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cliaiKX' two seeds liaw hen dri "ppnl in itu' sanu' phux' lliat onlv 

 one i'l:i"t be a.llowed to jL;ro\v. As the two outer rows will have 

 had grcaier cx])osure to sunlight and air than the inner ones, 

 these i^lants should he out off with shears and thrown aw^ay, just 

 hefore harvestini;. Ai the time ot' harvest lOO of what seem to 

 he the best plants should he selected and the spikes cut off with- 

 out any straw. These cari he conveniently stored in a paper bag. 

 The remainder ol" the ])lol can he harvested and stored in another 

 paper bag in the same way. The seeds from these selected best 

 hicads should be sown the following season in another seed bed 

 by themselves. The seeds from the about 900 ]:)lants which arc 

 harvested by themselves can, after being hand shelled, be picked 

 over and 1000 seeds selected, planted and treated in the same way 

 as in the precedhig season. 



While this seems laborious and a slow process, in the course 

 of three or four years there will have been obtained several lots 

 of seeds, sufilcient to sow 1-20 of an acre each, which wdll give 

 a sufficient crop to make a milling test of the wheat. 



