DISEASES IN FLAX.
AX E__Pr_RIMEXTAL STATIOX, (By Telegraph.—Pt_=s Association-) PAI-i-ERSTOX NORTH, this day. The committee appointed yest-Tda-y from the Science Congress and fla-CT-rH-lers to conskier the question of dise-ase in flax -met subsequent] v. V&rio_s reco-amrendation-s were made, including the erection of a srca-ll flax experiment •station to be place.! in charge of a skilled plant propagator to ascertain if races of -phormiuni exist which are resistant or immune to ye-llc-w leaf disease, the minimum salary of the chief invest'gator to be _i>oo per anrrum with a -ruarantee of employment; for five years, a levy of 2/ a ton of fiax to be collected tinirough tih-e grading department, the experiment station tobe und-er the direction of a co-amrttce of the _*la--niners' Association.
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 24, 28 January 1921, Page 4
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