478 



Joiiriud of A(/riciill ii/e, Victoria. [10 Aug., 1917. 



somewhat similar agreement up to mesh 2.50 mm., after which the pro- 

 portion of small grains shows a decided increase in the ISTew South 

 Wales sample. The cause of the smallness of the grain in the New 

 South Wales crop was the unfavorable conditions during the growing 

 season, which resulted in the yield being poor, the quality also suffering. 



Table V.— Milling Tests, F.A.Q. Samples, 1916-17. 



The water required to condition the wheats was higher in quantity 

 than usual. The time required to condition was, if anything, shorter. 

 The wheats from South and Western Australia returned a high percent- 

 age of flour, those from Victoria and New South Wales giving a poor 

 percentage. The colour of the flour in all was considerably below the 

 average. That from Western Australian flour showed the best of a 

 moderate lot, giving a flour of good strength and gluten content. None 

 of these wheats may be considered of high quality for gluten or for tlieir 

 water absorption capacity. The available tonnage of wheat was 

 2,814,008, and this quantity, if gristed, would on a 70 per cent, flour 

 basis return 1,868,713 tons. Taking the carrying capacity of the ships 

 engaged in transporting the wheat at approximately 4,500 tons, the 

 number of shiploads required to transport the wheat would total, in 

 round figures, 625, while if the wheat were milled here and the flour 

 exported, the shipping would be reduced by one-third, i.e., it could he 

 transported in 415 loads. 



