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shipments of improved wheats can be made and proper arrange- 

 ments made for their purchase in India, for their sale in England 

 and for making known their merits to the English millers. We 

 have every reason to believe that the merchants concerned will 

 give their hearty support in these matters and we believe that 

 before very long the whole weight of the official influence in the 

 country will be on the side of the Agricultural Department in 

 placing the production of wheat and other cx'ops on a higher plane 

 than it is at present. 



