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EXPERIMENTS WITH DIFFERENT 



June 6 th. — Hunter's appears to be of a greener hue than the 

 others ; Fenton apparently promising to be second best. 



July 5th. — Hunter's still evidently taking the lead, the others 

 all very equal indeed. 



July 29th. — Measured the straw in the same manner as last 

 year. 



Aug. 19th. — Cut by shearers the half of all the lots. 



Aug. 21st. — Cut by shearers the other half of all the lots. 



I could not say which variety ripened first ; they appeared to 

 be all very equal in that respect, notwithstanding the disparity 

 of dates of sowing. This year I consider to have been also 

 favourable to the wheat crop in this district, possessing the ad- 

 vantage over last year of being without any of these high winds, 

 which so frequently damage the crop before it is fully matured. 



Tables 1 and 2 shew the progress of each lot, with dates of 

 ripening, &c, also the weights of straw and chaff; the former 

 was weighed upon a steelyard, the latter put into bags, and also 

 carefully weighed. Table 3 gives the value per acre in grain, 

 straw, and chaff, of the different kinds. The weights and mea- 

 sures used are all of the imperial standard. 



TABLE No. 2. 



TABLE No. 3. 



