UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1183 
Washington, D. C. T February 7, 1924 
MILLING AND BAKING EXPERIMENTS WITH 
AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES 
By 
J. H. SHOLLENBERGER, in charge, Milling Investigations, Grain Division 
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 
and 
J. ALLEN CLARK, in charge, Western Wheat Investigations, Office of Cereal Investigations 
Bureau of Plant Industry 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Scope of the Investigations 1 
Source of the Samples 2 
Importance of Factors Determining the Quality of Wheat 4 
Methods Used in Determining Milling and Baking Qualities 5 
Effect of Locality and Crop Year on Quality 6 
Milling and Baking Value of Varieties 11 
The Hard Red Spring Wheats . . . 11 
The Durum Wheats 29 
The Hard Red Winter Wheats 41 
The Soft Red Winter Wheats S3 
The White Wheats 60 
Summary of Milling and Baking Data on Varieties for all Classes 76 
Conclusions 91 
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WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1924 
