Aug. 2, 1920.] Agricultural Gazette oj N.S.W. 



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Other Trials on the Manning. 



On Mr. T. Hoad's farm at Mt. George, a number of trials were carried 

 out, dealing chiefly with size of set, depth, and distance of planting, etc. 

 The soil was a rich alluvial loam, and the previous crops were maize in 1917 

 and pumpkins in 1918. The land was deeply ploughed in June and again 

 early in August, and harrowed twice. It was an excellent moist seed-bed 

 for planting on 19th August. The sets were covered with a cultivator run 

 twice up the centres, and then hai-rowed. Germination good ; young crop 

 harrowed and cultivated twice, and hilled ; few ladybirds were present. 

 Over £200 was cleared off an acre. 



An experiment to determine whether the Comboyne — a plateau within the 

 district — can be utilised as a source of seed supply for local plots. 



Up-to-date seed that had been saved from the previous spring crop (dug 

 in March, 1919) and stored, was sown in comparison with seed from the 

 tableland with results as follows : — 



The local seed had not undergone any of the recognised methods of 

 storing, being spread out on the floor of an open shed ; consequently it 

 was somewhat flabby and did badly throughout. 



Whole small, medium, large medium, and large sets were sown with 

 results as follows : — 



The results show that sets of 2i oz. (equal to a duck's egg in size) yielded 

 2\ tons per acre more than sets of 1^ oz. (equal to a small hen's egg), and 

 slightly more than a set of 3| oz. Eliminating the \^ oz. section (portion of 

 which was damaged by cultivating), it seems safe to say that a whole set, 



