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INDEX. 



PAGE. 



Grading, method of 4 



neglected by farmers . . . . . . . 45 



of a first-class sample . . . . . . . . 10 



poidt at which it becomes a losing operation . . 16 



profit from 52 



seed wheat, how far is it best to go . . . . 53 



too much . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 



Grain and straw, summary of, second trial . . - 12 



,, third .. 38 



from small seed more shrivelled . . . . . . 42 



Grains, as arranged in the ear of wheat . . . 5, 19 



flat 25 



round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 



large and small, how arranged in the ear . . 5 



numbers of, in equal volumes of wheat. . . . 39 



numbers of, in equal weights of wheat . . . . 39 



unequal diameters of . . . . . . . . 24 



size of, in first-class sample . . . . . . 32 



small, how arranged in. ear . . . . . . 5 



Grain, yield of second trial . . . . . . . 27 



" third 35 



Gross's Prolific 28 



Growth, a function of the size of the seed . . . . 32, 33 



summary of, second trial . . . . . . . . 29 



third 37 



third trial, of straw, weighing of .. .. .. 38 



Gundagai seed 8, 9 



Handwork on experiments . 

 Harvesting the trial rows . 



Hudson's Early Purple Straw 



. . 26 



. . 30 



28, 36, 39, 31 



Illustrations- 

 Analysis of large and small grains 

 Australian grading machine 

 Average sample of N.S.W. seed . . 

 Best farmers, seed wheat of 

 Comparison, method of 

 Defiance grains as analysed 

 Defiance wheat 

 Ear of Defiance wheat 

 English grading machine 

 Experiment plot 

 Failures 



Farmer's Friend, perfect sample . . 

 Farmers' grading machine 

 Fractional rows 

 German grading machine 

 Grades 



Grading machine 

 Gram from large seed, quality of 

 Grains as arranged in the ear of wheat 

 Grains of different grades 

 Growth of large, medium, and small seed 

 Growth, relative, of plants from large, medium, 



and small seeds 

 Harvesting, method of 

 Large and small Defiance grains 

 Large and small grains of Purple Straw wheat . . 

 Large grains as arranged in the ear 

 Large seed, quality of grain from 

 Medium sample of seed wheat 

 Method of comparison 



harvesting 



planting .... 



testing seed 



New South Wales medium and poor seed 



seed wheat, average sample . . 



seed wheat, perfect sample 



Perfect sample of seed wheat 



Planting, method of . . 



Plants from large, medium, and small seeds . . 



Plump and shrivelled grain 



Plot of experiments 



Poor sample of seed wheat 



Purple Straw grains, as analysed . . 



medium and poor samples of 



perfect sample 



Quality of grain, from large seed. . 



from small seed 



Rows of wheat 



Row system 



Seed of the majority of N.S.W. farmers 



. . 20, 21 

 52 



. . 11, 15 

 . . 14, 16 

 24 

 20 

 5 

 5 



53 

 22, 30, 34 



30 



. . 11, 12 

 49, 50, 52, 53 

 .. ' 24 

 . . 49, 50 

 . . 4, 45 

 49, 50, 52, 53 

 .. 40,41 

 5 

 4 

 22, 30 



22 

 30 

 20 

 21 

 5 



40, 41 

 13 

 24 

 30 

 24 

 22 

 13 



. 11, 15 

 . 11. 12 

 . 11, 12 

 24 

 22 

 1 



22, 30, 34 

 13 

 21 

 13 



. 11, 12 

 40 

 41 

 24 



22, 30, 34 

 17 



PAGE. 

 Illustrations 



Seed wheat, medium N S.W. sample .. .. 13 



of the best N.S.W. farmers 14, 16 



Seed wheat, very pour sample . . . . . 13 



poor sample . . . . 13 



Shrivelled trains 1 



Sieves . . " 2, 3, 51 



Small grains as arranged in ear . . . . . . 5 



Straw from large, medium, and small seeds . . 30, 34 



Very poor sample of seed wheat . . . . . . 13 



White Lammas, medium and poor samples of . . 13 



Insects and apparent germination . . . . . . 31 



Irregular stand from ungraded seed . . . . . . 43, 44 



Jeir seed 

 Junee beed 



King's Jubilee 28, 36 



Land, first trial 24 



second trial 26 



third trial 35, 38 



Large and small grains from same spikelets com- 

 parison of in fodder value 19, 20 



illustrated 20,21 



Large grains, fodder value of . 19, 20, 21 



more productive 



fewer per bushel but better 45 



give taller plants . . . . . . . . . . 44 



superiority of crops from . . 



superior quality of . . . . . . . . . 27 



use of, tends to improvements . . . . . 48 



yield large grains . . ..... 40 



Large, medium, and small seeds in grades . . . 35 



plump grain, superiority of . . . . . 47 



seed 17 



seeds, compared with medium . . . . 54 



Loss from poor seed , 



Lower grades, inferior quality of, as seed 



Low profit seed . . . . . . . . . . . - 18 



Manilla seed 9 



Market value, of crops from large seed . . . . 40 



the grower's touchstone . . . . . . 44 



and absolute value . . . . . . . . . - 44 



Marshall's No. 3 28, 36 



White Straw 36 



Marshall's No. 8 . . . . . . . 28, 29, 36 



Maximum profit ...... 17 



Medium quality seed wheat illustrated 



sample . . . . . . . . - 12 



Meshes 51 



to be kept clear . . . . . . . 51 



Metal, perforated, for sieves . . : . . 51 



Miller's machinery for grading . . . . . . . . 53 



Miller's price for grading- Price of grading . . 53 



Milling value of grain 40 



Misses, effect on adjacent plants 33 



Mixture of varieties . . . . . . . . 6 



Money, how much should be spent in grading . 54, 55 

 Moonbi seed 



Murrumburra seed 



Mysteries of soil and growth 45, 46 



Nameless samples, poor quality of 10 



Names, incorrect 



lack of, for some samples 



wrong . . . . . . - - . . - 6 



New South Wales seed-wheat table 



Nomenclature . . . . . . . . . . 6 



Orange seed . . 



Perfection, of seed, graded 



of wheat growth 



Perfect sample of Purple Straw seed 



standard of seed-wheat 



Percentage figures, explanation of 



.. 11,12 

 12 



10, 11, 12 

 .. 11 

 4 



