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dressings of blood and bone with sulphate of potash, and the plot dressed 

 with lime. The varieties planted here comprise Cook's _ Favourite, 

 Adirondak, Manistee, and Carman No. 1 and immature and ripe Factors. 

 This area was planted on 20th October, 1915, and on the date of the 

 last inspection the heavier raftes of manuring were showing the best 

 growth. In addition to the variety and manure tests at Kco-wee-rup, 

 an interesting trial is being made between sets having weak buds or 

 sprouts, and sets which develop normally strong sprouts; both of these 

 classes of seed being planted on all the varied manurings. 



Analysis of Koo-wee-eup Soil. 



Parts per 100,000. 



Cashmore Heath, Portland. 

 On the heath country at Cashmore, the potato experiments are being 

 carried out on two classes of soil. One is a grey sandy soil, locally 

 described as " flat " land, and the other is a black, sandy soil, very full 

 of fibre, which is commonly termed " hill " land by the residents of 

 Cashmore Heath. The grey soil is responsive to manures, and yields 

 fairly good crops, but on the hill soil the farmers of the district have, 

 so far, been unable to obtain payable results with any crop, though, as 

 may be seen by comparison of the analyses of the two soils, the difference 

 in their chemical contents is not extreme. 



Analysis of Cashmore Heath 

 Parts per 100,000. 



Flat Land. 



The scheme of manuring as done at Cashmore differs from those at 

 Koo-wee-rup and Leongatha, inasmuch as the effect of liming the soil 

 with 1 ton of agricultural lime per acre has been tried with all manures. 



