A PROLIFIC CEREAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1582, 17 May 1887, Page 4

A PROLIFIC CEREAL.

The Southland Times of the 7th inst. aays :—" In the year 1884 Mr George Orosbie, farmer, Wynduam, imported from America om» pound weight of Prin- [ gle's American Triumph oat; cost 6s 8d | per lb. He sowed it in the usual manner, I and the return was 179 pounds from tha | one pound sown. Lout year the product of the above was 7640 pounds, or 216 bushels ; thin Jyear he has just threshed from 45 bushels of send sown 1886 bushels, or 62 bushels per acre, and a sample of the same can be seen it the office of the National Mortgage and Agency Company, Invercargill. Mr Crosbie is so Banguine of the superior qualities of this oat that lie is confident it will produce 20 biißhels more per acre than any oat in the colony. The description of this oat taken from the Uewson's catalogue of grain, says : 1 This is across between the Excelsior and Waterloo oat, combining in a remarkable degree the excellent qualities of both. .The average height ■of the grain in the field is 6 feet, yet the straw is so strong and firm that it holds up well without lodging ; the tall hixuriant heads filled with plump, heavy grains. The quality and productiveness of the grain are. unexcelled, yielding from 50 to 100 bushels per acre, according to the fertility and condition of land.' "