Seft. 2, 1920.] 



Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 



623 



Results of Potato Manui-ial Trials (Variety, Manhattan). 



*The mixture P8 consists of equal parts of superphosphate and blood and bone 

 P7 consists of equal parts superphosphate and bonedust. 



Values of different Fertilisers compared. 



Fertilisers and Price per ton. 



Average Increase 



Yield 

 due to Fertiliser. 



Value of 



Increase 



at £15 per ton. 



Cost of 

 Fertiliser 

 applied. 



Net Gain. 



Rainfall during Growing Period. 



South Coast. 



R. N. MAKIN, Inspector of Agriculture. 



Two experimental plots of potatoes were sown on the South Coast last season : 

 these were on the farms of Mr. J. H. Martin, Pambula, and Mr. E. T. Kelly, 

 *' Eairview," Bega. 



Previous experience, extending over a period of ten years, has shown that 

 a good deal of risk of loss generally attends the spring-sown crop, owing to 

 the hot and rainy weather which usually obtains in December, when the crop 

 is ready to be lifted., favouring tlie spread of wet rot. Such weather condi- 

 tions marked last season, and heavy losses occurred, not only on the 



