382 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Ocr., 1901. 
are hardly as good as with the grain grown in the Goulburn or New England 
districts. : 
Variety of grain—Manitoba. 
Appearance of grain—Small, red, very hard. 
Weight per bushel—62:2 lb. 
Flour = 70°4. 
Percentage of 70-4. 
mill-products {Poli = IRE 
Bran = 16°8. 
Gluten = 10:93 per cent. 
: = 56 senting 304 Ib. 
Strength in quarts per 200-lb. sack { paneer b 
Colour—Rather dark. 
Milling notes.—Bran and pollard very clean. Semolina yellow tinge, and very 
gritty. 
Nature of 
flour 
As this is the only sample I have had from Gundagai, it is not quite fair 
to draw conclusions, but this particular sample shows distinctly a slight 
deterioration from the type. The strength of flour is lower, gluten lower, and 
there is no compensating improvement in colour. There is proportionately 
more pollard and less bran, but too much importance must not be attached to 
this last point, as different treatment would alter the results. 
One would hardly expect that Gundagai would be a suitable district for 
this grain, and probably the apparent deterioration is a real one. 
Temora—A sample forwarded by Messrs. Blair and Symes from this. 
district gave the following results :— ; 
Variety— Manitoba. 
Appearance —Fair size, plump, red, hard. 
Weight per bushel—60:1 Ib. 
Percentage of eae a Fa 
mill-produets ibe ane 
‘Gluten = 15-41. 
‘ = 55°2 senting 3 5 
Strength—quarts per 200-Ib. sack { Mena 00 Ib 
Colour—Yellow, good surface and texture. 
Milling notes:—Bran and pollard clean. Semolina slight yellow tinge, and very 
gritty. 
Nature of 
flour 
Here, again, the characteristics are well maintained, though not in so high 
a degree as is the case with the Goulburn and Armidale samples. 
The question, therefore, of the suitability of the climate or soil in some: 
districts of New South Wales for growing Duluth wheat is, in my opinion, 
finally answered. 
No better milling wheats are conceivable than the Armidale and Goulburn 
samples (the Armidale especially). The yield is also entirely satisfactory. 
The grain grown in Goulburn and Armidale is a considerable improvement 
as a milling wheat on the imported grain, whilst at the same time retaining all 
its strong-flour characteristics. Although I consider that the question of its. 
adaptability to some parts of New South Wales is settled in the affirmative, I 
do not, therefore, recommend its production to the exclusion of the familiar 
varieties. I believe that in the future it will be extensively grown, but at 
present millers prefer to pay £3 a ton more for the flour than to purchase the 
grain, which would involve slight modifications in the method of milling. Tf, 
however, they are assured of a regular and sufficient supply of locally-grown 
Manitoba wheat at the ordinary rates, it cannot be long before they will take 
advantage of the opportunity. It must be remembered that the colder and the 
coastal districts, ere wheatgrowing has been discontinued owing to the 
unsuitability of the climate for the soft wheats, are just the districts more 
particularly suited to the cultivation of Manitoba grain. 
