11 March. 1918.] 



Wheat Variety Tests. 



171 



At two of the centres, viz., 

 Ruthergleu and Wyuna, the 

 past season was remarkable for 

 the exceedingly heavy rainfall 

 experienced during the grow- 

 ing period of the wheat (May- 

 October), and at the first- 

 named place the yields suffered 

 severely from excessive water. 

 The protracted growing 

 period at Rutherglen, Werri- 

 bee, and Wyuna has appa- 

 rently suited the later, matur- 

 ing varieties, such as Yandilla 

 King, Major, and Currawa ; 

 but at Longerenong, where the 

 sowing was made a week later 

 and the season was somewhat 

 shorter, early varieties like 

 College Eclipse, and mid-sea- 

 son varieties like Federation, 

 have done better than at other 

 centres. Ordinary Federation 

 has not done so well this year, 

 b-it selected Federation at 

 was second on 

 a yield of 44.3 

 acre, while at 

 Rutherglen, where the yields 

 were on a much lower scale 

 all round, a special selection of 

 Federation beat ordinary 

 Federation by 4.1 bushels per 

 acre. 



Summarizing Results for 

 Past Five Years. 



No one can forecast a sea- 

 son with any certainty. There- 

 fore, in ordinary circum- 

 stances, the wheat farmer 

 should sow in anticipation of 

 a normal season. The results 

 of any one year, which, per- 

 haps, has diverged from the 

 normal, should not be ac- 

 cepted as an unquestionable 

 indication of the best varieties 

 for an average season. Rather 

 should the mean results over 

 a series of years b© looked for 

 as giving a more reliable 

 sruide. 



Longerenong 

 the list with 

 bushels p( 



