REPORT OF MR. A. MACK AT. 



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TEST OP SOWING DIFFERENT QUANTITIES OF SEED PER ACRE, 



In this test Eed Fife was used and sown on 3rd May. The highest yield was 

 obtained from IJ bushels per acre closely followed by IJ bushels seed. All the plots 

 ripened together. 





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TEST OF LAND TREATED WITH SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME AND FIELD LIME. 



In this test three plots of y^^th acre each were sown with Eed Fife at the rate 

 of IJ bushels per acre. On one plot 50 pounds of superphosphate of lime was 

 sown; a second plot had 60 pounds of field lime (air slacked) sown on it, and the 

 third plot was untreated. 



The plot on which field lime was used gave at the rate of 4 bushels per acre 

 more than either of the other two. The superphosphate of lime plot was one day 

 earlier in ripening. 



The details of the test are as follows: — 



Name 



of 



Variety. 



Red Fife, 

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Treatment per acre. 



500 lbs. —Sup. ph. lime, 



600 lbs.— field lime 



Untreated . 



53 



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Lbs. 

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TEST OF BROADCAST, DRILL AND PRESS-DRILL SOWING. 



Red Fife was used also in this test and the three plots were sown on the same 

 date. The broad-cast plot was so much injured by winds that it was ploughed up 

 and re-sown on 29th May. 



*Re-sown May 29th. 



