3 JUNE 1922, Page 13

NEW ZEALAND WHEAT YIELD.

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] Set,—The following quotation from a letter which I bad from a friend in New Zealand, dated April 24th, 1919, may interest readers of your review of Professor Percival's book, The Wheat Plant:-

" A farmer I know, named R. Robinson, who lives about three miles from Kaiapoi (Canterbury Province), had the great record of over 99 bushels of wheat per acre. From a 70-acre field he thrashed 6,997 bushels, just three bushels short of 100 bushels (99.96) per acre. This is said to be the record for New Zealand. Another farmer, named J. Belcher, had 126 bushels of oats per acre. These are the two record crops but all farmers have had a very good year."