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and the stimulation of the necessary bacterial flora as the object, would 

 prove payable. To those who huve strong, crabholey country, it is 

 suggested that it would become more manageable if the gradual filling 

 in of the crabholes were aimed at by substituting some sort of land 

 grader for the harrows at one working each year. To those with the light 

 sandy cements, perhaps the best advice is, " "Work Ihe soil, but not too 

 much. Give it at least two workings — one after the spring rains, and 

 one after the summer rains — with an implement such as the spring- 

 tooth or the cultivating scarifier, i.e., one that will tend to leave the 

 lumps on top and preserve a nubby mulch." This class of soil sets 

 very quickly after the rain, and judgment is required to select the right 

 time for working it. If settled wheat growing, and not just grass 

 improvement, be aimed at, it may ultimately prove payable to grow 

 field pease as a catch crop on these " cementy " fallows, and allow 

 sheep to pick them up when ripe. The fallow would certainly be no 

 drier after having groAvn the pease than it becomes under present condi- 

 tions. The residue of the pease cro]5, together with the sheep droppings, 

 would rapidly improve the texture and water-holding capacity of the 

 land. Another legume which could be substituted for pease would be 

 the King Island Melilot. The sowing of a few pounds with the. wheat 

 might possibly provide a fair quantity of feed in the stubbles, and, 

 when ploughed in, would improve the texture of the soil. 



To all, I would suggest that greater attention be paid to the seed. 

 The varieties used should be select-bred, and of proved prolific strains. 

 For early sowing, later-maturing types — such as Yandilla King, Major, 

 Penny, or Currawa — should prove best; while, for late-sowing, early- 

 maturing varieties, like Gluyas, are worthy of a trial. 



The quantity of superphosphate used, viz., 90 to 100 lbs., seems to 

 be on the right lines. 



In conclusion, I have to thank those gentlemen who kindly lent 

 their Cars so that judging might be expedited ; also those farmers, whose 

 homesteads were visited, for their generous hospitality. 



At the Peshawar Agricultural Station in the north-west frontier 

 province of India, Federation wheat has, according to the Agricultural 

 Journal of India, been grovsra during the past two years. It has 

 demonstrated its capacity to outclass local varieties in yield, even under 

 the special climatic conditions that obtain at Peshawar. For the past 

 two years it has beaten all other varieties. 



The province is noted for its low .rainfall, which it is generally 

 necessary to supplement with irrigation. In 1916 the rainfall during 

 the growing period of wheat was 5 inches, and it was necessary to give 

 the wheat three irrigations. 



Federation is especially commended by the station authorities for 

 its remarkable upstanding qualities, and, strange to say, its resistance 

 to smut and rust as compared with local wheats. 



