REMARKABLE GRAIN DISPLAY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 101, 29 April 1913, Page 7

REMARKABLE GRAIN DISPLAY.

(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent!

CHRISTCHIJBjCH, this day.

A remarkable display of graiii is jt.6 be seen in Christehurch just how. The sheaves are the finest pfodiict of, the iinest wheat fields in New bufihel3 to the acre crops. The sheaves are' in charge of Mr- A - Micplieljrson (Director of Field Experimertte'J, ilhd are under of preparation for ihe Auckland Exhibition find the. Diinetiin and other winter shows, ifti'ere ire cereals in ear and in smfl.ll sacks Horn all parts of the South liiafid. Amincan wbt?at iind date are likely to find fa>fddt* in the eyes of New Zealand fanners', aiid •the Department bag imported a cebhsiderable number of Bamples, soirl* of which are exceedingly attractive. Thiefe are two sacks of Pf6hi wbtot on view— a very nice specimen; but tbe mOst astonishing wheat is an American sample "of Perfection. Other varieties ate Dreadnought, Federation, and Btifgoyne, grown at Cambridge College in America. Among these imported samples fe brie' from Naples, named Raeti. It Was grown by the Department last year to get it established, and n6w Betid is b#iiig seiit out. The American bats also iodk promising. They include Shadeland (Tlimax (a picture of condition) and New Kerson. While on the subject of imported oatt, it is interesting to know. that thfe diffectdr of th.3 Ruakura experbirtifetil station some time ago selected an oat from Argentine which was provied for sbnie years to be absoliiteiy rustresKtant. It is now being tried tfc* South Island, in order that the Department can be aaßtired that outside its own district it retains its rust-resisting qualities.