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WHEAT PRODUCTION IN NEW ZEALAND 



The high yield of the strain Al in this its fourth year 

 of trial, together with its excellent quality, justified an 

 extended trial of the strain. In 1914, therefore, a field 

 of about 25 acres was sown partly with the strain and 

 partly with commercial seed. Small lots of seed were 

 sent out to two reliable farmers, and the usual half- 

 acre plots were sown in the experimental field. The 

 following were the results in bushels per acre, the order 

 of the figures in each horizontal row representing the 

 order of the plots in the fields. 



6. Results. 



This ended the preliminary trials of the strain. It had 

 now been grown and tested against commercial seed 

 during 5 seasons, on moderate wheat growing land. It 

 had been tested in 11 different plots in 7 different fields 

 and on 3 separate farms. The conditions of trial have 

 been detailed above, and the results may be tabulated as 

 follows, percentages in the earlier trials being translated 

 into bushels per acre on the yields of the other parts of 

 the field in which the small plots were grown. 



Harvest of 



PURE STRAIN 



COMMERCIAL 



Average 



53 bushels per acre 



47 bushels per acre 



This increased yield, together with obvious superiority 

 in milling quality, appeared to warrant the College 

 authorities in putting the seed of the strain upon the 



