. We seeded one (1) bushel or less to the acre. The seed was giv en up very poorly cleaned and at least 40 per cent of It cracked, In which condition we put It In the ground. "'4. The spring of the year 1908 was cold and wet, materially retard ing the growing fields, the Alaska wheat among others. " '6. The cutworms were bad, de stroying large portions of the grow ing grain. The Alaska suffered heav ily. " '6. In spite of statements to the contrary, the said Alaska wheat, which we raised on our fields, stood up without lodging or shelling out under a windstorm so severe that the beards were blown off. " '7. In our Judgment, under the this year's adverse conditions and on the poorest of soil, we raised twice as much of the Alaska wheat per acre as we could have raised had we put club wheat on the same ground. " '8. The Alaska wheat does not shatter in harvesting. " "9. While other wheats are bad ly affected, the Alaska wheat is free from smut. " '10. All statements to the con trary notwithstanding, the fields of Alaska wheat which we harvested this year were not badly mixed with any other varieties of wheat. " '11. The Alaska wheat harvested by us was characterized by large and plump grains. " '12. Whereas, It Is said that there is no demand for Alaska when among the farmers of this community, we intend to seed for ourselves as much of the Alaska wheat as Mr. Adams will sell us. " '13. Whereas, certain press re ports would make It appear that the Alaska wheat stools very sparingly, we affirm that it will stool equal to other varieties of wheat.' "On top of this affidavit, here is what another threshing machine man has to say: " 'I, W. A. Whitten. have finished threshing 30 acres of the Alaska wheat for Abraham Adams and, by looking over the ground, I am con vinced that there was not to exceed one-third of a proper stand of wheat. and I threshed out 601 sacks of heat.' Says Mill Was Inefficient. "In the same Issue of the Spokesman-Review appears an article under tiie heading 'Adams Wished No Mill ing Test.' In it Is recited the fact that I did not permit the Vanpelt & Sieg ler flour mill, at Leland, Idaho, to make a milling test of my wheat whun they cleaned my seed wheat last fall. There were two reasons for my refusal to permit them to make the test: First, I desired to put as many acres into Alaska wheat as pos sible and I had only 837 bushels. Sec ond, -the Vanpelt & Siegier mill is noted for the poor quality of flour, and I did not think it worth while to let It make the test. "The fact that this year's yield would be light has never been denied by myself. After having watched my fields mature, I am surprised to find that they are yielding as well as they are. The above affidavits explain the reasons for the light yield without any necessity for further details. "froressor Elliott makes the pre diction that 'three years from now Alaska wheat will be only a mem ory.' Perhaps but then, the pro fessor may be mistaken. Respect fully, ABRAHAM ADAMS, "Jullaetta. Idaho." And Wo Open Up Today With the Largest Stock of School Shoes in Pendleton Buster Brown, District 76 and Moloney Bros. just received in dull leathers, patents and new high top tans. Resolved : A Toast Dear Buster Brown Blue Ribbon Shoe Here's a brimming class to YOU. And little Buster too. 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