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Ji)iiriial of Agricultur c 



J o June, 1910, 



King (from Xo. i to the right in illustration). 10 ft. 6 in. ; Eclip.se (i to 2),. 

 9 ft. ; Yellow Dent (2 to 3). 8 ft. 6 in. 



Hickory King shows a very prolific growth of green succulent foliage 

 with tRree and four stools from each seed and two and three cobs on each 

 stalk. A patch of this strij) was weighed and calculated to give a return 

 of 33 tons of green fodder per acre. Eclipse stooled out three and four 

 •Stalks to the .seed and a heavy profusion of green succulent foliage 

 and thick heavy stalks, well cobbed. This crop worked out at 

 28 tons per acre. Yellow Dent grew to a height of 8 ft. 6 in. with 

 |)lenty of green leaf and a heavy stalk. It stooled out fairly well and 

 had two and three stalks, with large full cobs, to the majority of seeds. 

 Estimated weight nf this varietv. 2^ tons per acr* . 



HICKORY KING. » FEET HIGH. AT THE B \LL.\RAT HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE. 



The maize crop is being chaffed and fed to the cows, the balanced 

 ration being made up of bran and good hay chaff. Mr. Green, the 

 manager, informs me that he can always increase the supply of milk by 

 a lil)eral supplv of green maize. Besides, the herrl are in better health, and 

 it minimizes the risk of impaction when the pastures are dry. 



A cro]) of barley, rye, and tares, and a strip of Chou Moellii-r. were 

 sown directly .some of the maize had been cur out 



Hv intense culture of her small area of land the owner has a fairly 

 constant supply of green succulent fodder for feeding the dairy herd. 

 Mr. Green is very pleased with our combined efforts, and intends in future 

 to cult'ivate the land and .sow the crop under similar conditions. 



The following dairymen, in the Ballarat district, have grown maize 

 successfully in the past season, viz.. P. Rettallack, E. Whiteley, A. Kenny, 



