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IMPROVEMENT OF THE WHEAT CROP IN CALIFORNIA. 



The average yield to the acre of Fretes wheat at Modesto, Cal., for 

 1907, 1908, and 1909, as compared with the White Australian (fig. 10), 

 is as follows : 



Fretes (G. I. No. 1596) 40. 5 bushels. 



Australian (G. I. No. 3019) 35.9 bushels. 



. Milling Quality. 



Milling tests of this variet} r have been made by the United States 

 Department of Agriculture and by the Oakdale Milling Company. As 

 a result of the test of the grain grown in California during 1908, made 

 by the Department's laboratory at Fargo, N. Dak., we find this 

 variety superior to the Club as a flour producer. It is also slightly 

 superior to the White Australian. In this test it was discovered that 



Fig. 10.— White Australian wheat (G. I. No. 3019) growing at Modesto, Cal., in 1909. Yield to the acre, 



44 bushels. 



there was a slight increase in the quantity of flour produced from 100 

 pounds of the Fretes over that produced from the same quantity of 

 Australian wheat. It milled very much like the Australian. Ap- 

 proximately the same quantity of water was required to produce a 

 loaf of bread made from this flour as from the Australian. The loaves 

 were slightly smaller but heavier than those baked from the Australian. 

 The color and texture were fairly good. As with the Chul wheat, a 



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