SOUTHEIIN FIELD CBOPS 



The kernel of wheat is di-sided into thi-ee principal parts : 

 (1) the germ, or embryo ; (2) the starchy part, or endosperm ; 

 (3) the several outer layers constituting the bran. The germ, 



which may be located by a tiny scar, constitutes only a verj' 



small proportion of the 

 grain, occupying only 

 about one thirteenth 

 as much space as the 

 endosperm. The 

 starchj' portion, or 

 endosperm, is tlie part 

 from which flour is 

 made. This is a re- 

 sevve supply of food 

 material stored by the 

 maturing plant for the 

 nourishment of the 

 young seedling be- 

 fore the roots of the 

 latter are able to fur- 

 nish a full supply of 

 plant-food. The bran 

 consists of se\'eral 

 coals, the outer of 

 which c o r r e s p o n d s 

 botanically to the pod 

 that covers a pea or 

 Ilea n . 



^\'lleat grains are of 

 such size that usually 

 from.">00,000to 1,000,- 

 FKi. l(i — A C.iujD Samplk of ■\Vhkat. 000 are contained in a 



buslicl, though the 



number is occasionally below and sometimes aliove these limits. 



The legal weight of a bushel of wheat is (10 pounds, but a measured 



bushel often weiglis se^-eral pounds less, and sometimes a few 



pounds more tlian tlic standard. 



