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using up to 70 and 80 lbs. on the black ground, and as much as 1 cwt. 

 on red ground. In this connexion it will be noticed that the dressings 

 advocated are heavier than those recommended fifteen years ago ; but it 

 should be remembered that many crops have been taken off the ground 

 sine© then and that efficient working of the fallows has rendered greater 



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Labour Saving Device — An Elevator being used to build stack of loose hay. 



crops possible by storing up supplies of water and by making available 

 greater supplies of plant food. Phosphorus is the most deficient element 

 in Wimmera soils, and a 30-bushel crop will take out as much phosphorus 

 as is contained in 1 cwt. of superphosphate. 



