. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Washington, D. C. May 18, 1917 CHARACTERISTICS AND QUALITY OF MONTANA- GROWN WHEAT.^ By Levi M. Thomas, Assistant in Grain Standardization. CONTENTS. Introduction 1 Future of wheat production in Montana 2 Marketing conditions in Montana 3 Varieties and types of wheat grown in Mon- tana 4 Grading Montana wheat 4 Wheat quality 6 Color of flour and bread 7 Water absorption 7 Loaf volume and texture'. 7 Hard winter wheat 7 Correlation of physical characters and milling quality 11 Comparisons with the hard winter wheats of
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Washington, D. C. May 18, 1917 CHARACTERISTICS AND QUALITY OF MONTANA- GROWN WHEAT.^ By Levi M. Thomas, Assistant in Grain Standardization. CONTENTS. Introduction 1 Future of wheat production in Montana 2 Marketing conditions in Montana 3 Varieties and types of wheat grown in Mon- tana 4 Grading Montana wheat 4 Wheat quality 6 Color of flour and bread 7 Water absorption 7 Loaf volume and texture'. 7 Hard winter wheat 7 Correlation of physical characters and milling quality 11 Comparisons with the hard winter wheats of other sections i7 Montana hard spring wheat 21 Western red and white wheat 25 Montana durum wheat 30 Summary of the characteristics of the five classes of Montana wheat 33 INTRODUCTION. Wheat production in Montana has shown a great increase during the past five or six years, due to rapid settlement, and a constantly in- creasing volume of wheat from this State its way to the east- ern and likewise to the far western grain markets. Although a small quantity of this wheat has been received at the eastern markets for several years, yet among many millers and wheat buyers it still retains the status of a "newcomer," and its reputation as to milling quality is largely dependent upon hearsay. Undoubtedly, the cpmparatively 1 The work covered by this bulletin was done under the direction of Dr. J. W. T. Duvel, in charge of the Office of Grain Standardization of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Since August 18, 1916, the grain- standardization work of the Department of Agriculture has been administered jointly by the Office of Markets and Rural Organization and the Bureau of Plant Industry in coimection with the administration of the United States Grain Standards Act. This investigation was initiated by Messrs. L. A. Fitz and C. H. Bailey, formerly of the Office of Grain Standardization. Mr. Oliver M. Holmes, of theChamber of Commerce of Great Falls, Mont., and Mr. E.
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