RUST IN WHEAT.
(united pbess association.) Sydney, May 9. The Rust m Wheat Conference reports the existence of the larva of a species of diplosis, which feeds on rust, and may be instrumental m spreading it. The repor recommends the introduction of red wheat, which is less liable to ravage, and considers that the present prevailing demand by grain merchants and millers for white wheat is not based on any sound principle, and further that it is prejudicial to the interests of the grower and bread consumer. The principal recommendations of the Conference were shadowed m the paper read by Dr Cobb, and telegraphed on tbesthinst.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXVII, Issue 124, 9 June 1891, Page 2
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106RUST IN WHEAT. Marlborough Express, Volume XXVII, Issue 124, 9 June 1891, Page 2
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