64 WHEAT PRODUCTION IN NEW ZEALAND 
demonstrations of national as well as of local importance. 
All forms of agricultural work are conducted at these 
farms, including dairying, sheepfarming, fruit growing, 
and wheat growing. Attached to three of the farms are 
a number of students who are being instructed in the 
most up-to-date methods of agriculture. 
The instructional work covers a comprehensive area, all 
classes of farmers being assisted by advice. Agricultural 
literature, mostly in the form of quarterly journals, is 
issued, dealing with the latest investigations made, and 
instructing farmers as to the most efficient methods of 
farming. Our farmer may have his soil tested, his seed 
examined for germination capacity, his plants identified, 
and diseases of plants or animals investigated and a 
remedy suggested—all these services being free of charge. 
A State endowed Agricultural College with an Experi- 
mental Farm attached is situated at Lincoln in the main 
wheat growing area, occupying a fairly central position. 
The main investigations here are concerned with wheat 
growing and wool raising. All modern methods of farm- 
ing are adopted, and close records of all results are now 
being kept over the whole farm. The area of the farm 
is some 2,200 acres, and wheat is grown yearly on about 
200 acres. The results of this for the last few years will 
be shown in statistical form in subsequent chapters. 
Much research work is done by the Director and his 
assistants in discovering the relative merits of different 
varieties of wheat for growth in New Zealand climate 
and soil, in testing the efficacy of various fertilisers, in 
considering the best methods for cultivation, and in other 
kindred matters. The results of this work are placed at 
the disposal of the farmers throughout the country, and 
much good has been derived from this, especially in 
educating farmers to endeavour to realise their full 
opportunities. At the College in connection with the 
farm the technicalities of the various subjects connected 
