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No 10. — Shows the same crop taken on 4th March. Height 9 ft. 

 6 in. Weight 35 tons. 



No. II.- — Shows plot grown on Mr. A. G. Xinnis' farm at East Malvern. 

 This soil is stiff, light, grey, clay subsoil, with a sloping northerly aspect. 

 The land was very roughlv worked, owing to the short time at Mr. Ninnis' 



disposal between the cutting of the previous crop of oats and the planting 

 of the maize, and the results obtained under these circumstances 

 reflect great credit on Mr. Ninnis, junioT, who kepi the ground well cared 

 for and free from weeds. No. i in the picture shows the Longfellow 

 variety. This seed was sown in drills 3 feet apart, 4 inches deep, and 



