AUSTRALIAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 
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Table VIII. — Descriptive data and results of milling and baking tests of eight varieties 
of wheat grown at the Plant Introduction Station, Chico, Calif., in 1918 and 1919. 
[Data obtained in cooperation with the Bureau of Markets, United States Department of Agriculture.] 
Descriptive Data of "Wheat and Flour. 
Season and variety. 
G.I. 
Lab. 
No. 
No. 
4980 
4768 
4981 
4764 
1697 
4770 
3019 
5039 
3622 
5040 
1442 
4766 
4158 
4765 
4980 
5612 
4981 
5622 
4734 
5618 
1697 
5629 
3019 
5621 
3622 
5625 
1442 
5613 
4158 
5628 
Grade.a 
Bushel 
weight 
(pounds). 
Be- 
fore 
ing. 
Af- 
ter 
clean- 
ing. 
Screen- 
ings 
(per 
cent). 
Composition (per cent). 
Moisture content. 
Wheat. 
Flour. 
Be- 
fore 
Af- 
ter- 
tem- 
tem- 
per- 
per- 
ing. 
ing. 
12.4 
15 
11.9 
12.0 
14 
12.0 
12.4 
14 
10.7 
9.0 
14 
11.4 
9.2 
14 
12.2 
10.4 
15 
10.2 
10.0 
15 
12.4 
11.2 
14 
13.1 
11.2 
14 
12.6 
10.7 
14 
12.6 
10.8 
14 
12.4 
10.3 
14 
13. 3 
10.4 
14 
13.4 
11.4 
14 
13.3 
11.3 
15 
14.0 
Crude protein 
(N X 5.7). 
Wheat. 
Ash 
in 
flour. 
Crop of 1918: 
Hard Federation.. 
White Federation. 
Early Baart 
White Australian. 
Sonora 
Kharkof 
Marquis 
Crop of 1919: 
Hard Federation. . 
White Federation. 
Federation 
Early Baart 
White Australian . 
Sonora 
Kharkof 
Marquis 
2HWhSm 
2HWhSm 
3HWhSm 
2HWhSm 
lWhCSm 
2DHWn 
INS 
lHWh 
lHWh 
2HWh 
2HWh 
2SWh 
IWhC 
2YHWn 
IRS 
58.4 
58.7 
56.9 
59 
63.0 
59.4 
62.0 
62.2 
61.0 
59.4 
62.2 
59.5 
63.6 
59 
60.1 
58.4 
58.6 
57.2 
60.0 
63.3 
60.0 
61.7 
62.3 
60.5 
58.9 
62.6 
59.8 
64.2 
60.8 
11.6 
10.9 
11.2 
12.8 
10.3 
14.1 
10. 3 j 
9.1 
7.9 
7.9, 
8.4 
7.2 
11.1 
10.3 
12.3 
9.5j 
7.6' 
7.0 
6.5, 
7.6 
5.4 
5.1 
6.4 
6.2 
0. 48 
.55 
.47 
.58 
.48 
.66 
.66 
Results of Milling and Baklng Tests. 
Quan- 
tity 
milled. 
Milling tests. 
Baking tests. 
Season and variety. 
Flour. 
Shorts. 
Bran. 
Loss. 
Absorp- 
tion of 
water. 
Loaf. 
Vol- 
ume. 
Weight. 
Tex- 
ture. 
Color. 
Score. 
Shade. & 
Crop of 1918: 
Hard Federation. . . 
White Federation. . 
Early Baart 
White Austra'ian. . . 
Gms. 
1,100 
1,300 
1, 200. 
1,300 
1,300 
1,400 
1,400 
1,290 
1,250 
1,250 
2,800 
1,280 
1,300 
1,280 
1,300 
P.ct. 
74.4 
73.1 
67.9 
75.4 
73.0 
69.8 
76.4 
72.6 
73.2 
73.1 
74.1 
73.4 
68.2 
71.6 
71.8 
P. ct. 
13.5 
13.9 
12.8 
12.7 
16.5 
17.0 
12.6 
17.2 
16.0 
14.4 
10.9 
14.0 
15.9 
13.9 
11.5 
P.ct. 
10.6 
10.4 
13.5 
11.1 
10.6 
11.4 
11.2 
11.9 
10-7 
12.8 
17.1 
12.5 
17.1 
15.2 
19.4 
P.ct. 
1.5 
2.6 
5.8 
.8 
Cl 
1.8 
c.2 
cl.7 
.1 
c.3 
c2. 1 
.1 
el. 2 
c . 7 
c2. 7 
P.ct. 
60.9 
60.0 
57.4 
57.9 
57.6 
67.7 
59.1 
58.5 
58.5 
53.8 
54.2 
52.9 
52.9 
56.5 
52.9 
C.c. 
1,960 
1,610 
1,710 
2,100 
1,850 
1,860 
2,000 
1,930 
1,920 
1.960 
1,977 
1,920 
1,710 
1,940 
1,720 
Gms. 
497 
497 
497 
480 
479 
514 
481 
502 
508 
487 
488 
483 
484 
495 
487 
P.ct. 
92.0 
82.0 
87.5 
87.5 
86.0 
87.5 
92.0 
94.0 
93.5 
91.0 
91.7 
92.5 
88.5 
89.5 
86.0 
P.ct. 
91.5 
88.5 
89.0 
85.5 
85.5 
88.0 
94.0 
97.0 
95.0 
93.0 
93.7 
95.0 
92.0 
93.5 
89.5 
SIGr 
Gr 
Gr 
VGr 
CrGr 
RGr 
SIGr 
Crop of 1919: 
Hard Federation. . . 
White Federation. . 
SICrGr 
Cr 
Early Baart d 
White Australian. . . 
Cr 
SICr 
VCr 
SICrGr 
Marquis 
Cr 
a Abbreviations under "Grade:" C=club, D=dark, H=hard, N=northern, R=red, S=spring, Sm= 
smutty, Wh= white, Wn=winter, Y=yellow. 
b Abbreviations under "Shade:" Cr=creamy, Gr=gray, R=red, Sl=s".ightly, V=very. 
c Gain. 
d Average of two milling and three baking tests. 
