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greatest interest. Mr. Richardson explained in simple language 

 the manner in which wheats were crossed, and the way in which 

 the characters of the parent were transmitted to the progeny. 

 In the second generation, or the " variable generation of the crossbred," 

 every possible combination of characters in the two parents tended to 





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" Prosperity in the Wimmera." 

 Portion of group of forty-five motor cars assembled at College Oval. 



Visitors arriving at Experimental Plots. 



appear in the progeny. The task of the breeder was to isolate the 

 most promising types ; cultivate them separately, and test them side by 

 side with the most prolific types. If one could judge by appearances, 



