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6. The sample should be free from dirt and weed seeds. 

 Cut sample .2 of a point for each per cent of foul material. 



7. The sample should be free from musty, smutty, broken, 

 or bin-burned kernels, and should have a sweet grain odor. 



From a sample of 100 kernels determine the per cent of 

 damaged, smutty, broken, or bin-burned kernels and cut. 2 of a 

 point for each per cent. For bad odor, cut sample from i to 10 

 points. 



8. The standard is 60 pounds per measured bushel. 

 For each pound below 60 pounds cut i point. 



9. Wheat should give a germination of not less than 100 per 

 cent. 



Cut .5 of a point for each per cent germination below 100. 



10. The best flour wheats are hard and flinty. 



Cut .5 of a point for each per cent of soft, starchy kernels. 



HOME PROJECTS 



i. Determine the cost of producing an acre of wheat by 

 keeping a record of the following items. 



(a) Rent of land (estimated), (b) Cost of fertilizer (if any). 

 (c) Cost of plowing, harrowing, seeding, harvesting, and thresh- 

 ing. Base these computations on records of actual time spent 

 in all labor operations. 



2. Grade wheat for seeding purposes. 



3. Select threshed samples for show purposes. 



4. Grow an acre of pedigree wheat in comparison with 

 a common variety. (Types of wheat, barley, and other 

 grains that have been materially changed by careful selec- 

 tion or crossbreeding for a period of years are designated as 

 " varieties. " Where a superior grain has been developed 

 from a single seed and carried through a course of several 

 years of breeding by selection, or hybridization and selec- 

 tion, and an accurate record kept of the same, it is known 

 as a " pedigree " variety.) 



