FROM A SINGLE GRAIN OF OATS.
A striking example of How a grain of seed will multiply has occurred on the farm of Mr Jas. Wylie,. of Areegra, Australia.
In 1907 one of his sons secured a handful of Manitoba wheat iiom a friend* Among the seed was a single grain of oats. This was planted and carefully protected, and it grew into a fine stalk. The grain was put aside and planted the following season, with satisfactory results.
Each succeeding year the quantity sown has increased, and this harvest a yield of 44 bags of oats was obtained. The average was 10 bags to the acre, and the result would have been much better but for the fact that a wind storm broke down portion of the crop.
Mr Wylieas very proud of his achievement, which he regards as a record in its way, and a demonstration of the productivity of the Manitoba oat.
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 17 February 1915, Page 1
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