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SOUTHERN FIELD CROPS 



(a) Prevailing color, whitish, amber, or reddish. 

 (6) Hard, medium, or soft, in crushing. 



(c) Plump, shriveled, or medium-plump. 



(d) Size of grain, large, medium, or small. 



(e) Crease, deep, medium, or shallow. 



(10) Standards for wheat grown in the South have not been 

 agreed on. Until this is done, the following standard for Fultz 

 wheat used in Kansas may prove a useful basis for the formu- 

 lation of Southern standards. 



Fultz. Type : red, soft, winter. 



Length of berry : inches, ^ to -fa. 



Thickness of berry : inches, ? \ to /^. 



Shape and plumpness : very plump, rounded sides ; 



shallow groove. 



Moisture content : per cent, 10. 

 Weight per bushel : pounds, 60. 

 Percentage of soft grains, 90. 



Practice scoring wheat grain by the following score-card, or 

 such modification of it as the instructor may direct : 



