90 WHEAT 



To make much profit it will be seen that the yield 

 must be increased above the average fourteen 

 bushels per acre. The cost of raising an acre of 

 wheat has been greatly reduced by the introduction 

 and use of improved machinery and by decreasing 

 the labor cost. Now we must give more attention 

 to decreasing the cost per bushel by increasing 

 the acre yield. The sixty bushel yield which the 

 writer produced at the Kansas experiment station 

 in 1906 cost less than fifteen cents per bushel. 



The price of wheat on the market depends on 

 the grade. It is therefore of great importance 

 that every farmer be familiar with the methods 

 of scoring and grading grain. 



SCORING WHEAT 



Judging and scoring of grains is now a regular 

 part of the course of study in our agricultural 

 colleges. The methods and score cards used in 

 different institutions vary considerably. When 

 a sample of wheat is examined from a "seed 

 standpoint," purity, color, weight, uniformity, 

 quality and vitality are noted. From a "market 

 standpoint," weight and quality are the main 

 points considered, but purity as regards freedom 

 from foreign substance, other grain, or other types 

 of wheat is also given an important place. The 

 weight of wheat is indicated by its plumpness and 

 dryness. Damp grain or shrunken grain is light. 

 The quality relates not only to the weight, the 

 soundness and dryness of the grain, but also to 

 its composition or flour-making value as indicated 

 by the texture, hardness or softness of the kernel, 

 and the relative thicknejss of the hull. 



