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return from the fibre selection known as 20/4; and they would be equally 

 disgusted with the result from the commercial seed types. If a progres- 

 .^ive farmer in a disti'ict where flax had uot previously been grown, Avere 

 to commence with seed of the latter type, he would not be likely to try 

 the crop a second time, and flax growing would thus receive a serious 

 set-back, if it were not absolutely damned, in that particular district. 



Plate No. II. 



1. I'ommercial Seed Flax. 2. Northern Linseed. 3. Selection from 20/4. 



(3 lbs. 9 ozs.) (15 lbs. 4 ozs.) (5 lbs.) 



(The bags contain the total seed obtained from eacli iiaiticular plot, and 

 indicate the relative yield from areas of equal size.) 



■Experiments with American Seed. 



During his recent visit to America, Mr. A. E, V. Kichardson, M.A., 

 B.fec, Superintendent of Agriculture, Victoria, obtained seed of several 

 varieties of flax grown in the United States, and, although the spring 

 was well advanced when the seed was received at Werribee, a small 

 portion of each variety was sown. Some of these failed to germinate, 

 and it should be remembered that those that did were summer-grown 

 (with the aid of a liberal water supply), and that better results will 

 probably be obtained when a sowing is made earlier in tJie year. These 



