DEATH OF MR FARRER.
THE " BURBANK OF AUSTRALIA ” By Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association—Copyright. Reoeived 12,12 a.m., April 18. Sydney, April 17. The agricultural interei ts of the State sustained almost irreparable loss by the death of William Farter, Government wheat experimentalist. Mr Farrcr, who was known a i the Burbank of Australia, devoted his life to breeding wheats of greater disease and drought-resisting qualities. So valuable were his researches in this direction that the Indian Government sent an official to consult with him on the subject.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1726, 18 April 1906, Page 2
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