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stiffness, but rather loosely attached and not lying close to the grain, 

 so that shelling is likely to occur unless the harvesting is well-timed 

 and careful. The grain is very small, short, very plump, opaque, whitish, 



Fi^-. 2.— Photogi-apli of a small portion of the uomenclature plot as planted at the Wagga and the 

 Bathm-st Exijeriment Farms. Each row of wheat is of a different sort, its name being painted on 

 a 3-inch by 5-inch metal sign placed at the end of the row. These small signs maybe seen through 

 the wire netting. These varieties of wheat, each consisting of a single row, are gathered into 

 groups. Nearly the whole of the varieties, fourteen in mmiber, belonging to the Ward's Prolific 

 Group (see page 210) are shown in the picture. Nearly the whole of the Red Provence Group (see 

 pnge 210) is also shown. The groups are separated from each other by paths. The stacks at the back 

 are a portion of the 1896 seed-wheat— each stack a different sort. The extensive paddocks this side 

 of the far-distant trees are among those on which seed wheat is raised. 



flat-bosomed, blunt at both ends, with a shallow close crease and a com- 

 paratively abundant brush. A back-crease sometimes is visible. When cut 

 with a knife the interior of the grain shows up very floury. The germ- 

 sculpture is large — that is, two-fifths as long as the grain. 



