THURSDAY, JUNE 25.—AFTERNOON SESSION, 
2.30 P.M. 
Section II.—Cereals and Sugar. 
Chairman: Sir H. Hesxeru BELL, K.C.M.G., Governor of 
‘ the Leeward Islands. 
THE CHAIRMAN: Gentlemen—Owing to the unfortunate 
illness of Sir Louis Dane, who was to have taken the chair 
at this Section, the honour of presiding over this meeting 
has been entrusted to me. 
‘As you will see by the programme, we have a considerable 
number of papers on the agenda for this sitting. Some of 
them, however, will be taken as read, as the authors are not 
present. The first paper will be read by Mr. A. E. 
Humphries, who is so well known as a practical miller. He 
is a Past President of the National Association of British 
and Irish Millers, and was formerly Chairman of the Home- 
Grown Wheat Committee. 
THE PRODUCTION OF WHEAT IN THE TROPICS. 
. By A. E. Humpuries, 
Past President of the National Association of British and 
Trish Millers. 
[ ABSTRACT. ] 
The quantity of wheat produced in tropical countries is 
relatively unimportant. In some of these countries wheat is 
indigenous, and in those cases interest centres on the efforts 
of scientists to supplement the empirical knowledge acquired 
by many generations of growers; in others it is exotic, and the 
story of the difficulties encountered, the efforts made, and the 
success achieved in introducing and adapting wheat to entirely 
new environments is full of interest. 
The author passes in rapid review the quantities produced 
in the tropical countries of North and South America, Africa, 
Asia, and Australia, and then refers in summarized detail to 
