138 Journal of Agriculture, Victoria. [10 March, 1919. 



Comments on No, 1. 



Mr. Reiclielt's crop was mainly Penny, but a little Federation win- 

 :4liown. The crop was time to type, dense and level, and will yield 

 heavily. As a show crop it left nothing to be desired; the only fault 

 that could be detected was the presence of a little flag smut. The treat- 

 ment of the fallow on which this crop was grown has been previously 

 discussed. The sowing was made in May and early June, at the rate 

 of one bushel to the acre, and with 50 lb. of super. The fact that the 

 crop had been put in reasonably early, and that the fallow had been 

 well prepared, stood it in good stead this season. The cultivator-drill, 

 which performs the work of scarifying and drilling, enabled Mr. 

 "Reichelt, this year, to concentrate on seeding operations the moment 

 weather conditions became favorable; but the use of this drill in the 

 hands of any one less thorough than Mr. Reichelt will not prove an 

 advantage if it be used to supersede legitimate cultivation. The crop 

 was not fed off to sheep. 



Mr. C. Reichelt's First Prize Crop of Penny. 



Llie second and third crops, both of wbich will also yield heavily, 

 were grown on summer fallow. Mr. Blackwood, the winner of last 

 year's competition, again showed a very creditalsle crop comprising 

 Penny, Fedei^ation, and a variety called Leatherhead, which has a taking 

 appearance, though the head is lax in character. It is tall, said to make 

 satisfactory hay, besides giving good yields of a dark shotty grain. The 

 preparation of the fallow on which tJiese crops were grown was as 

 follows: — In March the land was ploughed to a depth of 5 inches, the 

 dbject being to completely bury the remains of burnt stulbbles and thus 

 insure their complete decay and thorough incorporation into the soil. 

 The harrows were applied immediately after ploughing. At the end 

 of June and July the paddock was cultivated with a skim plough, from 

 which the mouldboards had been removed, with the object of cutting 

 weeds and at the same time stirring the soil to a depth of 2.^ to ^ inches 

 without disturbing the existing arrangement of tihe soil layers. It was 

 then harrowed; subsequently during the spring it was twice spring- 

 toothed while weeds were small. After the first autumn rain it was 

 given anoljhGr light epring-toothing: it was scarified and drilled in mid- 



