342 Agricultural Gazette of N.S.JF. {April 2, 1908. 



i-('sult i)f ;i cross with luipicivcd Fife 

 and Tardeut's Blue with r.ainl)i-igg, 

 Austi'aliaii 'ralavcra. It is an erect 

 ratlicr compact gTowcrof mediuni liciuht ; 

 the leaves are fairly stitl' l)ut narrow ; 

 the ears are rather square, and have 

 woolly chaff, hence the name .linnltiick. 

 Jt is likelv to prove a i^ood hay wheat 

 and proliHc yielder. In 190G, at Cow ra, 

 it was consisteTit]\' llic l)est vieldei-, and 



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Fig. I.— Clean seed. 



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Fig. II. Seed same as Fig. I infected with smut 

 spores to test the alility of the variety lo resist 

 smut. 



last season, when planted in .\pril, it pioihiccd at the rate of 31 1 bushels 

 per acre, ;uid when planted six weeks later, at the rate of 27 bushels. The 

 computed yit'lds of ha}' jn^r acre were '1 tons 12 cwt. and 2 tons 4 cwt. for 



