CROSS 7 WHEAT

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 290, 20 September 1935, Page 7

CROSS 7 WHEAT

THE DISTRIBUTION OF SEED.

APPLICATIONS GREATLY EXCEED STOCKS.

(Special to the “Guardian.”)

CHRISTCHURCH, This Day

A striking illustration of the popularity of Cross 7 seed wheat was contained in a report on distribution, received at a meeting of ; the Wheat Research Institute yesterday. The report of the special distribution committee stated that applications lor seed had been received from over 250 growers requiring about three times the seed available. Distribution details were shown in the following report, presented by Mr C. H. Hewlett, on behalf of the

Included in the above is 71 1-3 bushels of seed once removed from hot water treatment for 46 acres being grown oil the Canterbury (N.Z.) Seed Company’s farms to provide the neuclus of smut-free seed for distribution next year. Lincoln College lias also distributed 867 2-3 bushels among about 25 growers, therefore the total quantity distributed by the Institute and Lincoln College is 3194 2-3 bushels, among over one hundred growers. The area sown will be approximately 2000 acres.

Details to be Supplied. The seed was supplied to growers through grain merchants nominated by each grower. The grain merchant undertook to pay prompt cash as each parcel was delivered, to supply the Institute with the acreage sown by each grower, the yield per acre of mil] firsts and seconds and to forward to the Institute a 51b sample of the resultant crop for milling and baking tests. A small sum totalling £2B 19s 6d toward out-of-pocket expenses was allowed to merchants who, apart from that, gave their services free and the committee wishes to place on record appreciation of their action.

As applications for seed were received from over 250 growers requiring about three times the seed available, the committee set up sub-com-mittees, in each district composed of two farmers, two grain merchants and one local representative of the Department of Agriculture, to make the allotments among grower applicants ai their districts. The list of applicants applied for, together with the quantity of seed allotted to such district, were supplied to each sub-committee, which then met and made the allotments. Such allotments were confirmed by the committee in all cases. The committee wishes to record its thanks to the members of the sub-committees for their valuable services. As each grower has undertaken to enter for certification the areas sown, there should bo a large quantity of seed available next year. The arrangements made for collection of yields and samples for milling andi baking tests, will ensure complete data being available after next harvest.

committee:—< No. of Districts. B'shls. Growers. North Canterbury . 926 2-3 28 Mid-Canterbury . 395 17 South Canterbury . . 764 24 Oamaru . 166 7 Other districts ... 66 1-3 4 * 2318 80 —