lo April, 1909.] Report of Wheat Improvement Committee. 



245 



QlALITY AND YlELI). 



Variety'. 



Quality of Grain. 



Plumpness. 



ri I'liiiirs. 



Yandilla King 



Florence 



Dart's Imperial 



Comeback 



Federation 



Jumbuck 



Australian Tala 



Bobs 



Plover 



College Purple 



Jade . . 



John Brown . 



Bunyip 



Marshall's No. 



Straw 



Hardness. Tiuiislucem y. 

 5 Points. 10 Points. 



Total Point-s, 



representini^ 



Quality 



and Yield. 



70 



61-50 

 58- 11 

 56-61 

 55-21 

 53-53 

 51-94 

 49-25 

 48-87 

 44-62 

 42 24 

 41-25 

 40 -.39 

 39-93 

 38-28 



Score of Points. 

 Reviewing some of the many characteristics which have to be taken 

 into consideration when comparing wheat varieties with one another, it will 

 be noted that the table below allows for strength of straw and capacity to 

 hold grain. Both these factors are of supreme importance and while the 

 onlv means which have been adopted to arrive at the determinations set out 

 have been the test of the season itself, I have every confidence that suc- 

 ceeding seasons will confirm in the main the following conclusions : — 



Yandilla King 



Dart's Imperial 



Florence 



Comeback ... 



Federation... 



Jumbuck ... 



Australian Tala vera 



Plover 



Bobs 



College Purple Straw 



Jade 



Bunyip 



John Brown 



Marshall's No. 3 



Tota' No. 

 of Points. 



S2 00 

 79-61 

 77-11 

 76-21 

 7 .5-53 

 71-4t 

 70-75 

 69-62 

 69 -.37 

 66-24 

 62-25 

 60-93 

 57-89 

 57-28 



Quantity versus Quality. 

 While it is freely admitted that the prime essential in a wheat mu.st 

 be prolificacy of yield, the character of the flour to be made therefrom must 

 always exercise a potent influence on the commercial value of wheat. It 

 is not to be wondered at that farmers decline to grow the hard-grained 

 varieties which are well known to be better flour producers, seeing that 

 until within the last year or two no difference has been made in the price 



