764 Journal of Agriculture, Victoria. [15 Dec, 1919. 



The second heifer inentioued, " Ruby," ex " Pearl " (" Pearl " ex 

 "Gemmy") ex "Alee of Willow Vale," after being six weeks in milk 

 yielded 70 gallons of milk, with an average test of 4.1 for the month, 

 'fudging by the returns from tliese heifers, it appears, that they are 

 going to uphold the butter-fat producing reputation of their -ancestry 

 on the sire's" side. 



Sheep. — Two hundred lambs havt bef'i, shorn; 130 have bee. i left 

 unshorn, as it is intended to sell them, but the market is so 

 uiwc-ertain that they may have to be shorn and held to a later date. "Wool 

 from flock ewes was appraised on 25th, and realized up to 18id. per 

 lb., the lowest price for fleece wool being 15d. per lb. for Leicester. 



Wenners were grazed on experimental feeding te.--!s consisting of 

 2 acres of peas. Fifty-one were put on and grazed for twenty-one day.s. 

 Avhen they showed an increase of 4.5 lbs. per head, live weight, thi* 

 being considerably less proportionately than the gain 6.9 lbs. per head 

 made on Wimmera rye grass, a much smaller area upon which the,y were 

 grazed for twelve days only. 



Siviroe. — There are 36 pigs still on hand. Eight of those most 

 forward are being prepared for Christmas market on 15th December. 



Additions to sties are being pushed on with, and feeding tests will 

 be commenced at an early date. 



EXPERIMENTAL WORK. 



The officer in charge of the Experiment Field reports that harve.stiug 

 operations commenced with the cutting of flax and the stripping of 

 early-sown wheat, as well as oats and barley crops. Linseed is also 

 being stripped. Fields in all cases exceeded our most sanguine expec- 

 tations, as the following figures indicate: — 

 Field No. 3.— 



Early sown wheats. — 



Federation, 46 bushel^s per acre. 

 College King, 46 bushels per acre. 

 Marshalls, 43 bushels per acre. 

 Late sown wheat. — - 



Federation, 33 bushels per acre. 

 Flax.— 



No manure. — - 



Height, 22 inches. \ r r 



Yield, 1,450 lbs. per acre. f "^'^ "'^'''• 

 Bor:e and superphosphntes. — 



Height, 28 inches. } j. , 



' Yield, 3,000 lbs. per acre, j" ^" ^^^'^''^■ 

 As has been shown in the past, for this district early sowing and heavy 

 dressings of phosphatic manure are highly profitable, no matter 

 whether the season be extremely dry, like the present (12.53 points of 

 rain for the year), or excessively wet. Only in those plots where 

 nitrogenous manure has been used is there any evidence of burning 

 noticeable. 



Ci^LTUR.vL Operations. 

 The following areas have been jjloughed up in readiness for 

 seeding: — Four-acre silage plot at nortli end of No. 2 field; plot.« which 

 were cut for silage in No. 1 field ; and .ill feeding-off areas. 



