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that will grow more (juickly and produce a good crop. It does not shake 

 its grain with us and the sample is of very good milling quality. 



These three wheats should succeed in all wheat-growing districts except 

 those subject to rusty seasons; where this disease is prevalent Marshall's 

 Xo. 3 and Yandilla King will probal.lv give best results. 



Other \arieties deserving of mention are — 



College Purple Straiij, a good yielder. but liable to damage by heavy 

 winds from a brittleness of the straw near the top, causing the ears to 

 snap off. 



Comeback is a variety of the highest milling excellence, but we Cannot 

 recommend it to farmers on account of the relativelv poor return it gi^'es 

 in comparison with Federation, and, until cjualitv in the grain of wlient 

 is recngnised, it will not pay the grower to sow it. 



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CROSSBREDS AND THEIR MOTHERS. 

 (The liue stands aj^ninst a row of crosses (first generation). The crosses are the 

 more vigorous.) 



Daft' s Imperial is a good variety for hav and might be grown to some 

 extent for grain, but the flour it yields is weak and on an average it is 

 certainly not so p.rolific as Federation. 



Single Row Experiments. 

 Single rows, as opposed to field sowings with the seed-drill, were planted 

 to the extent of nearly 3 acres. They are i chain long and the grains 

 are dropped by hand singly 6 inches apart in the rows. The following- 

 areas were sown in this wav : — ■ 



