INDEX. 



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Absolute value of wheat . . . . . . . . . . 44 



Addresses of fifty farmers submitting best samples 18 

 Advantage of large seed relatively less as we ascend 



the scale . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 



Advocates ot use of shrivelled seed . . . . . . 2, 44 



Aim in improving seed wheat . . . . - . . . 11 



Algerian 27, 35 



Allora Spring 27, 35, 3fl 



Agricultural Schools, demonstration plots at . . 2 



Analysis, biological, of large and small grains . . 19, 20 



Australian grading machine . . . . . . . . 52 



Australian Talavera 27, 35 



Average N.S.W. seed wheat graded and piled . . 11 



of the fifty best samples . . . . . . . . 15 



of fifty best samples compared with Perfection 15 



practice of farmers of N.S.W . . 18 



quality of first-class sample . . . . . . 10 



sample of New South Wales seed wheat, illus- 



tration of 11, 15 



sample of seed . . . . . . . . . . 10 



Bearded Quartzlee 27,35 



Beardless Quartzlee 35 



Bective seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 



Berthoud (see Zealand). 



Best farmers' answer as to grading . . . . . 16 



Best farmers' practice, illustrated . . . . . . 14 



Best growers, practice of .. .. .. .. 13 



Best samples collected 13 



Bins, vermin-proof . . . . . . . . . . 48 



Biological analysis of large and small grains . . 19, 20 



Blount's Lambrigg . . . . . . . . . . 28, 35 



Bran . . . . 19 



thinner on small grains . . . . . . . . 20 



larger area of on small grains . . . . . . 20 



Breeding for prolificness . . . . . . . . . . 19 



Budd's Early 35 



Bunt 6 



Canning Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 36 



Canowindra seed . . . . . . . . . . . 8 



Chick wheat, price of 21, 45 



Classification of samples of seed . . . . . . 12 



Cleaning of seed wheat, amount advisable . . . . 53, 54 



Cleaning, point at which to stop . . . . . . 13, 16 



Cleaned samples collected 14 



Climate, precarious, seed wheat practice in . . . . 17 



small seed in . . . . 17 



special reason for use of large plump seed . 17 



Collection of seed wheat samples . . . . . 4 



Comparisons <<t yield, how made . . . . . 27 



Comparisons, summary of, second trial . . 31 



, ,, ,, third ,, . 38 



Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . 55 



Condition of our seed 18 



Conserving seed for future use . . . . . . 48 



"'oolamon seed . . . . . . 7 



otamundra seed . . . . . . . . . . . 7 



o-jst of experiments . . . . . . . . . 46 



Cowra seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . g 



Crop experiments, lack of caution in . . . . 23 



Crops, better from plump seed in bad seasons . . 11 



good from small seed . . . . . . . . 45, 46 



poor from plump large seed . . . . . . 45, 46 



Crop yields, ordinary, as compared with those of 



experiment . . . . . . . . . 26 



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Defects possible through excessive size 

 Defiance wheat 



illustration 



Demonstration plots at Agricultural Schools 



Deterioration of seed through age 



Discussion of the various trials 



Diseased grains in tailings 



Difficulty, lack of, in improving our seed wheat 



Drainage, uneven 



Dubbo, seed wheat from 



Early Baart 



Para 



Ear of wheat, arrangement of grains in 

 Education through demonstration plots 

 Elevators and seed wheat 

 Experiment yields and those of farmers 

 Expert opinion as to the favourite varieties . . 



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44 

 19 



5 



2 



4? 



. . 28, 36 



. . 28, 36 



5 



2 



48 

 26 



Factor of safety . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 



Farmer's Friend . . . 10, 11, 12, 36 



Failures, effect on adjacent plants . . . . . . 33 



Farmers, proportion that use uncleaned seed . . 13 



samples, some of them graded . . . . . . 13 



Farmer to be his own experimenter . . . . . 46 



Favourable seasons and small seed . . . . . . 45 



Farmer's yields and those of experiments . . . . 26 



Favourite varieties, expert opinion on . . . . 6 



Fifty best samples. . . . 13, 16, 18 



illustrated 14, 15, 16 



average of . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 



Finley, seed wheat from . . . . . . . . . . 7 



First trial, large v. small grains . . . . . . 23 



Flour cells 19 



Fodder value of large seed . . . . . . . . 19 



small seed . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 



Fourth trial , large . small grains . . . . . . 39 



Fractional rows . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 



Germination . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 



comparative of large, small, and medium grains 31 



inferior of small seed 26 



notes on , . . . . . . . . . . . 30 



of rust shrivelled seed 30 



uncertainty of notes on . . . . . . . . 30 



Gigantic grains" 44 



Gluten . ..19,20 



Golden Drop 28, 36 



Good opinion of small seed, origin of . . . . . . 45 



Graded sample, how to tell . . . . . . . . 14 



seed reduces irregularity of stand . . . . 43, 44 

 Grader, Australian make . . . . . . . . . . 52 



English make 53 



German make 49, 50 



Grades, illustration of 



of grain, difficulty of illustrating. . . . . . 4 



Grading machines, English . . . . . . . . 53 



capacity of 52 



cost of 52, 55 



durability of . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 55 



expense of maintaining . . . . . . . . 55 



of foreign make . . . . . . . . . . 51 



Grading, amount advisable .. .. .. .. 16 



cost of 52 



done by millers . . . . . . . . . . 53 



maximum profits . . . . . . . . . . 53, 55 



