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horses without being chaffed. The crop was irrigated weekK- bv watei- 

 from the main, water being distributed by rubber hose with nozzle. 



This is Mr. Kidd's first attempt at growing maize for fodder and lie 

 is naturally pleased with his success, especially as sand from the deep 

 mines was always looked upon as being barren and worthless. I advised 

 Mr. Kidd to- try sowing in drills 3 feet apart next season and to use half 

 a bushel of seed per acre instead of four bushels." 



Best Varieties for the North-East. 



Mr. G. Mahy, of Leneva, via Wodonga, writes — " Of the ten varieties of 

 maize I received from the Department, two are warthv of mention, viz., 

 Hildreth's Yellow Dent and Boone County Special. Both are enormous 

 grain producers, but Hildreth's Yellow Dent has the advantage of being 

 much more drought resistant. Although the past summer was drv, the 

 latter was 11 feet high and yielded 70 bushels of grain per acre. It was 

 .grown on old cultivation land without manure and irrigation. 



I have experimented with o^ver twenty of the best known varieties and 

 I can sav that, for fodder crops and grain in the north-east, there is no 

 maize to equal Hildreth's Yellow Dent. I trust that the merits of this 

 variety will l>e made known to dairymen and maize growers, as most of 

 them still try to grow the old out-of-date sorts with the result that gene- 

 rally their crops are failures." 



YIELD OF RECONSTITUTED VINEYARD AT THE 

 VITICULTLTRAL COLLEGE, RUTHERGLEN. 



G. H. Adcock, F.L.S., Princifal. 



Owing to the ravages of phylloxera in several of the viticultural areas 

 -of our State, the question of the reconstitution of vineyards is a most 

 important one. At the present time many of the smaller growers are 

 hesitating to re-plant on account of the' widely-spread but erroneous 

 •opinions regarding the utility of these stocks in 'resisting the effects of 

 phylloxera, and also with regard to the probable yield of grapes, and the 

 character of the resulting wine. As an ounce of practice is worth a pound 

 •of theory it has been deemed advisable to give the actual results obtained 

 •during the recent vintage at the College vinevard. 



To shoiw the value of reconstitution on the American resistant stocks, 

 somewhat extensive experiments have been carried out. Some vears ago, 

 under the direction of the writer, selections of the more important winei 

 table, and drying varieties were grafted on each of the stocks then known 

 in Victoria. The results were very interesting and instructive. Just 

 before vintage the vines in these plots were criticallv examined by Mr. H. 

 Wilkinson, foreman at the 'College, Mr. H. Snook, nurservman, and 

 myself. We assessed the value of each variety individuallv. ' When, on 

 <;omparing notes, we found that our verdict, arrived at independently, was 

 not unanimous, we most carefully determined on points, the value of 

 the par^cular stock in question. " This plot has been most educational, 

 and has_ elicited the highest praise from visitors from our own and other 

 ■States, including men whose practical experience entitles them to speak 

 with authority on viticultural subjects. 



Besides these tests a commencement was made to re-establish the vine- 

 yard. On the very site where vines destroyed bv. or dving with, the pest 



