706 Agricultural Gazette of N.S. W. [^Sept. 2, 1908. 



quite touifli, vvith a slight gi-ceii tinge llirtMigli il. Varieties liable to 

 shed their gcain arc iiioi'e econoinically iiarvcste(l in that \vay. Many 

 immatui'e weeds are cut and removed to the stack as well as ripe ones. 

 Straw is saved before it is perished in the field, and is more 

 nutritions ; there is not the trouble of dealing witli largi; 

 crops of straw as after the stripper. Tf the soil is deficient 

 in vegetable matter, (S to I l! inches of stubl)le, if ])ractical)le, 



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left on the land to be iilougheil under: such 



jirevents the soil fr 



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together at the surface, and 



Winter-proud Wheats injured by frost long before ears appeared ; subsequent development. 



is. in many ways, beneficial. The straw, after stripping, .should not be burnt 

 excepting upon soils too rich for wheat. The reduction of the organic matter 

 of very rich soils may lead to the growth of less flag and better grain. 



