WEATHER AND WHEAT.
Explaining the why and the wherefore of his ; idea to a/Daily News'' representative, he began by pointing out' how at present the world is dependent for whatever it grows on geographical and weather conditions. • "Put a.seed in the ground," he said, "and even after the absorption of the moisture you. have to wait for a reason-: able temperature condition before the wheat will sprout. I have been all -through Siberia. _ If they had three weeks' more sunshine there a'year they would reap far finer crops. "I point to another natural limitation—tlie ,limitation of sunshine. I have travelled all through Ohio, and, have seen thousands of acres of splendid wheatlands inundated with water. Tlie water has frozen, and the crop has l>een destroyed. '
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8742, 16 December 1913, Page 6
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125WEATHER AND WHEAT. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8742, 16 December 1913, Page 6
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