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and Up-to-Date. Immature seed of each of these varieties was secured 

 out of the growing crop at Leongatha last year, while the ripe seed of 

 each was dug out of the same crops after ripening. 



Section 6 has been planted with thirty-eight different varieties, most 

 of which are commonly cultivated in the State, in order that these may 

 be compared in piolificacy, quality, &c., the one against the other. 

 Data will be collected from this section as to the habits and period of 

 maturation of each variety, for the purpose of classification. All of the 

 seed used in this test was saved from the crop at Leongatha last year. 



Section 7 is given over to the further testing of the new varieties 

 raised by this Department from seed supplied by Dr. Wilson, of St. 

 Andrew's University, Scotland, and is now being grown for the fourth 

 year. Last year over 130 of these seedlings were planted, out of which 

 about thirty have been retained for this season's trial. From these it 

 is confidently expected that some new varieties may be produced which 

 will be worthy of inclusion amongst the varieties grown commercially 

 in Victoria. Planting at Leongatha was finished on 18th November, 

 1^5, the lateness of the spring having retarded the preparatory cultiva- 

 tion work. Though the crop is scarcely midway through the season at 

 the time of writing, there is a marked difference in the portions 

 differently treated as regards manures and seed control, the most notable 

 being (a) in favour of immature seed as against ripe seed; and (h) the 

 promise of greater yields given by the heavier dressings of manure in 

 proportion of the weight of these dressings. 



An interesting fact in regard to the section on which depth of plant- 

 ing tests are being conducted is that the planting (8 inches) at the end 

 of the first six weeks compared but poorly against the shallower depths 

 of planting, while, the improvement was steadily progressive from the 

 8-inch depth to the shallowest depth. 



Analysis of Leongatha Soil. 



Parts per 100,000. 



KoO-WEE-RUP. 



_ At Koo-wee-rup, 2 acres have been given to experimental work, and 

 this area has been divided into twenty sections, seventeen of which have 

 been treated differently with regard to manuring, the details of which 

 may be seen on the plan. In designing this experiment, it was decided 

 that the majority of the plots would be treated with manures, costing 

 approximately 21s. per acre, the exceptions to this being the heavier 



