Show It has been said that wheat loses on an average six per cent from shrinkage in the first six months after it is threshed. This is probably prob-ably intended to include losses by vermin and wastage of nil kinds. 1 "Whether there will be any loss i from shrinkogo of weight depends upon how dry the wheat is when threshed. The wheat may ! be so dry at that time that it will gain when subsequently subjected sub-jected to a moist atmosphere Ordinnrily wheat which is dry at the time when it is threshtd will not change much thereafter in ; weight. Rural Northwest. |