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Returns from the Seven-year Wheat Experimental Fields, 1908-9. 



Yields of Wpieat Varieties. 



The most prominent feature in the conduct of the experimental fields 

 under review has been the introduction of wheat varieties which have shown 

 themselves prolific yielders in other States. Altogether, over 50 new wheats 

 have been introduced since the inauguration of the experiment in 1904. 

 The comparisons have been most rigorous, and only the fittest have sur- 

 vived. It is unreasonable to expect any one variety to surpass all others 



