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cl'iiation ami the 

 patience, may wX 

 always have tlie 

 necessary time and 

 facilities for carry- 

 ing on experimental 

 work of a far- 

 reaching character. 

 Tn this connexion 

 it is pleasing to 

 find that there are 

 some in the district 

 who do find time 

 to tackle experi- 

 mental work, and 

 not solely on their 

 own account, luit 

 for the general ad- 

 vancement of the 

 agricultural prac- 

 tice of the district. 



Mr. Batson, for 

 example, has a 

 most interesting 

 collection of plots, 

 which include, inter 

 alia. Swedish oats, 

 Polish wheats {Tn- 

 ticiim Poloniciiiii). 

 Emmer {T . di- 

 cocciim). and many 

 American wheats 

 of the Durum 

 class. like Ku- 

 banka. Chul. (ial- 

 galos, Fretes. Tur- 

 key Red, as well 

 as Egyptian wheat, 

 rye and rye grasses, 

 rape, barley, and 

 lucerne. 



The American 

 wheats referred to 

 above are supposed 

 to be very drought 

 resistant in the 

 United States, but 

 they have yet to 

 prove that claim in 

 competition with 

 the be.st of our 

 Australian wheats. 



It is interesting 

 to note that these 



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