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Sweden, New Zealand, Australia and the United States, and 

 promising strains have already been secured, and these will 

 be tested out. While many of them will probably not V)e 

 of sufficient merit to be grown on the farms, they will be of 

 great value for breeding. Tn 1916, about 250 selections were 

 made from common varieties. Of these, one from T\ed Fife 

 and two from Marquis have shown superior qualities and are 

 being propagated. Pure line strains of approved varieties will 

 be increased on the College farm; the seed will be sold by the 

 Field Husbandry Department to seed growers and the 

 provincial demonstration farms, and the crop inspected in the 

 field by a representative of the Department. When thrashod. 

 it will be re-purchased by the Department at a stated premium 

 over market wheat and will then be cleaned and sold to one 

 or two growers in each agricultural society. The grain will 

 be again inspected in the field, and the seed cleaned through 

 one of the local cleaning plants and sold to farmers in that 

 locality through the Agricultural Society. Under this scheme, 

 superior seed will be available in every part of the Province in 

 less than five years. The activities of the Agricultural Societies 

 include ploughing matches, standing field crop competitions, 

 and seed grain fairs. 



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