Manufacturing opportunities in the state of Washington . the farmers arc inclined to grow the softwheat. The quality of the flour made from soft wheat is good andwith new methods of treating the wheat together with the addedmachine improvements the flour made is steadily improving. Thistransformation of quality has resulted from what appears tobe forced competition, inasmuch as very little wheat is now beingexported to South America and Asia. While it has been recognized that the hard wheats are par-ticularly suited to the bakers needs, it should not be overlookedthat the soft wheats can be eq
Manufacturing opportunities in the state of Washington . the farmers arc inclined to grow the softwheat. The quality of the flour made from soft wheat is good andwith new methods of treating the wheat together with the addedmachine improvements the flour made is steadily improving. Thistransformation of quality has resulted from what appears tobe forced competition, inasmuch as very little wheat is now beingexported to South America and Asia. While it has been recognized that the hard wheats are par-ticularly suited to the bakers needs, it should not be overlookedthat the soft wheats can be equally as well utilized by them ina somewhat different method of handling the dough during theprocess of fermentation. What is needed in conjunction withthe milling industry is the active co-operation of ])ersons ca-pable of showing the trade and the commonwealth in generalthe value of our home-made products, especially persons wlioknow how to make bread from the flour milled from our home-grown wheats. Such a campaign has been made in some of our m^ m. WHEAT FROM FIELD TO 1. Sacked for shipment. No. 2. Making macaroni. No. 3. Type oflocal mill. No. 4. Tlie lieavy yield for which Eastern Washington isfamous. 116 Manufacturing Opportunities in Washington eastern states and a similar one should bo conducted in thisstate. The unmixed soft wheat flours are used for other purposesbesides making bread. Large quantities are shipped to variousplaces in the east to be used as pancake, pastry, biscuit, orcracker flour. The pancake flour is mixed with the necessary chemicals tomake self-rising flours and these are sold in the southeasternpart of the United States. The self-rising flour should be pre-pared at home and thereby avoid the extra cost involved in re-handling the flour. The soft wheat flour, low in gluten, has been found to be ex-ceptionally suited for jDastry purposes. Such flour requires lessshortening than that made from wheat carrying a large quan-tity of gluten.
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