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Issue Details: First known date: 1954... 1954 The Agricultural Scientist : William Farrer
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William James Farrer was employed as Wheat Experimentalist by the New South Wales Department of Agriculture in 1898. In this role he investigated how to combat rust in wheat crops, and encouraged the development of hardier wheat crops more suited to Australia's climate.

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    y separately published work icon National Portraits Vance Palmer , Melbourne : Melbourne University Press , 1940 Z1375812 1940 selected work biography Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 1954 pg. 152-158
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