Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1914 — Crop Improvement [ARTICLE]

Crop Improvement

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ONE VARIETY OF BARLEY Varieties Badly Mixed Make a De crease in Profits. (National Crop ImprovomMt Sorvheo.] The fact that a Mlaaesota count) took prizes on both two and six rowel barley at the National Corn Bxposi tlon at Dallas, Texas, speaks well foi the quality of barley grown la that county, but is only indicative of the mixed condition of this grain that 1* deplorable from a market standpoint How can the farmers of this or other county expect to get the highest market price for their grain when several types will doubtless be mixed before shipping This is particularly true of barley where the highest prices are paid for malting barley and which must be of one type and very uniform. The sooner whole communities awake to the value of growing only one variety of each type of grain, the better off will each individual farmer be. For the barley growing counties of the middle west and northwest, Minnesota 105 and Pedigreed Oderbrucker have generally given best satisfaction. • With the opening oi the Panama canal barley growing in California will receive a great stimulus. It has been found that Calif onia can grow excellent barley of any desired type Unless the Inland states standardize their barley shortly and establish their market they are apt to find-a strong competitor in California.