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Journal of Agriculture. 



[lo March, 1909. 



Plate No. I shows a Zante currant grafted on to Rupestris metallica 

 (Cape) which was planted as a cutting (as thick as a straw) in August, 

 1903, and vineyard grafted in October, 1906. The second illustration 

 represents a Zante currant grafted on to Riparia gloire. The stock was 

 planted as a cutting in August, 1903, and grafted in the vinevard during 

 October. too6. 



ZANTE CURRANT ON kUAkiA GLOIRE. 



In the same vineyard, are Sultana vines grafted on resistant stocks, 

 as well as the same variety on its own roots. These vines are all doing 

 very well. Although Mildura is supposed to be the home of the Sultana 

 in Victoria, INIr. Nash has certainly proved that it can be successfully 

 grown on the Broken River. He has vines of this varietv that for their 

 age are as good as any I have seen. Had they been irrigated this 

 season thev would have been even better. 



RAPE AS A CATCH CROP. 



H. TF. Ham, Sheep Expert. 



Catch crops, as the name implies, convev the impression that there is 

 an element of chance existing about them. There are very few farmers 

 who can expect a catch crop to pay them. Only in areas of our heaviest 

 rainfall are they to be advocated, and only then under certain conditions. 



A catch crop is usually sown among the stubbles and cultivated in, 

 or, in some soils, harrowed in. If rain comes through the summer in 

 sufficient quantity it will prove serviceable for putting the finishing touch 

 on sheep and lambs that have not been quite good enough before, but 

 considering that this is the time of year that mutton is cheapest, it is not 

 usually found very profitable. It pays best when the paddock sown is 

 intended to be left out through the winter, readv for spring fallowing. 



