24 AMERICAN WHEAT AND CORN. 



Comparison of Department seed and Colorado crops, 1882-'83. 



The averages show that the crop, notwithstanding unfavorable condi- 

 tions, has improved in ash and albuminoids and size of the grain, and 

 that the conclusions of previous analyses are verified. The last variety* 

 No. 2187-8, was the only one to lose in percentage of albuminoids, and 

 this was plainly because it contained in the seed a higher amount than 

 could be supported by Colorado conditions in the crop.* This same 

 wheat, the Geiger, a spring variety from Asia, it will be noticed con- 

 tains a large amount of ash in connection with its high percentage of 

 albuminoids, and loses the one with the decrease of the other. Atten- 

 tion has already been drawn to the intimate relation between ash and 

 albuminoids in the whole grain in the previous report, and the reason 

 of this will appear in later analyses where it is shown that the bran 

 and germ, both storehouses of nitrogen, contain large amounts of ash. 



That Colorado is a place where a rich and fine wheat can be raised is 

 evident from the work of the past three years; but it is also plain that 

 all the aid which human agency can control must be given to this end. 

 Two samples of wheat grown in another part of the State, Fremont 

 County, which have been in the Department Museum for some time, are 

 not rich in albuminoids, containing each only 9.80 per cent. This 

 variation shows that great care is always necessary to keep the grain 

 at a high standard and that in the case of the wheats from Fremont 

 County something was lacking. 



THE PACIFIC COAST. 



The conclusion was drawn from analyses completed last year that 

 Oregon produced a wheat extremely poor in albuminoids, although the 



*See Bulletin No. 1, p. 43. 



