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Agricidtural Gazette of N.S.W. 



[Mar. 2, 1920. 



dry. The seed bed was sli<j;htly moist and a little rough. Seeding was 

 followed by a prolonged period of unusually severe frost, alternating with 

 bright, warm days, which completely di-ied out the seed-bed and formed surface 

 incrustation. A large amount of seed malted, and the residue of most 

 \arieties was apparently unable to penetrate the crust except in the shade 

 of green timbei', where germination was satisfactory in all varieties. The 

 stand of all plots except Federation, Hard Federation and Bomen and of 

 the oat plots was a total failure, and re-seeding was necessary. 



The Manurial Trials. 



Manurial trials were carried through at seven centres. It might have 

 been anticipated that in such a season the unmanured plots would have 

 suffered .severely, and it will be noticed that almt>st every application of 

 manure brought about a substantial increase in yield, the }, cwt. superphos- 

 phate giving an addition of 3 bushels 34 lb. on the average against the 

 unmanured plot, or upwards of 101 per cent. The 70 lb. dressing of superphos- 

 phate, while a failure at Deniliquin and Lockhart, was the highest yielder at 

 Young, Ganmain and Balldale. At Lockhart the lighter dressing of 4i* lb. 

 and no manuring failed, and crops were fed oif. 



Ba^ic .superphosphate was tried at Henty, and while giving an increa-se of 



G7 pei- cent, against the unmanured plot, did not compare at all favourably 



with superphosphate, being outyielded by the 56 lb. application by 3^ 



bu.shels. 



Results of Wheat Manurial Trials. 



Varieties used -at Balldale, Yandilla King : all other plots— Federation. 



Early v. Late Sowing. 

 Early versus late sown plots were includetl in the Ungarie and Hentr 

 experiments, the results being : — 



Henty. 

 Early sown {2'h\di April, 1919) — Late sown ( I 4tli June, 1919) — 



Bomen 11 bus. 211b. Bomen 3 bus. 5,5 lb. 



Federation ... 11 ,, 19 „ Federation ... 3 „ 3 „ 



Unyarie. 

 I arly sovrti (15th April, 1919) — Late so/rn (10th June, 1919) — 

 Federation ... 4 bus. 53 lb. Federation ... 2 bus. 121b. 



These figures indicate an advantage of 2}, bushels per acre upwards iw 

 favour of early sowing — a result that might have been anticipated, the sea.so« 

 being particularly unfa\ourable to late sown crops. 



