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A small bundle of the grain was cut, labeled, and placed to ripen and dry 

 in an airy room, so as to give the best possible conditions in harvesting, and 

 every bundle was subjected to the same treatment in drying and ripening. 

 When fully dry the grain was beaten out by hand, winnowed, and preserved 

 in glass jars for chemical analysis. The grain thus ripened on the stalk, as 

 it slowly dried in the sheltered room, was different from what it would have 

 been if threshed out as soon as cut, but the difference was the same for all, 

 and the grain thus matured would represent the results secured by ripening 

 under the most favorable conditions of harvesting at the several periods of 

 cutting. 



CONDITION AT TIME OF CUTTING. 



The following diary will give some idea of the condition and development 

 of the berry and the ripening of the stalk at the successive periods of cutting. 

 I also include a brief statement of the condition of the weather, which may 

 assist in explaining the rapid changes which took place at certain stages of 

 growth : 



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1... 



2 



3... 

 i... 

 5... 

 6... 



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8... 



9.._ 

 10... 

 11... 

 12... 

 13... 

 14... 

 15... 

 16... 

 17... 

 18. _. 

 19... 

 20... 

 21... 



Mean Daily 

 Temperature. 



I 173 



Cloudy. 



75° 

 Rain. 



63>3° 

 Rainy. 



68». 



Cloudy. 



70M°. 



Clear. 



Clear. 

 77K°. Cloudy 



and raining. 

 79°. Hot and 



close, cloudy. 

 66%°. Cooler 



and cloudy. 



-"1 2/ o 

 I 173 . 



Clear. 



78°. 



Rain in night. 



73°. 



Rainy. 



75%'. 



Cloudy. 



74°. 



Clear. 



16°. 



Rain in night. 



75°. 



Cloudy. 



73>i°. 



Clear. 



79°. 

 Clear. 



81°. 



Clear. 



85>i°. 



Cloudy. 



78°. 



Degree of Ripeness of Stalk and Berry 



of Clawson Wheat at tlie Several 



Periods of Cutting. 



Stalk green; berry watery and im- 

 mature ; a little milky. 



Stalk green, and leaves rusted slight- 

 ly ; berry very immature, somewhat 

 milky. 



Berry milky and sweetish ; color of 

 berry green. 



Berry milky and sweet ; still green in 

 color. 



Berry milky, sweet, green ; no dough. 



Straw still green ; berry milky, 

 sweet, greenish in color, no dough. 



Stalks green, but leaves yellow ; ber- 

 ry more milky, sweet, yellow-green. 



Straw green ; heads yellowisli ; berry 

 yellow-green, thick milk, sweet. 



Stalks and heads ttirning yellow; 

 berry milky-dough, sweet. 



Stalks and heads yellowish-green ; 

 berry less sweet and more doughy. 



Stalks yellowish ; heads begin to 

 bend ; berry thin dough, a little sweet. 



Straw yellow ; heads bend more ; 

 berry in the dough, only a little sweet. 



Heads bend over; berry stiff 

 dough. 



Berry crushed dry between thumb 

 nails ; harvested to-day. 



Berry nearly dry and becoming 

 hard ; straw entirely ripe. 



Berry dry and hard ; stalks a full 

 yellow. 



Stalks over-ripe ; berry shells on 

 handling sheaf. 



Stalks becoming brittle^. 



Stalks becoming brown and brittle. 



Manifestly dead-ripe. 



" Still dead." 



Degree of Ripeness of Stalk and Berry of 



Sciiumaclier Wheat at the Several 



I'eriods of Cutting. 



Stalks green ; berry milky, easily 

 crushed by fingers, sweet. 



Stalk green; berry easily crushed by 

 fingers, milky and sweet. 



Berry more milky, but greenish ; can 

 be crushed by fingers, sweet. 



Berry yellowish, milky dough ; fingers 

 stained by milk when being crushed. 



Straw becoming yellow ; berry in 

 milky-dough condition. 



Berry in the dough ; crushed between 

 thumb nails stains them. 



Straw purplish, but leaves green ; ber- 

 ry in the dough and becoming yellow. 



Head brown ; berry deep yellow, stiff 

 dough, can be crushed by tiiumb nails. 



Berry brown, hard ; difficult to crush 

 between thumb nails. 



Berry crushes dry ; grain harvested 

 to-day. 



Straw purpli-sh red and fully ripe. 



Heads bend over ; stalks becoming 

 brown and leaves dry. 



Ripe and over ripe. 



The condition of the grain after ripening on the stalk is best exhibited by 

 the specimen of each day's cutting now placed before you. 



