ao April, ipi I-] Field Experiments ivitJi ^Y heat Diseases. 



Table iv. — Farmers" Pickling Experiment — eontimied. 



37 

 63 

 36 

 ■62 

 35 

 61 

 34 

 -60 

 33 

 38 

 32 

 68 

 31 

 67 

 30 

 66 

 29 

 55 

 28 

 64 

 27 

 63 

 26 

 52 

 25 

 51 

 24 

 50 

 23 

 49 

 22 

 48 

 21 



47 

 20 

 46 

 19 

 45 

 18 

 44 

 17 

 43 



Name of Farmer. 



J. H. Gross 



W. Johns 

 J. F. Johns 



W. Langley 



G. Mi'lls '. '. 



Molineux Bros. 

 J. Morcom 



W. Puis . . 

 T. Shearwood 



J. Stewart 



Lfjngercnong Agri- 

 cultural College 



Dept. Agric. 



Not pickled 

 Bluestone 



Not pickled 

 Bluestone 

 Not pickled 

 Bluestone 



Not pickled 

 Bluestone 



Bluestone and salt 

 Not pickled 

 Bluestone 

 Bluestone and salt 

 Bluestone 



Not pickled 

 Bluestone and salt 

 Not pickled 

 Bluestone and salt 



Variety. 



Federation . . 



Dart's Imperial 



Federation . . 



College Purple Straw 

 Dart's Imperial 

 Federation . . 



Vandilla King 

 Purple Straw 



Vandilla King 



Yield. 



Per 

 Plot. 



Ibs.ozs. 



1 4 



13 



15 



10 



14f 



1 

 1 8 



13 



1 2 



13 



1 9} 

 1 3i 

 1 3J 

 1 OJ 



15 



1 4 



1 



1 



1 



1 



5i 



5 



OJ 



H 



15i 



1 2i 

 1 2 



Supplementary Experiment Sown iqth July. 



R. Humphreys 



Bluestone and salt 

 Not pickled 

 Bluestone and salt 

 Not pickled 



Dart's Imperial 



Federation 



Average. 



lbs. ozs. 



1 Oi 



12i 

 loj 



(1 2i 



0} 



\1 2J 

 }0 13i 



}■ 



U 

 ► 



9i 



ISi 



\0 14i 

 }l 3i 



111 

 11) 



12J 



Average per cent, killed with bluestone pickle 



and salt 



17 '9 per cent. 

 31-8 



Other Diseases. — Lcx)se Simit was fairly abuiiclaiU thi.s sr.isoii and Flag 

 Smut was plentiful. Federation .sutTered most, but. as Taiile 1. .shows, the 

 percentage of plants effected with Flag Smut is .small compared with the 

 loss due to Take-all. 



Rust was also present on l-i dtrati<jn and the Purple Straw varirtit 



ecially. Adopting a .scale ' ' - ^ ^ i ■ • .< 



e" and lo as " badly rus 

 4he above wheats would l>e 2. 



i\usi was aiM) pre.seiii on r i uti.uKjn imu iiie i urpie .■^u.iw \aiiriifs 

 •especially. Adopting a .scale of iiumlH'rs o-ic. and reckoning o as "' riKst- 

 f ree " and lo as " badly rusted on the hiire stalk," the degree of rust on 



