Seft. 2, 1920.] 



Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 



613 



* A further growth was used for cow fodder and not weighed. 



Fertil'ser. 



Total yields. 



Increase due to 

 Fei tiliser. 



Approximate 

 Monetary 

 Return.* 



'2 cwt. superphosphate 



1 „ 



No manure ... 



t. c. q. lb. 



20 14 3 24 



16 II 4 



12 7 2 12 



t. c. (J. lb. 

 8 7 1 12 

 4 3 1 20 



£ s. d. 

 5 15 

 2 18 



* Green fodder valued at 15s. per ton ; superphosphate at 5s. 3d. per cwt. 



With an application of 2 cwt., this farmer had tlius at liis disposal an 

 increase of over 8 tons of green fodder per acre, which would be equal to 

 2| tons of hay ; at recent high prices for hay this would represent approxi- 

 mately a profit of £44. In the case of the 1 cwt. of superphosphate, the 

 increase of green fodder was over 4 tons per acre, and in hay this would 

 mean nearly 1| tons, approximately a profit of £21. 



Observations made during growth also showed that the stand had been 

 considerably strengthened, and the plants maintained a dark green growth 

 throughout. 



Pampoolah. 



Soil, rich, deep, beavy loam ; stand established five years ago, becoming 

 thin through grazing ; occasionally cut for bay ; early spring growth grazed ; 

 field cultivated and fertiliser applied 24th October, 1911), and harrowed in. 

 The object of top-dressing was to thicken ihe stand and increase the growth. 



Probably owing to its geographical situation, Pampoolah was not favoured 

 with the same rainfall as the sections nearer the hills consequently it was 



