lo July, 1909.] 



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work was directly under the control of Mr. S. S. Cameron, M.R.C.V.S., 

 Chief Veterinary Officer of the Stock and Dairy Supervision Branch, 

 and was carried out by the Dairy Supervisors in charge of those districts 

 where the demonstrations were conducted. The results obtained concern- 

 ing the bulk of the plots are now to hand. From a study of them, much 

 may be learned concerning the comparative growth of maize for fodder. 

 No one variety has given such results as would justify a claim for it 

 that it was superior to every other under all conditions and in everv dis- 

 trict. Several varieties, however, have proved their general adaptability 

 to many and varying conditions. On the other hand, several have been 

 found to be of little comparative value for fodder purposes in particular 

 districts. 



ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTAL DEMONSTRAi XO.\ PLOTS. 



Thirteen varieties of seed were made available bv ^Ir. Lee for dis- 

 tribution to the Supervisors ; and these were further supplemented by 



small lots of other varieties obtained by the Supervisors elsewhere - 



making altogether a total of twentv sorts. These were Siblev, Early 

 Yellow Dent, Early Learning, Solomon's Pride, White Horse Tooth, 

 Little Yankee, Boone County Special, Funk's Yellow Dent, Longfellow', 

 Hildreth's Y'ellow Dent, Hickory King, Eclipse, Pride of the North,' 

 Yellow Aloruya, Ninety Day, Reflet, North Western Dent, Blood Red, 

 Sydney Flat Red, Victorian Flat Red. 



Forty-one reports have come to hand, concerning the crops grown in 

 twenty-nine localities, viz.— Malvern. Caulfield. Brighton, Narre^'Warren, 

 Dandenong, Lyndhurst, Monomeith, Yannathan, Caldermeade, Koo' Wee 

 Rup, Clyde, Cranbourne, Gembrook, Warburton, Yarra Glen, Coldstream 

 Mooroolbark, Croydon, Kew, Preston. Yan Yean, Wallan, Broadmeadcws^ 

 Somerton, Tullamarine, Sunbury, Parwan, Werribee. and Little River. 



