536 Agricultural Journal of Victoria. 



Slightly Rusty, 

 Mr. J. C. Greenberger, Ni Ni Well, Noorak — 



Tardent's Blue, Square Head, and Purple Straw are the best up here. 

 We want wheats which stand well up to the stripper, and the Rerraf is going 

 down tu the ground. 



Mr. David Campbell, Rupanyup — 



Rust on straw the same as present on other varieties, Purple Straw and 

 Dart's Imperial. It did not stool well, and is very thin in ear, and broke down 

 badly with wind and rain. 



Badly Rusted. 

 Mr. A. Fraser, Timmering East — 



Rust bad enough to affect the quality and yield, but was surrounded by a 

 heavy yielding variety which promised 33 bushels, but only went 12. Rerraf 

 is far from promising in comparison witn its surroundings, the 'lurvey heads 

 being 6 inches long all over ihe paddock, while Rerraf had straight light heads 

 as if ulighted. I got 6 lbs of shrivelh d seed from it, and will try again. Not 

 half the seed germmated. [Take-all ?] 



Mr. James Lawnie, Bonnepra — 



Rust bad on straw and flag, and also affected the grain. Not promising. 

 I consider it a good yielding wheat, and early, but very bad for shaking. 



Mr. Jobn Groves, Tatura — 



Land manured for several years with cow-yard manure. Bad with rust on 

 flag and straw. Sowed Purple Straw next day, not much rust on it. I could 

 not say what the wheat was like, as the sparrov\s ate every grain, then you 

 could see the blighted heads with straw about four feet long. [Take-all?] I 

 suppose it was Rerraf I got, all I know is that it was from the Government, as 

 the bag was branded. 



Mr. C. Fraser, Bjaduk — 



Rust bad on both straw and flag. White Tuscan was worse than Rerraf 

 Sown very late, July i2th. Not a promising wheat. The last winter was the 

 worst we ever had tor wet, the wheat did not get a fair trial, but I think the 

 grain IS very small. 



Milling Quality of Rerraf- 



A sample of this wheat, grown by Mr. Wm. Gumming of Nyali 



and yielding at the rate of 24 bushels per acre, was forwarded to the 



Department of Agriculture, New South Wales in order to have its 



milling qualities tested. Mr. F. B. Guthrie, F.C.S., Analytical 



Chemist to the Department has kindly furnished the following 



report : — 



Appearance of grain : — Translucent, small, hard, plump. 



Weight per bushel (lbs per bushel) : — 63 8. 



Ease of milling: — Fair to mill. 



Percentage of mill products :— Flour. 70 3 ; Pollard. 16 4 ; Bran, 13-3. 



Nature of flour : — Colour of flour : — Excellent, good surface. 



Strength of flour (in quarts per sack of 200 lbs.): — 50. 



Percentage of dry gluten : — 10-87. 



NOTES. 

 Bran and Pollard both clean. 

 Semolina, slieht yellow colour and gritty. 

 Break-flour, 24 5 per cent. 



This is a good milling wheat, yielding fairly readily a good proportion 

 of flour. Flour of first rate colour, andof fair strength, and wiihagcod 

 proportion of gluten. The colour of this flour is much better than 

 that of the same variety previously examined. 



