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nofc so marked. One plot was treated with sulphate of potash in addi- 

 tion to super., and another with sulphates of ammonia and potash as 

 well. No marked difference could be noticed between these plots, and 

 an adjoining one to which super, alone had been applied. In a season 

 like this the nitrifying organisms in the soil are very vigorous, parti- 

 larly in well-worked fallows, and nitrogenous manures have little effect 

 on the crop. Liming did not appear to have influenced the grain 

 yield, but it promoted a dense growtli of straw. No conclusive evi- 

 dence of the relative value of these different manures will be available 

 till thesis plots are harvested. 



In ths variety 'wheat trials a number of different wheat were growing 

 side by side to compare their progress under our conditions. They in- 

 cluded Federation, Yandilla King, Marshall's, Dart's, Imperial, Com- 

 monwealth, Currawa, Bayah, Penny, Gluyas, King's Early, College 

 Eclipse, American 8. All these wheat looked well, Penny being pro- 



View of Brooder House and Laying Shed (Open Shed System), 

 Wyuna State Farm. 



minent. This wheat, it was stated, has given good results in de- 

 partmental trials. It has a nice head, with plump grain. Other 

 varieties attracting attention were Currawa and Dart's Imperial, and 

 these looked very well in the bulk plots also. This latter wheat shows 

 a fine growth of straw, with well filled heads. Other bulk plots in- 

 cluded Commonwealth, Yandilla King, and there was to be seen a par- 

 ticularly fine bulk crop of Federation, very level and uniform, and free 

 from foreign heads. Two varieties pointed out as suitable for late 

 sowing were Gluyas and King's Early, which are early maturing wheats, 

 grown in large quantities in South Australia and the Victorian Mallee. 

 The rate of seeding and early and late sowing tests occupied twelve 

 plots. All had similar amounts of manure, but six were sown at the 

 end of April, and six in the middle of June, at the rates of 30, 45, 60, 

 75, 90, and 120 lbs. per acre. The amount of grain harvested from 

 each plot will be an index to the most profitable rate of sowing. One 



