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JoumaJ of Agriculture, Victoria. 



10 May. 1919. 



superseded by tliat of flooding the new well-graded lands between the 

 check banks. 



A picture taken at Vallence's comer, in the Main-street, and shown 

 on page 290 is of more than passing interest. The acre-block of 

 lucerne in the foreground, showing such splendid growth, is without 



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A Portion of " Broadlands." 



'■ Broadlands " No. 3 Farm. 



direct irrigation of any kind, being maintained in its luxuriant con- 

 dition possibly either by underground spring or soakage. Carefully 

 managed paddocks in the Bacchus Marsh district usually produce from 

 five to six tons of dried lucerne hay to the acre each year, the life of the 

 " stand " varying according to the treatment the paddock receives and, 

 in some instances, to its situation. Occasional lucerne paddocks here 

 have produced fair crops for nearly forty years; but such cases are 



