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o'^er, tlie early .so\m plots, by reason of the fact that they get their roots 

 well down into the subsoil Avhile the soil temperatures are congenial, give 

 increased growth, which can be fed off by sheep with advantage during 

 the winter months Avhen feed is so often scarce. 



Fertilizing Tests. 



The permanent fertilizer tests showed evidences of water-logging in 

 parts. Still, the lesson they convey is clear and unmistakable. Super- 

 phosphate, especially of dressings from 1 to 2 cwt., is still showing 

 superiority over all other phosphatic manures. 



Plots treated with lime in quantities ranging from 5 to 10 cwt. per 

 acre, especially when supplemented with 1 cwt. super., are showing up 

 in marked contrast with unlimed sections. 



Nitrogenous fertilizers have shown little effect, j^ossibly owing to the 

 activity of the nitrifying organisms which work so actively in well culti- 

 vated fallows. 



Variety and Selection "Wheat Plots. 



These plots are in reality the testing ground and nursery of the bulk 

 wheat plots, and were next examined. The prolificacy of the bulk wheats 

 cri the farm is kept up by a process of continuous and uninterrupted 

 selection in the smaller variety and selection plots. Seventeen varieties, 

 all of high merit, w^ere here seen growing side by side. The produce 

 from these plots will furnish next season valuable seed to replenish the 

 farm stocks, and will ultimately be distributed among farmers as select 

 bred seed. 



Other Plots. 



Green manurial and feeding off tests were sho"\ving the same differ- 

 ences as were noticeable on the permanent rotation field. The effect of 

 the prior treatment with forage crops on the present season's wheat is 

 remarkable. 



Among many other features of interest were plots of selected malting 

 and feeding barleys, oat varieties, and eight different varieties of peas. 



Sheep. 



Sheep men manifested interest in crossbred lambs sired by Suff'olk, 

 Shropshire, and Southdown rams, and a useful comparison as to their 

 relative merits was thereby illustrated. 



Afternoon Tea. 



On returning to the woolshed, from where a start was made, every 

 one was ready to accept the hospitality of the Department at afternoon 

 tea, and it was tbor(Jug]ily enjoyed. 



The Speeches. 



Mr. P. J. Moloney, ^I.TI.Ti., stated tliat it had been a pleasure to him 

 to accej>t tlie Minister for Agriculture's invitation to be present that day. 

 He had given up anotlicr engagement to attend, and felt that he had 

 been niov(^ than repaid. Tt had lieen an afternoon of instruction and a 



