ABOUT SOFT WHEAT MILLING QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS
 
      Data on quality of eastern soft winter wheat cultivars was
 provided by Patrick Finney and James Kinney, USDA-ARS, Soft Wheat
 Quality Laboratory, Wooster, Ohio.  The information in this file is
 for informational purposes only and is not to be cited without
 expressed permission of the USDA-ARS Soft Wheat Quality Laboratory,
 Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio,
 44691.  
      Data was obtained from tests of Uniform Regional Performance
 Nurseries and other test nuseries.  Multiple observations from
 several crop years are provided for each cultivar.  Samples with
 lab numbers in the 300's were derived from Regional Nurseries; for
 origin of remaining samples contact the Wooster Lab.  The following
 data are included:
 
       VARIETY        CROP    LAB   TEST   FLOUR   ESI  FRIAB  BREAK
                      YEAR    NO.    WT.   YIELD               FLOUR
 
     ABE              1978    127   60.3   75.7   10.8   28.3   33.1
 
 
 Cultivar
 Crop year
 lab number
 test weight - given in pounds per bushel
 flour yield - flour extracted by milling as a percentage of grain
 ESI -     endosperm separation index; ease of endosperm (flour)
           separation from bran during milling
 Friab -   friability; ease of reduction of flour particles during
           milling
 break flour -  flour produced on break side of milling process 
      (coarse rollers), as percentage of grain sample