The story of a loaf of bread / by T. B. Wood.

  • Wood, T. B. (Thomas Barlow), 1869-1929.
Date:
1913
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Credit: The story of a loaf of bread / by T. B. Wood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Med K24899 The Story of a Loaf of Bread. By T. B. Wood, M.A. Cambridge : University Press. 1913. A very readable and interesting account of the making of bread and of its composition is contained in this book, which is worth reading for its sketch of wheat-breeding experiments alone. The author deals first with the prob¬ lems of wheat growing and marketing, and these early chapters may be commended to the farmer’s careful con¬ sideration. The quality of different wheats both from the point of view of the farmer and from that of the miller is next discussed, and ways of improving the breed of the plant are explained, Mendel’s theory being outlined. The author’s investigation of the theory of the strength of wheat flours and his method of determining strength are described. The milling of wheat and the baking of bread are next treated, and in the final chapters on the com¬ position of bread and different kinds of bread some common fallacies are exposed, and recent experiments on the digestion of proteins, &c., carried out in Cambridge and in America are described. (C./V> 3 & - ) /