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trial plots of several differently named varieties of farm and 

 garden plants of the same species. 



Moreover, a useful lesson can be learnt by sowing small plots 

 of seeds of a variety of turnip, pea or other plant bearing the 

 same name and obtained from half a dozen different firms 

 of seedsmen. Farmers rarely do enough testing of this 

 kind. 



