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4. Climatic Conditions . . . . . . . . 39 



(a) Sunshine . . . . . . . . 40 



(6) Temperature . . . . . . . . 40 



(c) Eainf all . . . . . . . . . . 40 



(d) Observations on the Connection Between 

 Yield and Rainfall . . . . . . 41 



(e) Winds . . . . . . . . . . 51 



(/) Summary and Conclusions . . . . 52 



5. Cultural Methods . . . . . . . . 52 



6. Harvesting . . . . . . . . . . 54 



Note on " the harvester " .. .. ..55 



7. Marketing . . . . . . . . . . 56 



8. Labour Conditions . . . . . . . . 59 



(a) Necessity for Skilled Labour . . . . 59 



(&) Characteristics of Farm Labour . . . . 60 



(c) Farm Labour and Trade-unionism . . . . 61 



(d) Labour Bureaux . . . . . . . . 62 



(e) Seasonal Labour . . . . . . . . 62 



9. Government Encouragement . . . . . . 63 



(a) Experimental Farms . . . . . . 63 



(6) The Board of Agriculture . . . . 65 



10. Survey and Conclusion . . . . . . 66 



Chapter IV. The Quality of Wheat. 



1. Introductory . . . . . . . . . . 67 



2. The Miller 'a Conception of Quality . . . . 68 



(a) Impurities . . . . . . 69 



(ft) Percentage of Moisture . . . . . . 69 



(c) Strength .. .. .. ..70 



(d) Importance of Gluten Content . . . . 70 



3. "Strong" and "Weak" Wheats .. ..71 



4. Factors Fostering Strength . , . . . . 72 



(a) Soil .. .. .. .. ..72 



(6) Climatic Conditions .. .. ..72 



(o) These Factors in New Zealand . . . . 73 



5. New Zealand Varieties . . . . 73 



(a) Tuscan .. .. .. .. ..73 



(6) Pearl .. .. .. .. ..74 



(c) Hunter's .. .. .. ..75 



(d) Other Varieties . . . . . . . . 75 



(e) Comparative Production of these Varieties . . 76 

 (/) Milling Products and "Strength" of New 



Zealand Wheats ' .. " .'. .. 77 



6. Survey .. .. .. .. ..78 



