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Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 



[April 3, 1920. 



Notes on Varieties. 



The season was distinctly favourable to the early varieties ; the dry con- 

 ditions gave the late varieties no chance at all, and in most cases they failed 

 to mature urain. As in 1918, the weakness or liability to disease of the 

 different varieties was not apparent, but in point of yield, Hard Federation 

 anrl Canberra held pi-ide of place ; in the seven plots in which grain matured, 

 Hard Federation was top yielder in three districts and Canberra in two, 

 while Federation and Cowra No. 15 were each top in one. A.11 the other 

 early wheats (such as Clarendon, Improved Stein wedel and Bunyip) did 

 well, and Federation upheld its reputation as a good yielder under all 

 circumstances. Currawa also did well in the only plot in which it was 

 tried, as did also Cowra No. 15, which came out top at Nymagee and did 

 well in other centres. 



In seven trials in which Federation was compared with Hard Federation, 

 the former averaged 7 bushels 32 lb., and the latter 9 bushels 25 lb. 

 Canberra averaged 10 bushels 24 lb. in seven centres. 



Maxurial Experiments. 



The manurial experiments showed a slight increase with manure on the 

 lighter soils, but on the strong red soil at Gregra its application resulted in 

 a slight decrease. 



The seeding trials show an increase with the heavier seeding ; in fact, the 

 past two years tend to show that there is some doubt whether light seeding 

 is moi-e profitable than heavier seeding in dry districts. After all, the main 

 supply of moisture is to be expected from below, not laterally. In the 



