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MAIZE FOR FODDER-LAST SEASON'S RESULTS. 



I.— IX THE BALLARAT DISTRICT. 



A. J. Ross. Dairy Supervisor. 



The crop of maize shown in photograpli was planted on the 23rd day 

 of December, 1909, mider my supervision. It is on Mrs. J. Hartley's 

 dairy farm, Ballarat. The land was a mixture of grey soil and quartz 

 gravel, which was ploughed the full depth to the subsoil, about 6 inches, 

 early in the spring and worked up to a very fine tilth. The previous crop 

 had been barley, rye, and tares mixed. The plot was liberally supplied 

 with cow-yard manure, this being supplemented by superphosphate at the 

 rate of i cwt. per acre, \\ hich was sown in the plough furrfnv with the seed 

 3 inches deep in every third furrow and 30 inches apart. 



I TO RIGHT. HICKORY KING ; T TO 2. ECLIPSE ; AND 2 TO 3. VKLLOW DENT. 



The seed was sown at the rate of half a bushel per acre. \Vhen we 

 finished sowing the land was well harrowed and worked down to a fine 

 tilth to conserve the moisture in the soil. The seed germinated quickly and 

 when about 3 inches overground was hand hoed, and at different stages of 

 its growth the intertillage was attended to with the hand hoe till a height 

 of 4 feet was reached. 



The photograph was taken on the 26th March, 93 days from date of 

 planting. The average height of the different varieties were : — Hickory 



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