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Agricultural Gazette of y.SAV 



[Mar. 2, 1920. 



The plots at Carcoar and Hobby's Yards were eaten oft" by sheep during- 

 Auti-ust, and yet gave satisfactory results eventually. Patches of take-all 

 and bunt were noticed in the wheat crops at Carcoar, and loose smut 

 in White Tartarian oats at that place and Hobby's Yards ; otherwise very 

 little disease was present. 



Rain came early at inopportune times on the tableland, but late rains just 

 saved the situation. 



Results of Hay Trials. 



Oats. 



Zealand 



Florence 



Marshall's No. 3 ... 



Bomen 



Cleveland 



,, (Farmers) 

 Marquis 



Wheat. 

 1 7 1 



1 3 



1 1 



16 



1 

 18 





 



1 3 2 



1 



16 2 



IS 3 



17 2 



17 



Spring Wheat Trials. 



Farmers in the colder districts are often delayed in their planting owing- 

 to wet weather, or to the previous croj) (such as potatoes) not being ready ta 

 harvest before the usual planting time. Under such circumstances it would 

 he far preferaV)le to plant at the end of August or early in September than 

 in July, when the soil is often beaten down and perhaps waterlogged.. 

 Planting late like this, good payable grain crops will be obtained instead of 

 very inferior hay yields. 



The grain in the varieties under trial was clean and plump, and compared 

 moie than favourably with^early sown plots. Sunset was the first to mature,, 

 with Hard Federation ne.xt in order. iMarquis and Cleveland (very late- 

 maturers) received th> benefit at [^a critical stage of 131 points of rain more- 

 than varieties which had already ripene*! off. 



