TWO CROPS IN A SEASON.
An unusual and interesting occurrence is reported by the Quirindi correspondent of a Sydney journal, who states that Mr. J. T. Pollock, a farmer in, that .district, in May, 1916, sowed 40 actes with Warren wheat, which was harvested toward tho end of November, before it had been affected much by the storms. The crop waa beautifully bright, and showed not the slightest- sign, of rust. The 40 acres gave an average of nine bags to the acre, the grain being of excellent quality, weighing, without cleaning or grading, 611b to the bushel. When the rains came the self-sown wheat from the harvested crop made rapid growth, and Mr. Pollock recently completed taking off the second crop, which gave an average of four bags to the acre, the weight having been' 61£ lb to the bushel, and the sample pronounced by the local millers as superior for milling purposes to the first crop. The second crop was also entirely free from rust. ,
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 89, 14 April 1917, Page 10
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