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Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 



[Oct. 2, 1920. 



the dry conditions ; so also did the trials on the property of Mr. J. F. Chick, 

 Tenterfield, with the exception of that of Golden Glow, which yielded 15 

 bushels per acre, and in a very dry season was the only variety that matured 

 grain worth harvesting. Brewer's Yellow Dent, Early Yellow Dent, U.S. 

 133, and Longfellow were cut for fodder at that centre. 



Comparative yields were obtained from the following plots : — 

 Yariety Trial at Mr. J. Cowin's, Tenterfield.* 



Variety. 



Fertiliser per acre. 



Yield. 



King of the Earlies 

 Early Yellow Dent 

 Early Yellow Dent 

 Brewer's Yellow Dent 

 Early Canada Flint 

 (iolden Glow 

 Silvermine ... 



1 cwt. superphosphate 



No manure ... 



1 cwt. superphosphate 



•Sown 23rd October, 1919. 

 Manurial Trial at Mr. H. yManser's, Tenterfield.* 



Fertiliser per acre. 



Yield. 



No manure 



1 cwt. P7 



f cwt. Mo 



3n lb. nitrate of soda, 65 lb. superphosphate, 25 lb. potash 



1 cwt. P8 



1 cwt. blood and bone 

 ^ cwt. superphosphate 



L>> 4* ••• *•• • • • ••• •>• 



* Sown 21st October, 1919. The variety used was Brewer's Yellow Dent. 



* Sown 13th November, 1919. Plots 3, 4, and 2 ripened 14 days 

 earlier than plots 1 and 5. 



The mixture P7 consists of equal parts of superphosphate and bonedust, 

 P8 of equal parts of superphosphate and blood and bone, M5 of 2 [parts 

 superphosphate and 1 part sulphate of ammonia. 



