252 Journal of Agriculture, Victoria. [10 April, 191 i. 



oats and barley, but in our opinion the sickness of the plant was not due 

 to either. 



The affected plants were found in patches, in all kinds of soil, in both 

 well drained and low lying patches. The oats were sown rather early (the 

 first week in May), and the barleys quite late — on the i8th July. The 

 seed sown was sound, plump, unpickled grain. All stages ot the disease 

 were observed ; the worst affected produced no heads, only a few inches of 

 stalk, blackened at the base. All the sick plants were more or less dis- 

 coloured here and the straw appeared rotten, although the plants were able 

 to produce some heads with sound grain where the attack was mild. The 

 plants were very easily pulled up, the roots breaking off short as if decayed. 

 The soil underneath in such cases contained ample moisture for healthy and 

 full development. 



Table I. — Prevalence of Take-all. 



23-26 

 27-30 

 31-34 

 35-37 



38-40 



1-2 



3-5 



6-8 



9-11 



12-15 



16-19 



41-43 



44-46 



47-48 



49-50 



51-52 



53-54 



87 



88-92 



93-96 



97-98 



99-102 



103-106 



107-115 



116-123 



124-130 



131-133 



134-141 



142-144 



146-150 



151-158 



L59-166 



Variety. 



Federation 



Yaadilla King 



Take- 

 all: 

 No. of 

 Plants 

 affect- 

 ed. 



^ 



College Purple Straw 



Cedar X Blount's Lambrigg 



Cedirx Standard Red 

 Cedar X Red King 

 Cedar X Genoa . . 

 Cedar X John Brown 

 Pigmy X Cedar . . 

 Pratt's Comeback x Wallace 

 Bobs X Wallace . . 

 Jonathan X Bobs 

 Bunyip X Jonathan 

 Florence x Firbank 

 Federation x Jumbuck 

 Federation X John Brown 

 Federation X College Purple 



Straw 

 Federation X Bobs 

 Federation X Florence 

 Federation X Jade 

 Federation X Yaadilla King 



219 

 208 

 179 

 147 

 175 



97 

 135 

 153 

 182 

 247 

 206 

 167 

 169 

 112 

 110 

 115 

 115 



18 

 123 j 52 



68 21 



167-179 

 180-185 

 186-193 

 194-195 

 196-208 

 209-222 i Federation X Bunyip 



331 

 244 

 U8 

 213 

 64 

 103 

 194 

 199 



353 

 142 

 292 

 58 

 329 

 271 



520 



520 

 520 

 520 

 390 

 260 

 390 

 390 

 390 

 520 

 520 

 390 

 390 

 260 

 260 

 260 

 260 

 130 

 650 

 520 

 260 

 520 

 520 

 1,170 

 1,040 

 910 

 390 

 1,040 

 390 

 650 

 1,040 

 1,040 



1,690 

 780 



1,040 

 260 



1,690 



1,820 



373 

 365 

 352 

 259 

 289 

 175 

 220 

 240 

 275 

 369 

 338 

 247 

 272 

 188 

 184 

 174 

 177 

 58 

 366 

 284 

 145 

 285 

 285 

 661 

 714 

 497 

 234 

 605 

 235 

 450 

 702 

 592 



995 

 374 

 732 

 207 

 1,142 

 1,121 



Ph 



106 

 100 

 116 

 64 

 72 

 59 

 62 

 65 

 67 

 99 

 108 

 49 

 71 

 57 

 51 

 38 

 43 

 34 

 191 

 195 

 83 

 97 

 119 

 321 

 347 

 199 

 81 

 344 

 160 

 324 

 465 

 348 



554 

 183 

 363 

 134 

 739 

 765 



28-44 

 27-39 

 32-95 

 24-71 

 24-91 

 33-71 

 28-18 

 27-08 

 24-36 

 26-82 

 31-95 

 19-83 

 26-10 

 30-31 

 27-71 

 21-83 

 24-29 

 58-62 

 52-18 

 68-66 

 57-24 

 34-03 

 41-75 

 48-56 

 48-59 

 40-04 

 34-61 

 56-85 

 68-08 

 72-00 

 66-23 

 58-78 



55-67 

 48-93 

 49-59 

 64-73 

 64-71 

 68-24 



1.28.68 



Us- 



25-01 



Aver- 

 age 

 ofaU 

 CroBS- 

 breds 

 55-1 



Pickling Seed with Formalin. — The usual effect of the formalin treat- 

 ment upon grain seems to be to induce more vigorous germination than 

 where the seed has been sown dry, or without treatment, and much more 

 so than where bluestone is used. This was the case in two out of the three 

 experiments carried out this season. In the first, fifteen small plots were 



