Journal of the Department 

 OF Agriculture. 



Vol. I. 



MAY, 1920. 



No. 2. 



Published monthly in English and Afrikaans by the Department of Agriculture, 



Union of South Africa. 



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RESULTS OF WINTER CEREAL EXPERIMENTS AT 

 THE SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE, ELSENBURG, 

 MULDERS VLEI, CAPE PROVINCE. 



By T. G. W. Eeinecke, Principal, and G. J. Meynhardt, 

 Assistant Experimentalist. 



[The first part of this article appeared in last month's Journal. — Acting Editor.] 



variety trials of wheat and oats. 



Wheat Varieties. 

 I.—" Common " or Soft Wheats. 

 II.—" Durum " or Hard Wheats. 



Adaptah/littj of flic Two Classes of Wheat. 



The area served by this Institution comprises the coastal districts 

 from Namaqualand to Knysna, extending inland to embrace the 

 Districts of Ceres, Worcester, and Montagu. Considerable variations 

 of soil and climate are observed in this area. There, are for instance, 

 remarkable differences in the rainfall of the various districts, as will 

 readily be seen from the following- table : — 



