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Manawatu Times, Volume 67, Issue 206, 29 August 1942, Page 7

A new device which aowi wheat in! bands instead of in towb was demon* Bt /^ ed a meetin * of the committee; of the Wheat Research Institute in Christchurch. The device consists in the removal from the drill of the pres* j ent coulter tips, which sow the grain in rows, and their replacement by special tips made out of wide grubber tines. ■ The grain falling down the tubes and ! reaching the tips strikes a plate shaped ' like an inverted tablespoon, causing’ the seed to scatter evenly over the j whole width of tho coulter tip. The ' director of the institute, Dr. F. w. | H lgendorf, said the device was thought to offer some possibility of increased j yield. I

The production of special macaroni and biscuit wheats was referred to in * report by the director of the Wheat Research Institute, Dr- F. W. Hilgendorf, in Christchurch. He said that the macaroni wheats produced last harvest were supplied to a milling company, and when used in blends for making macaroni were reported as having a good effect on the quality of the macaroni. The mill had secured the sowing of all the seed supplied, so that there would be enough durum wheat for some commercial use next year. Dr Hilgendorf added that some special biscuit wheats grown by the plant brooding section at Lincoln had been milled and sent for biscuit-making trials. i