REPORT OF THE CEREALI8T 



205 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



The colour of the inside of the loaf, given in the last column, has usually a fairly- 

 close relationship to the colour of the flour, esi)ecially when wheats of thfi same class 

 are compared. 



S 



s 



bo 



a 



245 

 246 

 244 

 243 

 251 



230 

 237 



238 

 239 

 240 

 241 

 242 



Variety. 



Spring Wheats. 



Red Fife H 



It 



Marquis 



Chelsea 



Stanlej' A 



Durum Wheats. 



Kubanka 



II •• ..... 



Whiter Wheat. 



Kharkov 



Turkey Red No. 380 ......'.'.'.. 



II (Comuiercial Seed) 



Where Grown. 



Brandon 



Indian Head 



Brandon 



It 



Indian Head 



Lethbridge (not irrigated) . . . . 

 Indian Head 



Lethbridge (irrigated) 



II (not irrigated) 



II II . . . 



Lacombe (after timothy sod). . 



M (after summer fallow 



While too much weight must not be given to determinations of baking strength 

 in any single season, since so many circumstances influence the quality of wheat, the 

 above table furnishes some instructive details. The high position taken by Marquis 

 wheat is noteworthy. In both strength and colour it was unsurpassed by Red Fife H, 

 grown either at Brandon or Indian Head. Chelsea is somewhat disappointing in 

 regard to strength this year, its rank in this respect having been considerably higher 

 in some former tests. Stanley A is an improved strain of the original Stanley wheat. 

 Though still of only medium (or sometimes above medium) strength, its rank for 

 colour is with the very best varieties. 



The sample of Kubanka grown at Lethbridge shows considerably less than the 

 usual strength of this variety, the Indian Head sample being about normal. Of these 

 two samples that grown at Lethbridge was the finer in appearance, and would have 

 been expected to show superior baking strength. 



The two samples of Kharkov wheat (which is undoubtedly the same variety as 

 Turkey Red) show some difference in favour of that which was grown without irriga- 

 tion. The two samples of Turkey Red gi'own at Lacombe under diiferent conditions 

 were practically identical, perhaps partly owing to the unusual rainfall which occurred 

 in the early summer and which saturated all the land with moisture, no matter how it 

 had been treated during the previous year. 



EFFECT OF STORAGE ON WHEAT AND FLOUR. 



A number of new tests carried on with samples of different kinds of wheat and 

 flour confirmed in a general way the conclusions previously reached in regard to the 

 effect of storage. 



The special series of tests, which was commenced more than a year ago with 

 perfectly fresh samples of wheat, has now reached a point where results of value are 

 being obtained. Without entering into the full details, it naay be explained that seven 



