10 April, ]919.j M' heal Variety and Mo nurial Trials. 21" 



Il.-KE8Ui;rS OF WHEAT VARIETY AND MANURIAL 

 TRIALS, SEASON UUSll). 



J 11 addition to tlio results of variety and nianurial trials Avith wheat 

 l)ublished in the ]\Iareh issue of the Joiii-nal. the results of further 

 experiments, including comparative tests of new crossbred wheats 

 against selected standard varieties, rate of seeding tests, &c., are now 

 available. 



Longerenong Experiment Field. 



Selection Tests, 1918. 



The seed was sown, on 12th June, on well-worked fallow, at the rate 

 of one bushel to the acre, and with 1 cwt. sui)erphosphate. Six inches of 

 rain fell during the growing period of the crop. 



Results. 



Bnslii la per .loic. 



New Crossbred, C4allipuli .. .. .. .. ..4.5*8 



Federatioa (selected) .. .. .. .. .. 41"1 



Federation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 38"2 



Major .. .. .. .. .. .. ..38-1 



New Crossbred, Fode ratio a X Y. Kin ii (1:?) .. .. .. SS'l 



New Crossbred, Bobs x Federation (740) . . . . . . 35"6 



New Crossbred, Bobs x Federation (8) . . . . . . . . 34*8 



New Crossbred. Grraham .. .. .. .. .. 34"6 



Yandilla Kincr .. .. .. .. .. ..34-6 



New Crossbred, 196f A i; .. .. .. .. .. 34"."» 



New Crossbred, lOGnB . . . . . . . . . . 34'3 



Colleoe Eclipse .. .. .. .. .. .. 34"3 



New Crossbred, Redilla .. .. .. .. .. 33'8 



New Crossbred, Stanley X Y. King .. .. .. .. 33'0 



Currawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 ' 6 



New Crossbred, Stanley \- Bobs (78a) .. .. .. ..31-7 



Dart's .. .. .. .. .. .. ..31-1 



Minister .. .. .. .. .. .. ..29 4 



New Crossbred, Thewx Ciub (.1042) .. .. .. ..23-4 



Mac's White .. .. .. .. .. .. 22-9 



The heavy yield of the new ci-ossbred, Gallipoli, and the enhanced 

 yield of Federation, as a result of .systematic selection, are the most 

 striking features. The officer in charge of the plots, Mr. I. Tulloh. 

 reports that Major, Eedilla, and Minister Avere affected by the dry 

 weather in early spring. An excellent example of the relatively high 

 yielding power of barley as compared with Avheat, when both are soAvn 

 on well-worked fallow in the Wimmera, is afforded by comparing the 

 above tests with adjacent plots of .selected barleys. These results are 

 typical of those obtained for a number of years past. 



