Vol. XKXI. Part 3. MARCH 2, 1920. 



Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales. 



Farmers^ Experiment Plots. 



Wheat and Oat ExperimexNis, J 919. 



UBRART 



Riverina and South-western Slopesf*^^ ^^^^ 



BOTANICAI, 



G. C. sparks, Acting Inspector of A/riculture. 



The 1919 series of wheat, oat and barley experiments in tlie Riverina were 

 locatetl aw under : — 



R. H. Thackeray, Woomack, Young. 



H. M. Hall and Sons, .Studbrook, Cunningar. 



D. and J. Gagie, Spy Hill, West Wyalong. 



Johns Bros. (R. B. Robb, manager), Wollongough, Ungarie. 



G. H. Cox, Oakleigh, Ganmain. 



M. J. Carew, Selbourne, Deniliquin. 



H. W. BelHiig, Bexley, Lockhart. 



Eulenstein Bros., Back Creek, Hentv. 



Jennings Bros., Urunga, Culcairn. 



A McDonald, Bright View, Balldale. 



T. E. Kendall, Mayburn, Ralvona. 



Re.udts are available from only nine centres, however, owing to the total 

 <lestruction of the crops at Cunningar by a hailstorm of phenomenal severity, 

 and to a total failure at West Wyalong consequent upon the droughty 

 conditions prevailing there, coupled with the heavy nature of the soil upon 

 which the plots were located. 



The Season. 



Dry c<>nditions prevailed throughout the summer of 1918-19. Except at 

 Culcairn and Ralvona, the experiments were on fallow, but as in most cases 

 the initial ploughing was done in September, 1918, the benefit of the August 

 precipitation was very largely lost, and at the commencement of the sowing 

 season the fallow held a very small reserve of moistuie. Germination was, 

 however, satisfactory on the whole, and good rain fell during May. The late 

 winter and spring months were extremely dry, but the crops held out fairly 

 well and the rain of early October assured a light haj-vest. 



The experiments varied in size from thirt*^en to eighteen plots, each of 

 I acre, and included, besides the usual variety and manurial trials, trials of 

 early v, late sowing, crop harrowing, graded v. ungraded seed, acclimatized v. 

 unacclimatized seed, fallowing tests, rates of seeding tests, and also variety 

 tiials of oats and barleys. 



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