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The Wohum Field Experiments, 1912. 



acre, " Square Head's Master " 29*5 bushels, and the other 

 three 24-25 bushels, while the single plot of " Wilhelmina " 

 yielded 27*5 bushels per acre. There was no striking feature 

 about the straw, but, on the valuing of the grain, " Square 

 Head's Master " came out rather the best, the grain being fairly 

 well matured, while the " Little Joss " was described as " a 

 useful wheat, but lacking the ' bloom ' and condition of the 

 ' Square Head's Master.' " The " Wilhelmina " corn was the 

 poorest, and useless for milling. 



On the whole, these experiments speak very well for "Little 

 Joss," although its superiority to the local variety " Square 

 Head's Master," either in regard to yield of corn or straw, or 

 quality of grain, has not been made out. Nor would the 

 acclimatisation of the French wheat ("Sensation") seem to 

 have materially improved it. 



Vaeieties of Lucerne. — Stackyard Field. 



The details of the sowing of these are given in last year's 

 Report (Journal R.A.S.E., Vol. 72, 1911, page 398), the diflPerent 

 varieties having been sown in the spring of 1911, one half of 

 each in a barley crop, the other half without a covering crop. 

 As then mentioned, the plots sown without crop looked, after 

 harvest, distinctly better than those put in under barley, 

 though the plots were not so clean. Of the different varieties 

 the two American ones seemed the best, and then the Canadian. 

 The plots were hoed January 3-17, 1912, but frost, coming 

 then, pinched the lucerne a good deal. On i\.pril 10, a dressing 

 of 4 cwt. per acre of superphosphate and 5 cwt. per acre of 

 rape dust was given. The lucerne grew fairly, and on August 

 7 it was cut and made into hay, being carted and weighed 

 August 15-16. The weights are given in Table VIII. 



Table VIII. — Varieties of Lucerne (Stackyard Field). 



Produce of Hay per acre, 1912. 



The first point that comes out prominently is that the 

 produce all round was nearly doublet! by sowing the lucerne 

 " bare." Next, as between the diti'erent varieties, the Russian 

 (Europe) lucerne gave far and away the largest crop, the 



