73- 



Journal of Agriculture. 



[lo Nov., 1909. 



F. GoocH, Leongatha. 



Manure Dressings per Acre. — Same as Broadford. 



Cheltenham Plot Experiments. 



The questions to which the experiments on this plot were expected to 

 supply an answer were : — - 



1. Which is the most suitable early and main crop variety to grow for the 

 metropolitan market? 



2. What effect on the yield has sprouting the seed in trays, and what is the 

 •appro.ximate cost per acre of sprouting seed ? 



3. W'hich variety handles best when sprouted ? 



4. Does spraving check disease, and what effect has it on the yield ? 



5. What is the most profitable (juantily of stable manure per acre, and which 

 is the most suitable combination of stable and artificial manures? 



I. Included in the test were the following well known varieties: — 

 Early Rose, Fox's Seedling, Lapstone Kidney, and Windsor Castle. The 

 whole of these may be classed as failures, as some did not produce an\ 

 tubers large enough for market. The field was planted in two sections , 

 No. I on 3rd August, with unsprouted .seed, and No. 2 on i8th September 

 with sprouted seed. 



