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CEREALS AND Pl'LSE CROPS 



CEREALS 



AND PUtSK 



CROPS 



The average impurity is 4.38 per cent for wheat and 2.61 per cent 

 for rye. 



As regards grain diseases the presence of smut on wheat and Fusa- 

 rium on oats and wheat was noticed. Ergotted rye was not found, and its 

 absence had already been indicated by other workers who had studied the 

 maritime region. 



1 1 75 - Results Obtained with the New Wheat Carlotta Strampelli in the Regional 



Experimental Fields in Italy (i). — Strampelli N., in Minerva Agravia, Year XIII, 

 No. 11-12. pp. 123-125. Rome, June 15-30, 1916. 



In 1914 the Italian Ministry of Agriculture made arrangements to 

 establish several experimental fields in various agricultural institutes con- 

 nected with the Ministry. The present paper is the report submitted to 

 the Ministry, chiefly consisting of the various reports sent in by the direc- 

 tors of the agricultural institutes at which the trials were made. 



The wheats raised by M. Strampelli fall into two groups. 



i) wheats suitable for the valleys of Central and Northern Italy 

 (Gregorio Mendel, Carlotta Strampelh). 



2) wheats able to stand drought, suitable for growing in Southern 

 Italy (Dauno, Apulia, Majorca, Strampelli). 



As the year 1915, during which the experiments were carried out, was 

 exceptionally wet, the tests made with the second group were valueless. 

 On the other hand, those made with the first group of wheats were specially 

 favoured by the conditions. The experimental results obtained with 

 Carlotta Strampelli wheat are summarised in the following table 



At the State School of Viticulture and Wine-Making at Avellino M. 

 GiULio Paris tested the eftect of liberal nitrogenous manuring (176 lbs 

 sodium nitrate per acre) on the wheats Carlotta StrampelU, Gregorie 

 Mendel and Risciola. The manuring caused the two latter to lodge ; the 

 former did not go down, and it yielded 2 787 lbs of grain per acre. 



Tests in. different parts of the country will be again repeated before the 



(i) See also Dr. G. Patan6, The Selection of Cereals in Italy, in R. June 1916, 

 pp. 831-842. {Ed.) 



(2) See/?. 1915. No. 167. {Ed). 



