SOME PROPEKTIES OF THE WHEAT KERNEL. 



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of less than 0.010 gram form the first class and each succeeding class 

 increases by 0.002 gram. Table 11 is a summary of these analyses. 



Table 10. — Analyses of plants, arranged according to weigTit of average Tcemel. Crop of 1903. 

 AVEIGHT OF AVER.YGE KERNEL, 0.000 TO 0.010 GRAM. 



Record 

 number. 



\yeight Xum- ^y i i^t 

 of aver- bei of ^ ^ ? , 



ke^'el "^X'' on plant 

 (S. .plant. ,^S'-''^^^^ 



22205. . 

 57105. . 

 58206. . 

 95505. . 



0.00953 

 .00916 

 .00943 

 . 00850 



283 



407 



148 



37 



2.6965 



3. 7263 



1.3961 



.3146 



Average . .00915 



219 



2.0334 



Per- 

 centage 

 of pro- 

 teid ni- 

 trogen 

 in ker- 

 nels. 



2.81 

 2.76 

 2.67 

 2.81 



Proteid nitrogen 

 (gram) in — 



Average 

 kernel. 



0.0002677 

 .0002527 

 . 0002519 

 .0002389 



Kernels 

 on plant. 



0.07577 

 . 10285 

 .03728 

 .00884 



Percent- 

 age of 

 gliadin- 

 plus-glu- 

 tenin ni- 

 trogen in 

 kernels. 



1.97 



Gliadin-plus-glu- 

 tenin nitrogen 

 (gram) in — 



Average 

 kernel. 



Kernels 

 on plant. 



0.0001877 



0.05312 



.0002.528 



.05618 



1.97 



.0001877 



.05312 



WEIGHT OF AVERAGE KERNEL, 0.010 TO 0.012 GRAM. 



WEIGHT OF .WERAGE KERNEL, 0.012 TO 0.014 GRAM. 



17505 



22209 



25105 



39606....". 

 40405..... 



42206 



4.5005 



45805 



48405 



48406 



48408 



48505 



50706 



,58207.... 



58905 



62805. . . . 



76206 



8.5206 



94605.... 



Average 



0.01340 

 .01399 

 .01393 

 .01341 

 .01373 

 .01264 

 .01376 

 .01234 

 .01276 

 .01324 

 .01291 

 . 01398 

 .01343 

 .01375 

 .013.55 

 .01212 

 .01217 

 .01312 

 .01307 



29 



31 

 131 

 346 



46 



25 

 235 

 124 



76 

 249 



27 

 137 



35 

 307 

 170 

 111 

 447 

 ,■',76 



56 



0. 3885 



.4336 

 1.8242 

 4.6383 



.6316 



.3161 

 3. 2340 

 1.5298 



.9701 

 3. 2964 



. 34&5 

 1.91.54 



.4701 

 4. 2207 

 2.3031 

 1.3451 

 5.4411 

 4.9315 



.7319 



. 01323 



1.55. 7 



2.0.510 



4.70 

 3.84 

 3.02 

 2.37 

 3.17 

 1.46 

 3.58 

 1.84 

 3.31 

 4.87 

 2.81 

 3.66 

 2.80 

 3.09 

 2.43 

 3.25 

 4.45 

 2.66 

 1.95 



3.12 



0. 0006296 

 .000.5371 

 . 0003662 

 .0003177 

 .0004352 

 .0001846 

 .0004927 

 . 0002700 

 . 0(K)4225 

 . 0001i447 

 . 0ffl)3627 

 .0005117 

 .0003761 

 .0004248 

 . 0003292 

 . 0003938 

 .000.5417 

 . 0003332 

 .0002549 



0.01826 

 . 01665 

 .05,508 

 .10967 

 .02002 

 .00462 

 .11575 

 .02815 

 .03211 

 . 160.53 

 .00979 

 .07010 

 .01316 

 . 13042 

 . 05.596 

 .04272 

 . 24213 

 .13118 

 .01427 



.0004120 



.06687 



1.36 



2.25 



'i.76 



2.49 



"'i.'os 



1.98 



0.0001871 0.04398 



.0002979 



. 0002460 

 .'6663424' 



.0002471 



.0002641 



.08168 

 .63371' 



. 10510 

 .'11646' 



.07499 



WEIGHT OF AVERAGE KERNEL, 0.014 TO 0.016 GRAM. 



0.0003164 

 .0005498 

 .0004941 

 .0007934 

 .0003722 

 .0006420 

 .000.5.551 

 . 0002(X)9 

 . 0007273 

 .000o423 

 .0002358 

 .0005411 

 .0005034 

 .0003736 

 .0004010 



0. 04335 

 .05663 

 .03212 

 . 19689 

 .02196 



'.63107 

 . 07993 

 . 01.547 

 .01382 

 . 0.5974 

 . 16933 

 .06169 

 .22705 

 .06240 

 .28107 



1.54 



1.34 



2.02 

 1.35 



0.0003218 



.0002113 



.0003044 

 .0001912 



0.03315 



1.75 

 1.97 



.05245 



. 29934 

 .02753 



.0002788 .12.574 

 .0002969 .04957 



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