CORRESPONDENCE.
To the Editor of the ' Evening Mail ' Sir— Most people in Nelson will be glad to know tbat the first prize for barley in the Sydney Exhibition has fallen to a Nelson man. This will naturally cause enquiries to be made for tbat kind of barley for iaed next sowing time. Mr J. A; Harley, of the Raglan Brewery, informed yaur correspondent sortie time last year, after purtihasing Mr Median's barley, that after it -wft* ttiost carefully malted be had ascertained tbat it was not so rich in saccharine matter by la 6d to 2s per bushel ai the commoner looking barley Of the Chevalier kind grown" fo the Waimea. This is a matter of great importance to the farmers, and it rests with Mr Harley to Bet matters right in this- respect, lam, &c, Small Faxmbr.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 45, 21 February 1880, Page 2
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