Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4 Western Australia, Series 4
Volume 4
Number 4 April, 1963 Article 7
1-1-1963
The F.A.Q. standard for 1962-63 The F.A.Q. standard for 1962-63
Department of Agriculture, Western Australia
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The F.A.Q. standard for 1962-63 The F.A.Q. standard for 1962-63
Erratum Erratum
Second page 246 is attached to next article RECOMMENDED WHEAT VARIETIES, 1963 Vol 4 No 4
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THE FAQ. STANDARD FOR 1962-63
r p H E t e r m f.a.q. refers to "fair average quality" as a s t a n d a r d for t h e sale of wheat -*- produced in Western Australia during any particular season. T h e practice of using this s t a n d a r d developed after a s t a n d a r d sample of wheat grown in 1904 was obtained and declared to h a v e a bushel weight of 62 lb.
At present t h e f.a.q. S t a n d a r d s Commit- tee a r r a n g e s for t h e collection of r e p r e - sentative wheat samples from all receival points a n d for d e t e r m i n i n g t h e bushel weight a n d o t h e r characteristics of t h e average sample of g r a i n from t h e season's wheat crop. This Committee consists of representatives of t h e Australian W h e a t Board, D e p a r t m e n t of Agriculture, Co- operative Bulk Handling Co., w h e a t growers a n d t h e flour milling t r a d e .
The s t a n d a r d for t h e 1962-63 season was determined on F e b r u a r y 13, 1963, some two weeks later t h a n usual. Seasonal con- ditions h a d caused delay in t h e m a t u r i n g of the crop and consequently i n receivals at sidings.
The samples, each varying in q u a n t i t y in proportion to t h e receival a t its siding, were thoroughly mixed under t h e super- vision of t h e Committee in order to obtain a composite sample, representative of t h e average for t h e whole 1962-63 w h e a t harvest. T h e bushel weight of t h i s f.a.q.
sample was declared a t 65£ lb.—the highest ever recorded for t h i s S t a t e .
Subsequently m e c h a n i c a l analyses a n d laboratory quality t e s t s were m a d e . Results of these are set out below as a comparison with those for t h e previous season's f.a.q.
sample.
As h a s been t h e case for five of t h e p r e - ceding six years, t h e baking s t r e n g t h was above average. T h e s t r e n g t h of flour milled from the 1962-63 f.a.q. w h e a t sample as determined on t h e F a r i n o g r a p h was 4.9 minutes. T h e average for t h e last 25 years was 4.5 minutes.
WHEAT
Bushel Weight 1961-62 Based on the Schopper 1 litre
scale chondrometer and de- clared by the f.a.q. Stand-
ards Committee a t .... 65 lb.
Mechanical Analysis (°„ by Weight)—
Millable grain 96-1 Foreign matter, including
other cereal grain and
95-9
weed seeds
o n
Chaff, backbone, and un-
threshed heads 0-5 Screening (smalP
and broken grain through a 2 millimetre slotted sieve)^
small
•
broken 0-7' -
2"6,
>-0-6
o r
0 - 5 0-8*
>3-3
2"7- yo-6
^•3-5
Total " unmillable 3-9 4 1 Most (85 per cent.) of the "unmillable" mate- rial is small and broken wheat grain passing through a 2 millimetre slotted screen.
Laboratory Quality Tests
Moisture, Pelshenke time a n d gluten are as "at the time of analysis" a n d other results are calculated on a basis of 13.5 per cent, moisture.
Moisture (130°C for 1 hour) Protein (N x 5-7) Ash
Pelshenke time (in minutes)
1961-62 /o 9 - 8 9 - 7 1-3 50
1962-63
°/ /o
9 - 6 9 - 4 1-3 51
* Weight as weighed—66-1 lb.
FLOUR
(Milled on the Department's Buhler Mill) 1961-62 1962-63
1962-63
65i lb.*
Moisture (130°C for 1 hour) Protein
Ash
Maltose figure (Kent Jones)
Gluten Wet D r y
/o 11-4
8-7 0-47 3 0 23-2
8 - 6
/o 11-9
8-4 0-47 3 - 3 23-6 7 - 8 245
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