10 March, 1917.] yhill Agricultural Society, dsc, Competitions. 173 



Mrs. A. P. Dufty, though not a prize-takei- in this ssction, scored 

 a triumph in beating, with a Mallee crop, many of the other com- 

 petitors. 



All the remaining exhibitors showed fine crops, some of which con- 

 tained too large a number of Dead-heads, which were always worst on 

 late fallow, stubble land, or on lightly-iiiauure applications. Smut was 

 fairly prevalent in a few crops, and a little rust in many; in one or 

 two cases the stalks had been affected, rather badly. 



Maf.lee Section — Best 100 Acres. 



Mrs. A. P. Dufty was easily first here with a beautiful crop of 

 Federation which was level, even, well-filled, and very clean — a crop to 

 be proud of, and one that will yield exceptionally well — an estimate 

 of eleven bags per acre being, I think, under the mark. On this land 

 50 lbs. of super, and 50 lbs. of seed were used, sown in Mav, pickled 

 with bluestone, 2 per cent, solution. 



Nine acres of Penny wheat on this farm compared well with the 

 Federation, and the seed had all been bespoken by neighbouring 

 farmers, which speaks well for this new variety. 



Mr. A. G. Schultz, of Glenlee, came second with a very nice crop 

 of Federation. He uses 60 lbs. of sU|per. and a bushel of seed. He 

 harrowed 20 acres, and was of opinion it improved his crop. 



Mrs. McKenzie's crop was not up to previous years' exhibits. 



Best Fallowed 100 Acres. 



Mr. R. G. Keam, Woorak, wins in this section with a beautiful 

 bit of fallow, on which two teams were just finishing a final touch up. 

 This land had been ploughed once, harrowed twice, and cultivated 

 twice, and was in tip-top ord^r. 



Mr. O. H. Lienert came second with an excellent piece of work, 

 with not quite as good a mulch as the former, and slightly behind in 

 cleanliness. 



Mr. R. Blackwood was third with another fine piece of work which, 

 had it received another stroke of the harrows just previous to inspec- 

 tion, would probably have won. 



Many excellent fallows were seen, the moisture content in all being 

 most satisfactory, due to the wet season. Taken all round, p,plendid 

 work had been done, as the year was all in favour of weeds and wild 

 oats, and the shortage in sheep rendered the cleaning of the fallow 

 still more difficult. Added to this trouble it was not possible to get on 

 to the land at times owing to the exceptional wet weather — the sandy 

 soils scoring in this respect over others. 



Best Crop on 1915 Fallow. 

 Crrip anil Fallow /loints added foriethrr. 



Mr. G. Crouch, Kaniva, comes first in this competition, his crop on 

 this special fallow being very fine — all Federation — while Mr. R. Black- 

 wood, with an equally good crop, comes out on the total third on the 

 list, owing to a rather low percentage of points for his fallow in 1915. 



E. J. Hoffman scored well for his fallow in 1915, but not so well for 

 his crop this year. However, his points balance up well, giving him 

 second .olace in the total. 



