THURSDAY, JUNE 25. AFTERNOON SESSION, 



2.30 P.M. 



Section II. Cereals and Sugar. 



Chairman: SIR H. HESKETH BELL, K.C.M.G., Governor of 

 the Leeward Islands. 



THE CHAIRMAN : Gentlemen Owing to the unfortunate 

 illness of Sir Louis Dane, who was to have taken the chair 

 at this Section, the honour of presiding over this meeting 

 has been entrusted to me. 



As you will see by the programme, we have a considerable 

 number of papers on the agenda for this sitting". Some of 

 them, however, will be taken as read, as the authors are not 

 present. The first paper will be read by Mr. A. E. 

 Humphries, who is so well known as a practical miller. He 

 is a Past President of the National Association of British 

 and Irish Millers, and was formerly Chairman of the Home- 

 Gro\vn Wheat Committee. 



THE PRODUCTION OF WHEAT IN THE TROPICS. 



By A. E. HUMPHRIES, 



Past President of the National Association of British and 

 Irish Millers. 



[ABSTRACT.] 



The quantity of wheat produced in tropical countries is 

 relatively unimportant. In some of these countries wheat is 

 indigenous, and in those cases interest centres on the efforts 

 of scientists to supplement the empirical knowledge acquired 

 by many generations of growers; in others it is exotic, and the 

 story of the difficulties encountered, the efforts made, and the 

 success achieved in introducing and adapting wheat to entirely 

 new environments is full of interest. 



The author passes in rapid review the quantities produced 

 in the tropical countries of North and South America, Africa, 

 Asia, and Australia, and then refers in summarized detail to 



