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rotation. As lias Ih'Oii stated the variety Cleveland was favouietl by the 

 season, and, wlien compared with the same \ariety in the other paddocks, 

 shows a falling off in yield of (i and 7 husliels per acre. 



i'addock Xo. .■}. — This wheal was sdwii after vai'ious crops, and the results 

 will l)c a\ailal)l(' in conjunction witli dthrr experiments in connect ion with 

 rotations. 



The following is a statement of the wheat yields since 1902 : - 

 1902 — Rainfall, 14-83 in. ; average yield, 8.'j 4jus. ; highest yield, 23 bus. 



Variety. 



Previous trop. 



= 5 



ft. 



Date 

 sown. 



O o 



to cj 



•a 1. 



o o 



Vj 



ci 



Yield 

 per 



s u5 Rainfall 

 c r == for Year. 



'3 ~ p 



W~ 3c 



Kenuirks. 



Alfferian . . 

 Abundance 

 Red Rust-proof 



Maize 



19-72 



Alsrerian . . 

 Early Angus 

 Potato 



Carter's Royal 

 Cluster. 



Rape 



Rare fallow 

 Canary jjjrass 



m <o 



Total area, 9-(J0 acres ; total yield, isCt buslic'.s 1 lli. ; averaye yield per acre, -29 ijusliels 24 lb. ; hij^he^t .yield, 



3-2 bushels 15 lb. per acre. 



Notes. — The season was an unfavouialile oiif^ for oats, and favoured the 

 later maturing varieties. The tirst three are 2'i"'it-tically comparable, and 

 have pro\ed suitable for the district. Abundance, on account of maturing 

 later, had the advantage of the October rains. Those in Paddock 7 are not 

 comparable, owing to the differences of soil u})on which they were grown 

 and the rotations followed. 



Barleys grown at Bathurst Experimental Farm, 1907. 



Variety. 



Previous crop. 



O o 



cS 



Date 

 sown. 



O o 



"> c3 



■a I. 



Q) a. 

 CO 





Yield s tc.= 



Rainfall 



per i: .s -: . ,. 

 acre. .| 5 £ ^o''^^^'- 



Keuiarks. 



Cape Barlej- 



Scarlet clover 



acres 

 28 I 4-0 23 Mar. 



lb. ' bus. Ib.linohcs 



50 >23 Nov. 23 5 I 11-87 



inches. 

 19-72 1 Cut in winter for green 

 1 fodder. 



Cape Barley 



Bare fallow 



7 0-3 27 May 66 27 Nov. -29 36 10-51 



Cape Barley 

 Skinless Barley . . 

 Slan<l\vell Barley. . 

 Maltster Barley . . 

 Brewer's Favourite 



Barley. 

 Albert i3arlev 



Maize 



.S ■/. 



^ J3 

 CO '^ 



VMaltinj; varieties 



Total area, 9-64 acres ; total yield, 167 bushels 37 lb. ; averasre yield per acre, 17 bushels 20 lb. ; highest yield, 



29 bushels 36 lb. ]ier acre. 



