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Journal of Agriculture, Victoria. [10 Aug., 19" 



These results give a glaring example of the effectiveness of manuring 

 on this class of soil. In order that this may be the more clearly demon- 

 strated the following tabulation of the net cash increases in the value 

 of the crop under the various manurings is given: — (Rate per ton £5). 



Table Showing Cash Increases Per Acre Due to Manuring. 



Sulphate of Potash 

 Blood, 1 cwt. Sulphate o 



1. No Manure 



2. 4| tons Stable Manure 



3. 4 cwt. Potato Manure 



4. 4 cwt. Blood 



5. 4 cwt. Blood and Bone 



6. 4 cwt. Blood and Bone, 1 cwt 



7. 2 cwt. Basic Phosphate, 2 cwt 



Potash . . 



8. No Manure 



9. 6 cwt. Super. 



10. 4 cwt. Super., 1 cwt. Sulphate of Ammonia, 1 



phate of Potash . . 



11. 4 cwt. Super., 1 cwt. Sulphate of Ammonia 



12. 4 cwt. Super., 1 cwt. Sulphate of Potash 



13. 4 cwt. Super., 1 cwt. Sulphate of Ammonia, 



phate of Potash . . 



14. No Manure 



side bv 



lbs. 



Section 2. — Variety Tests. 



Six varieties subjected to the same treatment were grown 

 side. These produced the recorded weights: — 



tons cwt. 

 Brownell's Beauty 

 Up-to-date 

 Sutton's Abundance 

 Scruffle 



Clark's Main Crop 

 Early Norther. . 



All of these turned out a fine sample, and were clean and free from 

 disease. 



Section 3. — Immature v. Ripe Seed. 



As at Leongatha. 'and Koo-wee-rup the Cashmore test of these two 

 classes of seed was strong in its proof of the profitableness of using 

 immature seed. The variety used was Sutton's Abundance, grown last 

 season at Leongatha. 



The crop resulting was: — 



Immature Seed 

 Ripe Seed 



Increase, due to Immature Seed 



Per Aero, 

 tons cwt. lbs. 

 .5 13 14 



2 5 



3 8 14 



This expressed in money means that every acre grown from immature 

 seed under the Cashmore conditions of 1915-16 (with potatoes at ,£5 

 per ton) would be worth £17 Is. 3d. more than that grown from ripe 

 seed — fcurely enough evidence of its value to induce growers to us6 it. 



