GENERAL CABLES
A NEW WHEAT. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). LONDON, August 8. After ten years of research Professor Engledow, a noted investigator, has discovered at: ' ; hbw.; ; wheat. It is one that is* believed to ;be„ superior to any of'Britain’s varieties. •• ... 4" Five crops have /been tried and 'they proved to give/ a . yield ,of ten per cent higher than the best of the other varieties of .wheat. 1 ' p The straw of the new wheat is six inches shorter, and, it is also stouter, while the grain its,elf ,is highly resistant to rust disease.
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 August 1938, Page 6
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