EXERCISE 28. JUDGING WHEAT 



Equipment: A number of peck samples of wheat; a 

 grain tester; a pair of good balances. 



Method: Make a careful examination of each sample 

 and record the scores on the following score card : 



Explanation : 



1. Weight per bushel — 25. 



Wheat should weigh sixty pounds per measured bushel. 

 Cut two points for each pound below this. 



2. Soundness — 20. 



There should be no sprouted, cracked, smutty, musty, 

 binburned, or otherwise damaged grains in the sample. 

 Cut two points for each per cent of unsound grains. 



3. Purity— 10. 



The sample should be free from mixture or foreign 



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