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Journal of Agriculture. 



[lo April, 1909. 



food, there is deterioration ; if there is no attention paid to the selection 

 of pure seed, there must follow degeneracy. It is perfectly true that 

 on account of climatic influences and through unmethodical management, 

 seeds deteriorate, that the product of to-day may not be that of to- 

 morrow. But the necessity for adopting means of change for the better is 

 obvious. The undoubted conclusion is that greater attention ought to be 

 paid to the conversion of material raised from the soil into valuable 

 form, thereby stimulating production and adding to che proceeds of in- 

 dustry. The wealth from this source to the State can scarcely be 

 estimated. 



7. (14) NORTH WESTERN DENT, 4 FEET; (15 AND 16) BOONE COUNTY 

 SPECIAL, 9 FEET. 



Mr. Wm. Young's farm of i8 acres, situated at Tooronga-road, 

 Malvern, is a striking illustration of keeping the land in good heart. 

 Twenty -five years ago this particular farm was carrying a good growth 

 of lx>x gum and i>eppermint scrub, and the first crop of oats sown was 

 a failure. The land has been continually cultivated and two crops taken 

 off it Yearly without a spell. Instead of the soil becoming poorer and 

 jjoorer each year, the land to-day, by the judicious system adopted by 

 Mr. Young of always growing a rotation of crops, has a wealth of 

 available plant food, good ph\sica1 condition, and capacity for holding 

 moisture and grows such magnificent crops as shown m photographs i to 

 8 wliich were taken on the 23rd Jaiuiary of the current year. 



These good results have l)een brought about by replacing the plant 

 food removed from the soil by continuous cropping. This has been 

 done bv the application of farm vard manure conserved on the premises, 

 l>y the use of ploughing in green crops, the rotation of crops, and by 

 the application of blood manure. When plont\' of farm yard manure 

 is not available, the quirkest way to ])ut land in good heart and in- 

 crease the organic contents of the soil, and improve its phvsical con- 

 dition, is by the system of ploughing in green leguminous crops, such 



