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past two seasons when it has been necessary to 

 extend the cultivation of wheat as much as possible 

 it has been largely used for this purpose. Of the 

 newer varieties in which strength and high yield are 

 combined little can be said at present since they 

 have not been tested on the commercial scale. 

 We know that on the experimental farm they 

 easily outcrop Square Head's Master, the standard 

 wheat of the country, whilst they stand better under 

 adverse climatic circumstances. They are now 

 being multiplied as rapidly as possible with the 

 view of bringing them into general cultivation 

 in the hope that they may play some part in 

 making wheat-growing here a more profitable 

 industry and so lead to an extension of our home, 

 grown food supplies. 



But the end of the work is not in sight yet. 

 Several other possibilities of improving the crop still 

 remain, and one can now look forward to carrying 

 the work through with a fair degree of certainty, 

 for we have measured the possibilities of using 

 Mendel's principles from the economic standpoint 

 and know that once there is proof of the independent 

 inheritance of any character then it can be worked 

 up into any combinations one requires. 



