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Journal of Agriculliirc. Victoria. 



[lo May, 191 1. 



Yields, College Vineyard : Vintage 19 ii. 



24 3 2 



33 8 11 



22 13 6 



Experimental Manurial Plots. 



Test plots, each J of an acre in extent, were set apart for manurial 

 experiments as suggested by the manager of the Potash Syndicate whose 

 head-quarters are in Sydney. The manures were supplied by the above- 

 named firm, and the following are the results: — • 



The remarkable feature of these results is the decrease in the yield 

 of Plot No. 2 below that of the unmanured portion. It should, how- 

 ever, be stated that our vineyard is kept in good heart by carefully sup- 

 plementing the plant foods in the soil, and that " unmanured " in Plot 

 No. I means only that no manure was applied last season. 



