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Journal of Agriculiure, Ylcioria. 



[lo April, 1911. 



of the year and thereby increasnig the profits. As a profitable rotation, 

 this system can be recommended to the consideration of wheat-growers 

 as a means of helping to keep the land clean of weeds, and maintaining 



.AiAl.l.KE STOCK. 



its permanent fertility by always having one-third of the farm under 

 crop, one-third under grass after cropping, and one-third bare fallow, 

 on which rape is grown for spring fattening of earlv lamf)s for freezing. 



FIELD EXPERIMENTS WITH WHEAT DISEASES, 191011. 



/. T. Pridham. Field Assistatii, Longercnong Agricultural College. 



In addition to the improvement of wheat by cross-breeding and selec- 

 tion,* some-attention was devoted to the diseases of wheat in so far as they 

 might be observed in the field. From our intercourse with farmers, it is 

 apparent that the heavy toll levied each year by diseases, particularly 

 " Take-all," is not realized. 



* Experimental Work at Lorr.^eitnoii'r Auiinnltiival College, page 1.">1. March, 1011, Journal. 



