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basic slag has transformed this poor, natural pasture into grazing land 

 equal to that of the Western District or Gippsland." The sight of the 

 dense mat of clovers and trefoils on the plot treated with 1 cwt. of 

 super, and 10 cwt. of lime, as compared with the paucity of herbage on 

 the untreated plot, will long live in the memory of those who had the 

 privilege of witnessing it. 



This demonstration was one of the most convincing of the afternoon, 

 and was a general topic of conversation subsequently. The bearing of 

 this experiment as a profitable business proposition can hardly be exag- 

 gerated. It means that by the addition of a few hundredweight of 

 super., supplemented with an application of lime, millions of acres of 

 naturally poor grazing country in the north-east would be enhanced in 

 value, and the stock-carrying capacity increased almost beyond belief. 



Stud Cereals. 

 Great interest was manifested in the stud cereal section, which was 

 really a nursery where new cereal creations were being evolved. 



Plots showing method of Testing the Yielding Capacity of Varieties of Wheat, 



Rutherglen State Farm. 



Here could be seen, in all stages of development, crossbred wheats of 

 gieat promise. The long, square, compact heads of some of the new 

 crossbred wheats appealed to the farmers with convincing force. A cross 

 of Indian F. on Federation looked particularly well, and compared more 

 than favorably with Federation plots groAvn alongside as checks. 



The study of this section was greatly added to by a blackboard 

 demonstration and lecturette by Mr. Richardson, explaining how wheats 

 are crossed and the results of the crossing, and a practical demonstration 

 by Mr. T. M. Whelan, the wheat expert, showing how the pollen was 

 transferred from one wheat to another. 



Soil Temperature and Evaporation Tests. 



In railed enclosure was an array of meteorological instruments, and 

 the bearing of soil temperatures, evaporation, and transportation tests 

 on ordinary farm practice was concisely demonstrated. The water 



