Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1919 — MUCH RYE IN WHEAT FIELDS WILL COST FARMERS HEAVILY [ARTICLE]

MUCH RYE IN WHEAT FIELDS WILL COST FARMERS HEAVILY

Lafayette, Ind., June 9. —A large number of Indiana farmers will lose considerable of the profit on their wheat this year because of the prevalence of an unusually large amount Of rye, according to a statement by W. A. Ostrander, soils and crops specialist at Purdue university. Many are seeking to prevent this loss by going through the field now and cutting out the rye, and a great many more could follow the practice to their advantage, he declared. This should be done, if possible, before the grain ripens to prevent its seeding. “Any grain, which when free from dockage, contains more than ten per cent of grain of any kind or kinds other than wheat shall not be classified as wheat,” reads a section of the federal grain grading act, which is to. be rigidly efiforced hereafter throughout the country. “This means,” said Mr. Ostrander, “that if a man brings in wheat which shows ten per cent of rye or any other grain in it after threshing, as "much of it will, he will have to let it go at the dealers’ price. All the grain will be bought according to grade and it will be necessary for the grower to have less than six per cent •of rye or other grain in his wheat if he is to get what it is worth.” The standardization of grain will give the grower who produces clean wheat a premium for his product and the man who markets the poorer crops will be forced to take just What such grain is worth.