466 



Journal of Agriculture, Victoria. [10 Aug., 1916. 



Nothing could be more convincing in proving the super-efficiency of 

 immature seed as compared to ripe seed. The limit of argument shovild 

 be reached when the subject is discussed in money values. 



This result confirms the result of last year's demonstration, and con- 

 firms the result obtained in every case where immature and ripe seed 

 are tried together. 



It is gratifying to know that some of the leading growers in the 

 State have adopted the practice of using immature seed and it should 

 only be a matter of time before the rank and file have the superior 

 worth of this class of seed driven home to them with sufficient force to 

 cause them to follow the lead. There is no risk about the matter, it is 

 beyond the experimental stage, it is a hard and definite fact that im- 

 mature seed must be used if the heaviest crops are to be produced. 



Section 6. — Variety Tests. 



The following are the varieties which yielded the heaviest crops at 

 Leongatha this season : — 



White Elephant 



Windsor Castle 



Carman I 



Sutton's Abundance 



Black Prince . . 



Up-to-date 



Factors 



Brown River . . 



Peach Bloom . . 



Gold Coin 



Section 7. — New Varieties. 



This year thirty-eight new varieties were tested. These were grown 

 from seed supplied to this Department by Dr. Wilson, of ,St. Andrew's 

 University, Scotland. Out of the thirty-eight sixteen produced crops of 

 over 5 tons to the acre, and it is intended to further propagate these, 

 and make the best of them available to- growers. There are a number 

 of them which give promise of being well worthy of inclusion amongst 

 the varieties commercially grown in this State. 



KOO=WEE=RUP. 



At this centre an area of 2 acres was devoted to experimental work 

 in the field cropping of potatoes. These were planted on 21st October, 

 1915. The objectives in this case were: — 



1. Manurial tests. 



2. Prolificacy of different varieties. 



3. Normal seed versus weak seed. 



4. Immature v. ripe seed. 



The results obtained from the different manures at Koo-wee-rup 

 varied in such an irregular manner as to render them of no value, 

 therefore space will not be given to their tabulation. The only conclusion 

 that could be drawn from them is that the fertility of the soil on the area 

 planted varied, for some reason or other, to such an evtent as to prevent 

 the effect of the various dressings being distinguishable. The crops .pro- 

 duced in sections 1, 3, and 4 are of some value, as these tests extended 

 over all manures, and the results are therefore reported here. 



