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The points upon which the judging were based are : — 



Cleanliness, 10 points; trueness to tvpe, 10 points; freedom from 

 disease, 10 points; apparent yield, i point for each bushel. 



Best 100 Acre.s Growing Crop on Mallee Land. 



It is again satisfactory to note that ten entries were received in this 

 section. There is one feature I would like to draw attention to, and that 

 is the imperative necessity for fallowing. Two competitors (Messrs. W. 

 Krelle and W. Baldwinson) each exhibited a loo-acre crop of wheat. 

 The two crops were sown at the same time on exactly similar land, and 

 are, as a matter of fact, only one chain apart. Mr. Krelle's land had 

 been fallowed, but Mr. Baldwinson 's had not. The results are, in the 

 former case an apparent yield of 15 bushels and in the latter case 8 bushels. 



It is, perhaps, only right to mention that the winning crops were grown 

 on Mallee fringe and not on sandy soil. I would suggest that if a dis- 

 tinction were made between crops grown on Mallee and on Mallee fringe 

 it would not bring those competitors on sandy Mallee land into com- 

 petition with those whose land, though held under a Mallee lease, differs 

 in quality from what is known as true Mallee land. 



