Wheat Experiments. 



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Wheat E x i • e rim e n ts. 



Experiments have been conducted at W T ye College upon the 

 conditions affecting the quality of English wheat. The trials 

 undertaken in 1902 have for their object the investigation of the 

 effect of the soil upon the " strength " of the wheat grown on it. 



Two varieties of seed were used, Square Head's Master and 

 Red Lammas ; the former selected as a typical large yielding, 

 stiff-strawed sort, very largely grown by farmers, though from .a 

 miller's point of view deficient in " strength," and requiring a 

 large admixture of foreign wheat to yield standard grades of 

 flour ; the latter, as a widely grown wheat, superior in quality, 

 though producing an inferior yield and weaker straw. 



Four crops of four acres each were grown, this area being 

 sufficiently large to test the yield and the strength of the straw, 

 and also to provide corn enough to put through the mill, so that 

 a baking test could be made of the resulting flours. The whole 

 produce of each plot was stacked and threshed separately. 



Particulars of the plots and their yield are given in the following 

 table :— 



Crop per Acre. 



Soil. 



Sq. Head's Master. 



Red Lammas. 



Grain, Bushels. 



Grain, Bushels. 



Light loam over chalk .. . 



25 



29 



Light sandy loam 



59 



45 



Deep loam ... ... 



5* 



45 



Deep loam ... 



46 



42 



It will be seen that the yield of the Square Head's Master is 

 superior to the Red Lammas on all soils except the chalk. The 

 latter, however, generally gave a better yield of straw. 



The results of the milling and baking tests are not yet ready 

 for publication. 



In addition to the above, some strong seed wheats were 

 obtained from Canada. They were the Red Fife, Preston and 



