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Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 



[Feb. 2, 1920. 



Reports from the Farms. 



As regards the trial at Glen Innes Experiment Farm, the Experimentalist, 

 Mr. L. F. Rowney, reports : — " A plot, of this grass was sown on 10th July, 

 1919. The land was in excellent condition, having been given a six months' 

 fallow after alsike clover. The germination was excellent. The early spring 

 being dry and frost fairly prevalent, the plot made very slow growth at first. 

 The progress from the middle of October to the second week in November 

 was more satisfactory. When about 8 inches high the grass commenced to 



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Rye grasses grown at Glen Innes Experiment Farm 



1. Loietto (Italian Kye-tfrass). 2. Wiinmeia H.\e-giass. 3. Perennial llye-srass. 



run into ear, and by the 15th of November about 60 per cent, of the plot 

 was in ear and was setting seed freely. The maximum growth was reached 

 about 1st December, when the plot averaged approximately U) inches 

 in height. The rainfall up to this date was 4.53 points. Only a small amount 

 of fodder was produced, the average number of stems per plant being about 

 five, and the leaves small and few in number. 



