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Fairy, and the majority were considered worthy of further trial. 

 Goldfinder was rejected on account of its being badly rusted, and 

 Pioneer Black was exceedingly late. 



The barleys did very well on the whole, and all were retained for 

 further trial. Brewers Favorite was the best, and Gartons No. 1 

 two-rowed was the least successful. 



American varieties. — The wheats were generally late, and some of 

 them were bad with rust. The durum wheats were only slightly 

 rusty on flag, and among the promising varieties were the three 

 durums from Spain, Algeria, and Italy. 



The North Finnish Black oat was the only one sufficiently early 

 in maturing, and although the rust was moderate to bad, it is being 

 tried next season. 



Amoug the barleys two Algerian varieties and one Wisconsin 

 were retained for further trial. 



3.— Leongatha- 



The sowing of the plots was completed on 15th July, being rather 

 late on account of the wet weather. The soil was a red clayey loam 

 with a northern aspect, and no manure was directly applied. The 

 preceding crop, however, was a very heavy one of sunflowers, for 

 which the land was manured with superphosphate. The total rainfall 

 for 1908 was 43'45 inches, that for 1902 being ;33'69 inches, and for 

 1901 47-42 inches. 



Gartons cross-hreds. — The only wheat sufficiently promising to be 

 retained was New Era. Red King was very slow in starting to grow, 

 only two plants appearing after being sown more than three weeks, but 

 it will receive a further trial. The oats retained for further trial were 

 Gartons No. 5 and Tartar King; Pioneer, Abundance, and Waverley 

 being good hay oats. The barleys were No. 2 six-rowed and Invincible. 

 This is not a barley district, but if the seed could be well matured it 

 would be very suitable for a change of seed to the northern districts, 



American varieties. — The wheats were generally late, and some of 

 them were bad with rust. The durum wheats, as a rule, were only 

 slightly rusty on flag, and among the promising varieties were the 

 three durum varieties from Spain, Algeria, and Italy. The North 

 Finnish Black oat was the only one sufficiently advanced, and although 

 the rust was moderate to bad, it will be tried next season. Among 

 the barleys two Algerian varieties and one Wisconsin were retained 

 for further trial. 



Rerraf was tried on a small scale, but it only made a poor growth 

 and does not seem suited for the district. 



4.— Nagambie- 



Arrangements were made with Mr. Angus Cameron, of Angus- 

 town, for sowing one bushel each of five varieties of Garton oats and 

 barleys, also two and a half bushels of Bobs wheat, from Bathurst 



