20 AMERICAN WHEAT AND CORN. 



DAKOTA. 



The only two specimens of Dakota wheat which have hitherto been 

 analyzed are those of which mention has just been made. 



Through the kindness of General M. V. Z. Woodhull, specimens of the 

 crop of spring wheat of 1883 from some of the leading farms of the 

 Territory have been sent to this Division. As will be seen, they are 

 all extremely rich in albuminoids with the exception of that grown in 

 Pembina. One specimen contains 18.03 per cent, of albuminoids, and 

 the ten together average over 15 per cent. 



Average composition of Dakota spring wheat, crop 0/1883. 

 Weight of 100 grains grams. . 3. 151 



Water per cent . . 8. 51 



Ash ' do.... 1.94 



Undetermined w.do 74. 11 



Albuminoids do 15. 44 



100. 00 



Nitrogen : do '2. 47 



The wheat containing 18.03 per cent, of albuminoids is the richest 

 which has yet been analyzed in the United States. It was grown in 

 Lamoure County by Sykes & Hughes; and is, of course, a spring variety. 

 It would be interesting to observe the composition of a winter wheat 

 .grown on that soil, the only winter specimen which has been analyzed 

 having, as has been said, a small percentage of albuminoids 



With the modern methods of milling, hard wheats of the description 

 which have been analyzed are very desirable, and Dakota and Minne- 

 sota with their large supplies of grain, rich in nitrogenous constituents, 

 will necessarily produce some of the finest flours in the country, more 

 jiearly approaching the Hungarian than any other. 



COLORADO. 



In the previous bulletin the analyses were published of a large number 

 of wheats from Colorado, grown during the years 1881 and 1882 by 

 Prof. A. E. Blouut, of the agricultural college, at Fort Collins. 



The average composition for each year was as follows: 



Arvrat)v composition of Colorado wheat, crops of 1881 and 188'<i. 



1881. ' 1882. 



