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market, and early in 1915 it was offered for sale under 

 the name of "College Hunter's," at a price of about 6d. 

 per bushel above rates for ordinary seed. The slight 

 increase of price was decided on so as to ensure that only 

 those farmers who realized the value of the seed should 

 apply for it, and yet the price was kept low because (1) 

 the object of the work that resulted in the production 

 of the seed was to improve the wheat yield of Can- 

 terbury and not to enrich the College: and (2) it 

 would encourage farmers to buy in larger quantities and 

 so diminish the proportions of impurities that would 

 inevitably creep in during threshing operations. 



Seed was sold to 32 farmers, and of these 28 reported 

 their experience of the wheat. The reports may be 

 classified as follows: 



Two had worse results than with other seed. 



Six could make no report owing to losing their crops 



by frost or drought. (Harvest of 1916) . 

 Twenty were quite satisfied with the strain. 



The following are some extracts from reports. 



"My seed 35 bushels. Yours 45 bushels. " PILKINGTON, 

 Fairlie. 



' ' Threshed much better than other wheat under similar 

 conditions." LEADLBY, Ashburton. 



"Well satisfied: beat Solid Straw Tuscan." IRWIN, 

 Rakaia. 



* ' One bushel more than my own seed. Last year sowed 

 8 acres, this year will sow 75 acres. ' ' JOHNSON, Kirwee. 



"Four bushels more than our own seed." SMITH, 

 Ladbrooks. 



' * No doubt as to superiority, ' ' TOBEE, Tai Tapu. 



"Quite satisfied; several bushels per acre better than 

 our own seed. ' ' HAY, Morven. 



' ' In every way satisfactory ; 10 to 14 bushels more than 

 Tuscan or Velvet." HOLMES, Rakaia. 



"The best sample of Hunter's I have ever seen." R. 

 ALLAN, (Miller) Christchurch. 



