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Agricultural Jonrnal of Victoria. 



of the cliemical analysis o£ six soils in the Edi district, carried out in 

 this laboratory, with the two American, famous for the production of 

 the two well-known widely different types of leaf. 



A comparison of the average figures of the important plant foods 

 in the six fields with the two American will disclose percentages in 

 the Edi soils practically equalling those of the Kentucky, and con- 

 siderably surpassing the North Carolina. It is possible that an 

 addition of lime to some of the Edi soils might proye of advantage, 

 but in all other respects the figures would appear to indicate that the 

 use of fertilizers will probably prove of little effect. 



Manuring Experiments at Edi. 

 Field results in manuring appear to have supported the figures 

 of analysis. The residts are somewhat irregular, due no doubt to the 

 extremely dry season and soil irregularities, but they tend to 

 indicate that investigations, other than fertilization, might, for the 

 present at any rate, take precedence. The plants were set out as 

 shown on the plan, - 



The system served the double purpose of giving information as to 

 what vtirieties might show the greatest adaptability to the particular 

 soil, and the effect of manures generally. In judging the effect of 

 manures, the total weight of nil varieties in each plot has been taken. 



