RECORD WHEAT YIELD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18678, 7 April 1924, Page 13

RECORD WHEAT YIELD.

110 BUSHELS TO ACRE. A yield of 110 bushels to the acre on unirngated ground, said by the University of California to be "the largest recorded yield of wheat available from all sources in North America," has been reaped on the University farm at Davis. The variety was Onas, which was originated by a South Australian wheat-breeder and grower, Mr. F. Coleman, of Saddleworth. Information recently received by the South Australian Department of Agriculture reveals that the seed of this variety was obtained by the United States Department from a single head of wheat sent in a letter from Australia. The seed from this head was increased until a sufficient amount of seed was grown to aow ten acres in the fall of 1922 on the University farm at Davis, California. The land was not fertilised in any way, and had not been. "No doubt this rest and the lightness of the preceding crops had much to do with the very high yield of 110 bushels per acre," says the Assistant Professor of Agronomy in charge of cereal investigations.