628 Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. [Sept. 2, 1920. 



The following is the judges' report : — 



The (juality of the wheats is not quite as good as in recent years from the strength 

 point ot view. At the same time several exhiliits are quite up to tiie usual standard. 

 Speaking collectively, they are a heavy, uniform lot. The heaviest sample was of 

 Petatz Surprise, weighing 68.J lb. to the busliel, and grown by W. Clark, South 

 Australia. All exhibits were weighed in the new standard cliondrometer. 



A sample of Cedar exhibited by A. J. and W. H. Lye, of Tamworth, is a 

 splendid specimen, yielding readily a flour of excellent colour and very high gluten 

 content J(i'7 per cent.). I he sain))le of the Indian wheat I'u.^a No. 4, exhibited by 

 W. H. Scholz, of Gilgandra, is worthy of mention. It yielded a high percentage of 

 excellent colour flour of 53 quarts to the sack strength, which was the highest water 

 absorption of all the flours tested in the competition. The appearance of several 

 exhibits was dejireciated through the effects of weevil, and in some cases it would appear 

 that the sample had been kept from the previous season, and thereb\' spoilt tlie chance 

 of scoring a prize In the class iov a collection of Farrer wheats, a very line lot, 

 exhibited by M J. D'Arcy, of Berrigan, was spoilt through a sample of Bayah being 

 riddled by weevils. It is also worlliy of note that Yandilla King, grown by A. R. 

 Michael (Victoria), was a particularly tine sample on appearance, but on being milled 

 failed to secure a prize. 



In the Macaroni class, W. Clark (South Australia) again won with Indian Rutiner, 

 beating Telford Bros. (Victoria), who sliowed Kubanka. In strong red. Lye scored 

 with Cedar, and the same variety scored second place for D. and J. Gagie. 



With Pusa No. 4, W. H Scholz beat his second exhibit of Comeback in the strong 

 white class, which is an achievement for the Indian crossbred. Scholz again won 

 in a class of five strong flour varieties with Cedar, Comeback, Punjab 9, Pusa 4, and 

 Pusa 107, M. J. D'Arcy being second with Cedar, Comeback, Marquis, Khaikofl, 

 and Pusa 4. 



The medium strong class found the Florence variety the choice or first and second. 

 W. F. D'Arcy won the specials for best bushel of Yandilla King and Hard Federation, 

 and J. T. Wykes, Wellington, that for ordinary Federation. In the weak flour class, 

 Petatz Surprise was placed first and VV'ari'en second. 



The honours for five Farrer wheats went to W. H. Scholz, with Cedar, Comeback, 

 Florence, Federation, and Warren, and those for five non- Farrer to M. J. D'Arcy, 

 who showed Yandilla King, Maiquis, Huron, Gresley, and Pusa 4, all grown on 6-inch 

 rainfall. 



In the collection of grain and ears. No. 6646 took first prize. The samples are well 

 got up, as over 60 per cent, of the exhiliit is of excellent (|uality. The remaining 40 per 

 cent, shows signs of weathering, but still can be classed as good. 



The ticketing and descriptive information was good. 



Collection No. 6647 is a good exhibition from a collection point of view, but of inferior 

 quality. About 40 per cent, is of show quality, the balance being dirty and of light 

 bushel-weight, which spoilt the collection. 



The third prize was not awarded, as in the opinion of the judges Nos. 6648 and 6649 

 were too small from a collection point of view. 



The accompanying table .showing the principal chariicteristics of the 

 " strong-flotir " and " weak-floiir " wheats exhibited and their variations 

 over a period of fifteen years may be of intere&t. 



The weights per bushel are necessarily much higher than the f.a.q. weight 

 for the corresponding years or the ordinary commercial samples, owing to 

 the fact that the wheats are cleaned and graded carefully for exhibition 

 purposes. 



It will be seen that, although there is some fluctuation owing to 

 seasonal conditions, the main factors on which the excellence of our wheats 

 depend, maintain on the whole a high standard which shows no signs ot" 

 deteriorating. 



