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as by a mischance the various yields were hopelessly mixed. The results 

 therefore could only be approximated. The experiments gave every pros- 

 pect of being highly satisfactory. 



The site selected was part of 20 acres that had been broken up the 

 previous winter, reploughed twice, given a dressing of farmyard manure 

 of six loads per acre, and then sown with maize. When the maize was 

 •off, the land was ploughed, and on the 3rd and 4th of June, sown with peas 

 £nd beans at the rate of two bushels to the acre and manured at the same 

 time with i cwt. of superphosphate to the acre. The several varieties of 

 oats were sown on the 4th and 5th of June at the rate of one bushel to the 

 acre and i cwt. of superphosphate. 



Two lots of peas — | acre of Yorkshire Hero and \ acre of Partridge 

 field peas — were sown. The Yorkshire Hero pea did not do at all well, 

 was fully a week later in coming through than the Partridge va.riety, and 

 did not grow or pod satisfactorily ; the Partridge variety came up strongly, 

 grew slowly but well, making a strong growth, bloomed and podded well. 

 Both of these plots were drilled in at the usual 7 inch space, which, of 

 ■course did not allow for cultivation. 





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There were two varieties of beans planted — the Wonder broad bean, 

 and the Tick bean. They were hand sown in rows about 3 feet 

 apart. The broad bean came up slowly, stooled very little, made very 

 poor growth, bloomed shyly, and on the whole was disappointing ; on the 

 ■other hand, the Tick variety was an all round success. It came up 

 well, stooled well, grew strongly, averaging 2 ft. 6 in. high, and 

 j)odded heavily. The crop came into bloom when about 12 inches high, 

 and kept on growing and blooming until maturity was reached. 



Five varieties of oats were sown, viz. : — Stout White, Black, Dun, 

 Tartarian, and Algerian. The Stout White stooled well, reaching a 

 height of 3 feet, and gave promi.se of fully 12 bags of grain to the acre. 

 The Tartarian oats stooled and promised, if anything, better than the 

 Stout White; it was a beautiful ci-op, 3 ft. 6 in. high, and as level 

 as a table. The district farmers maintain that this variety will not 

 grow satisfactorily here, but, in this instance it gave full promise of 

 equalling the yield of the Stout White. Adjoining the Tartarian was 

 the Black variety. This came up well; but, stooling excessively, did 

 ■not head well, giving neither height of stalk nor weight of grain. It 

 was practically a failure. On the other side of the Tartarian plot the 

 Algerian was planted. It shot well, but did not equal either the Stout 

 White or Tartarian in stooling. It attained a height of 2 ft. 6 in., 

 headed well, and was estimated to average 10 bags to the acre. The 



