UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 522 



Joint Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry 



WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief 



and the 



Office of Markets and Rural Organization 



CHARLES J. BRAND, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



May 18, 1917 



CHARACTERISTICS AND QUALITY OF 

 MONTANA-GROWN WHEAT 



By 

 LEVI M. THOMAS, Assistant in Grain Standardization 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



Future of Wheat Production in Montana 2 



Marketing Conditions in Montana ... 3 

 Varieties and Types of Wheat Grown in 



Montana 4 



Grading Montana Wheat 4 



Wheat Quality 6 



Color of Flour and Bread 7 



Water Absorption 7 



]^oaf Volume and Texture 7 



Page 



Hard Winter Wheat 7 



Correlation of Physical Characters and 



Milling Quality U 



Comparisons with the Hard Winter 



Wheats of Other Sections 17 



Montana Hard Spring Wheat 21 



Western Red and White Wheat .... 25 



Montana Durum Wheat 30 



Summary of the Characteristics of the 



FiveClassesof Montana Wheat . . . 33 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1917 



