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Agricultural Gazette of X.S.W. 



[Mar. 2, 1920. 



seed-becl could only be prepared with difficulty and not satisfactorily. The 

 sowings were all late, and there was no opportunity of cleaning the land 

 before performing the operation. A good year being expected after the 1918 

 ilrought, and the crops showing excessive growth, they were practicallv all 

 fed off during the winter months. Good rains did not eventuate, however, 

 and many of the crops never grew again. Crops not fed off yielded the 

 best. The rainfall at the centres where some grain was harvested was as. 

 follows : — 



The May rainfall was utilised for preparing the seed-bed, and the October 

 rainfall wa? too late to benefit the crops very much. Tn ordinar}' seasons 

 the Octobei rainfall would have benefited the crops considerably, but thev 

 matured very rapidly during the spring and winter months, and the « arly 

 varieties werc^ within a few days of stripping when the October fall occurred. 

 Late varieties which were not too near nmturity did benefit considerably by 

 the October falls. 



Results at Various Centres 



Tamworth. — The following table shows the yields obtained at Tamwortli, 

 where the plots included long and short fallowed land and land prepared only 

 with the spring-tooth cultivator. 



Results of Variety Trials at Tamworth. 



Long V. Short Fallow. 



Preparation «itii Spring-tooth Cultivator. 



Bushel 



Weijjht.s by 



Chondro- 



meter. 



Variety. 



Long 

 Fallow. 



Short 

 Fallow. 



Bushel 



VVeig-hts by 



Chondro-' 



meter. 



Variety. 



lb. 



62.', 

 62 1 



01 

 63 

 631 

 «4 



61 i 

 58 

 64 



62 ^ 

 60^ 

 61 

 62 

 60 

 61 

 62 



.Marshall's No. 3 

 Vandilla Kintr. • 

 Clev tlaiul 

 Mar(|uis. . 

 Clarendon 

 Hard Federation 

 Kattlinu' .Fuck . . 

 Hymer 

 Zealand . , 

 Penny .. 

 Canberra 

 Florence 

 Sunset . , 

 Bnnyip . . 

 Pusa No. 4 

 American No. S 

 Ued Winifs 

 Curtawa 



bus. 



8 



11 



lb. 



36 



6 



12 50 

 12 



14 

 14 

 12 



12 24 



n 2 



7 20 



1.5 40 



12 28 



13 20 



11 15 



12 

 16 24 

 15 

 11 20 



lb. 



62 



57 



60j 



62 



60 



58 



56 



56^ 



57 



59i 



56i 



57" 



Currawa 

 Bomen.. 

 Federation .. 

 Cowra No. 15 

 Conieliack 

 Cinnberland . . 

 Huron 

 Avoca . 

 Thew . . 

 Cedar . . 

 Huiruenot 

 Medcal) 



3 44 



50 

 25 



The varieties were .sown in their respective seasons, the slow-growing- 

 varieties being sown in May and the t|uick-growing ones on 1st July. All 



