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upland, with a fair percentage of clay and a northerly aspect were 

 best, while those on the flats did not thrive well owing to the sandy 

 nature of the soil, and the drought, though constantly watered. The 

 beds seeded on August 6th were the first ?ivailable for the field. The 

 use of superphosphate, sulphate of lime, and complete manure, was 

 tried separately on beds before seeding, the superphosphate having a 

 marked effect in assisting the growth of the plants. 



The same experiments were carried through in the season 1903-4, 

 which was a wet one, and the raised beds on the flats produced the 

 soundest and best plants, those under cheese cloth cover being again 

 the most successful. The clay soil of the upland held the moisture too 

 long during the wet season, and plants were not so good from those 

 beds as in the previous year, being also first to take the mould. In 

 order to provide against the different seasons, it would be wise to 

 have beds on both high and low land, some in well drained situations, 

 others in places where the moisture will not escape too rapidly. 



Blue Mould Experiments- 



In the season 1902-3 no mould appeared, but in 1903-4 the mould 

 was very bad, and destroyed all the plants on some of the farms. 



Plan of Seed Beds. 



BURNT. 



UNBURNT. 



Level beds. 



Raised beds 



Beds treated with bluestone 

 i lb. to 10 gals. 



Beds treated with boiling 

 water 



Beds untreate'l 



Seed sprouted prior to sowing 6 



Beds treated with super- 

 phosphate 



Beds treated with complete 

 manure . . 



Beds treated with sulphate 

 of lime 



Beds treated with . . 

 Beds treated with . 



