WHEAT MATURITY
Sir, —When the 1948 crop was nearly ready for harvesting it got soaked by rain, followed by fine but not extremely hot weather, and local wheats were well matured and favourites. The 1949 record yielding crop got a heavy rain, followed by a heat wave that debarred maturity on the stem but made it possible to harvest daytime, nignt-time, and Sunday. Australian wheat arrived containing saffron thistle. This wheat, to prevent the thistle seed falling on wheat fields, h 1 been harvested before maturity. In their application for increased prices the Federation of Bakers and Pastrycooks show 7 that through a less palatable bread their turnover this year is 15 per cent, less than last year. These reviews show that highest quality bread end highest yields are produced from matured wheats, and further, that baking costs are increased 15 per cent, by immatured wheats. — Yours, etc., ALF. G. HOLLAND. October 10, 1949.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19491014.2.129.1
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25934, 14 October 1949, Page 10
Word Count
154WHEAT MATURITY Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25934, 14 October 1949, Page 10
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.