1919] p| 



spacing, while the average yield of roots ranged from 15.48 tons per acre for 



10-ln. spacing to 17.7.". tons for 2 in. spacing. As an average of 5 years' results, 

 sugar beets thinned when 2 in. In height outylelded those thinned when 8 in. 

 in height by 1.3 tons, those thinned when »»..""> In. high by 0.5 too, and those 

 thinned when 5 in. high by one-third ton per acre. 



The cultivation of the crop and the by-products of the beet sugar Industry 

 ure briefly discussed. 



[The sugar beet industry in South Australia], A. J. I'kkkins (JoW. Dept. 

 \'ir. So. lust., 81 (intS), No. 7, pp. 541-670). — This is a rather compreheni 

 economic discussion of the sugar industry in Australia, with Bpedal reference 

 to sugar beet production in Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales, and South 

 Ausi ralia. 



The cultivation of sugar cane in Cuba. J. T. Ckawu.y (/.'slue. Expt. Agron. 

 Cuba Bol. 85 (1917), pp. 82, pis. 99). — This is a comprehensive account of the 

 development and present status of the sugar cane Industry in (Julia, with a 

 discussion of local varieties of cane and of held practices and cultural methods 

 employed in growing and handling the crop in the island. 



Wheat variety tests, 1917—18, H. A. Miiikit (Jour. Dept. Agr. Victoria, 

 16 (1918), No. 3, pp. 168-176, figs. /,).— The results of variety tests with wheat 

 conducted during 1917-18 on the permanent experiment fields at Longerenong 

 College and at the Wyuna, Werribee, and Rutherglen farms, Victoria, are 

 n ported. 



The highest yielding varieties at each station were, respectively, hybrid 

 Gallipoli with 50.5 bu. per acre, Yandilla King with 32.7 bu., hybrid Indian 

 HXTelfords with 29 bu.. and Warden with 14 bu. Maximum average yields 

 for the 5-year period 1913 to 1917, inclusive, were as follows: At Werribee, 

 Major with 21.4 bu. per acre; at Longerenong, Federation (selected) with 

 36.] bu.; and at Rutherglen. Yandilla King with L6.4 bu. 



Tests of early (June 25) and late (July 28) seedings with early, midseason, 

 and late varieties of wheat at Longerenong during 1917-18 resulted in average 

 yields in favor of early seeding of 0.9 bu. per acre for Bunyip (early) and 

 5.1 bu. for Yandilla King (late), as compared with differences in favor of hue 

 seeding of 3.8 bu. for King Early, 4.3 bu. for Federation, and 2.7 bu. for Dart 

 Imperial (both midseason varieties). Similar tests conducted at Wyuna 

 showed an average difference in favor of late seeding (first week in July) 

 of 9.9 bu. per acre for King Early, and in favor of early seeding (last week 

 in May) of 3.9 bu. for Federation and 13.2 bu. for Yandilla King. 



Problems of wheat storage: Damaged grain, O. Masson et at.. (Aust. Arf- 

 visorii Oouncli Soi. and influx. Bui. 5 (1917), pp. 5-17 ; ttbs. in Jour. Dept. Agr. 

 80. Aust.. ,.'/ {1918), No. 7, pp. 588, 689).— Stored grain in New South Wales, 

 Victoria, and South Australia having sustained serious damage from mice 

 during the summer of 1916-17, experiments were undertaken to determine the 

 effect of quicklime upon wheat In various conditions of soundness and pollution 

 as suggested by Barrett. 



Samples of wheat designated as ordinary, mouse tainted or smutty, damp 

 musty, weevily, and mousey were passed through the ordinary wheat clei 'dug 

 machinery of a mill and then mixed with 1 per cent, by weight, of fresh 

 quicklime. The samples were stored for from 12 to 17 days, recleaned to 

 remove the lime, tempered, ground, and the flour made into loaves. Tabula 

 data are presented showing the results of cleaning the samples, the moisture 

 content of each before and after treatment, and the results of the examination 

 of the water washings. The treatment was regarded as having given satis- 

 factory results, and the conclusions arrived at may be summarized as follows: 



