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Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 



[Nov. 2, 1920. 



The details of the rate of seed per acre and method of sowing on the plots 

 mentioned in the accompanying table of yields was as follows : — J. C. Duff, 

 Mount George — Sudan (drills) 5 lb., Saocaline 7 lb., Planter's Friend 7 lb., 

 Japanese millet 4 lb. ; A. H. Norris. Mount George — Saocaline (drills) 8 lb. ; 

 R. Richardson, Mondrook — Sudan (drills 2 feet apart) 5 lb., (drills 

 1 ft. 6 in. apart) 10 lb., Saccaline 6 lb., Planter's Friend 7 lb.; A. C. 

 McLeod, Tinonee — Sudan 5 lb., Saccaline 8 lb., Planter's Friend 6 lb., 

 Japanese millet (drills) 4 lb. ; J. P. Mooney, Dumaresque Island — Sudan 

 6 lb., Saccaline G lb., Planter's Friend 7 lb. ; J. W. Smith, Wauchope — 

 Saccaline 8 lb. ; M. Smith, Paterson River — Sudan 5 lb. : Alexander Smith 



Saccaline on Mr. J. C. Duff's Farm, Mount George, Manning River. 

 The crop averaged 13 feet C inches high and weighed 29 tons to the acre. 



and Atkins Bros., Bandon Grove — Sudan 5 lb. (one sowing fertilised with 

 superphosphate at 1 cwt. per acre), Saccaline (one sowing with 1 cwt. super- 

 phosphate) 7 lb. ; R. Lindsay, Belmore River — Saccaline 8 lb. ; J. Davis, 

 Sherwood— Sudan 6 lb., Saccaline 8 lb. ; W. H. Duffy, Comboyne — Japanese 

 millet, in drills 4 lb., broadcasted 12 lb., Saccaline 6 lb. 



Harvesting. 



Most of the crops were cut either by scythe or mower, carted off, and fed. 

 This method is preferable with Saccaline and Planter's Friend ; Sudan 

 and Japanese millet are better grazed where possible. Several progressive 

 farmers reserved portions of their crops for seed — a wise policy in view of so 

 much other fodder being available. 



