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in other paddocks, which had undorgone like treatment, showed how base- 

 less was this fear. 



After a glance was had of the field where beet seed is being raised for use 

 at Maffra, the area devoted to the cultivation of flax was visited. On the 

 36 flax plots experiments are being made to test the influence of fertilizers, 

 the rate of seeding, the time of sowing, and the effect of irrigation on flax 

 when grown for fibre and seed purposes. 



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Farmers viewing herd of Red Poll cattle grazing on lucerne. 



Top-dressing lucerne Avith 2 cwt, of phosphates, Farmers' 

 Field Day, Werribee. 



The permanent fertilizer plots told their own story, and the green manurial 

 area was the scene and theme of a lecturette by Mr. Richardson, in the course 

 of which he made the interesting statement that in the first grazing from 

 Algerian oats this year a return of £2 per acre was obtained. 



