Cereal Varieties in Cambridgeshire and Yorkshire, 1955–62

Abstract

The contribution to agricultural productivity made by the plant breeder must not be overlooked when taking stock of other progress factors, for example the increasing use of fertilizers, the changing fashion in compounds and the popularity of combine harvesters. Improved cereal varieties have played no small part in recent changes, and their acceptance by the farmer is made clear by direct surveys in two eastern counties of Britain.