Journal of Agriculture. [8 Jan., 1908. 



shown in the direction of the cultixation oi crops such as rape, peas or 

 grasses on any extensive scale, but Mr. H. E. Dahlenberg has made a 

 departure this year in the sowing of meli lotus and rye grass with his 

 wheat crop, which will enhance the feeding value of the stubble. 



ib) The best svstem of manuring, oiames and quantities used per 

 acre — 10 points. — Here again practice varies very little among Wimmera 

 farmers. The superphosphate is universal, and the amount used per 

 acre ranges from 45 to 60 lbs. The addition of a small amount of 

 l)one-dust to the superphosphate has been tried by Messrs. Dufty and 

 Sanders, and should be productive of good results, especially where the 

 i^ucceeding oat crop is not manured. Stable manure is, in all cases, 

 ploughed into the clav patches at the lime of fallowing. The amount 

 used, however, is too small to show anv appreciable effect, although it 

 exercises a most beneficial action in rendering these patches less liable to 

 run together and bake. 



A FARMER S HOME IN THE WIMMERA. 



{c) The best system of saving stable and otlicr manures — 5 points. — - 

 No particular care is exeicised by the majority of farmers in conserving 

 stable refuse. The usual heap adjacent to the stable, more or less neatly 

 stacked up, is universal. It might be pointed out, that at this season of 

 the year, there is not any great accumulation of manure, and what there 

 i'^, must deteriorate considerably before it is used up during next fallow- 

 ing season. Where cow's, pigs and poultry are kept, it would be an 

 advantage lo thoroughly mix the manures and cover with earth. 



{d) The best and cleanest grozving crop — 10 points. — The limited 

 number of points allotted for this item in the farm section hardly permits 

 of great distinctions being made. Both Messrs. John Dufty and Son 

 and Stapleton have a fairlv considerable area of crop on new 

 Mallee land, the low yield of which depreciates their crop as a whole. 

 Mr. Dahlenberg has 100 acres of w'heat on Mallee land, which, having 

 been previously cropijed and grazed, shows considerable improvement. 

 Messrs. Sanders and Crouch have both good crops on soil of a different 

 nature to the other compe'Litors. In all fields the wild oat is conspicuous, 



