D/TV>70Y OF FIF.I.n HrSH WDRY 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



STUBBLK TFJIiATMENT. 



239 



An experiment including ten different methods of .'^tubblc treatment has been 

 running for two years. The indications are that the method calculated to conserve 

 the moisture will give the highest yield. Fall ploughing and subsurface packing at 

 once proved the most sati>;fnotory method in the tost just completed. 



Trkat.ment of Wheat Stubble to be sown to Wheat. 



Plot No. 



Treatment given wheat stubble preceding wheat. 



Daj'.s 

 to 



mature. 



Yield of whoat 

 per acre, 1913. 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



Plougb autumn 128 



Disc liarrow autumn 1 128 



Burn stubVjlc, then disc autumn | 128 



Burn stul)l)le, then plough autumn I 127 



Burn stubbie in .spring, .seed at once ! 128 



Plough in spring, seed at once , : j 128 



Disc at cutting time, .spring plough ....'. | 128 



Disc at cutting time, autumn plough ' 128 



Plough autumn, sul)surface pack at once j 128 



Plough spring, .seed, subsurface pack I 128 



Bu.sh. Lb. 



13 

 14 

 18 

 24 

 24 

 27 

 23 

 20 

 30 

 26 



20 

 40 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 20 

 20 

 00 

 00 

 40 



Tkeatiient of Wheat Stubble to be sown to Oats. 



Plot No. 



11 



12 

 13 



Treatment given wheat stubble preceding oats 



Plough autumn, suljsurfacc p.'ick at once 



Plough spring, seed, .subsurface pack 



Cultivate autumn, spring plough, seed. . 



Indian Head. 



