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Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 



[Dec. 2, 1920. 



The precipitation for the growing period in each centre is shown in the 

 following table: — 



Cultural Notes and Comments. 



Corahi. — The soil is an alluvial loam typical of the Richmond around 

 Coraki, but low-lying and liable to flood. The previous crop was maize, 

 and the soil was reduced to an excellent tilth with one ploughing, two disc 

 harrow'ings, and one tine harrowing. 



The seed, Improved Yellow Dent, was planted 3 inches deep to ensure 

 it being in a moist seed-bed and because of the drought conditions prevail- 

 ing at sowing. The germination of the plots was most satisfactory. The 

 growth to the end of December was slow, but with the continuous rain in 

 January and February it became exceedingly luxuriant, and the subsequent 

 yields of grain were very high. The results obtained were so erratic that 

 the.y form no useful guide as to the best fertiliser for maize in the district. 

 Irregularities in the soil which were not markedly apparent at the time of 

 planting were so accentuated by the season that the results cannot be 

 regarded as reliable. 



Bellingen. — The site of these experiments was a fertile alluvial loam 

 typical of the best lands of the Bellinger River. It has been growing maize 

 continuously for forty years without the use of fertilisers of any kind. It 

 was ploughed on 27th October, harrowed, rolled, and cross-harrowed on''29th 

 October, rcploughod on 24th November, twice harrowed, drilled, and 

 planted on 8th December. The soil was moist and in excellent condition, 

 and the plots germinated excellently, and made very satisfactory progress, 

 eventually yielding remarkably well. The crop was cultivated with the 

 Planet .Tr. on 22nd December and 10th January, hilled and middled on 12th 

 Janiinry, and harvested on lOth to 23rd July. The yields, it will be noted, 



