■642 Agricultural Journal of Victoria. 



Much further good could be done if growers in the various 

 districts would undertake to grow the different varieties of tobacco, 

 cigar and plug, in order to test their suitability to their particular 

 soils, also fresh seed of chosen tobaccoes from America would be 

 advisable. 



Tests are now being made of leaf, from each of the 15 

 manured plots, by the manufacturers in order to ascertain the eif ect of 

 the different fertilizers on flavor, fire holding capacity, ash and other 

 points, results of which are not yet to hand. Much credit is due to 

 the men employed on the farm, Messrs M'Crindle and Owens, for 

 their close attention to the detail work, which was considerable, and 

 the interest taken by them generally to make a success of the experi- 

 ments. 



