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Abundance. — This variety is considerably later in season than Algerian. 

 It is medium coarse stemmed, and has white, fairly stout grain. It should 

 be sown early and fairly thickly for hay, and is only suitable for cold 

 districts. 



Abundance. 



TV/u'£e Tartarian. — This is the only one of the side-bearing varieties 

 worthy of special mention. It has given excellent results on the Northern 

 Tableland for both hay and grain. It is supposed to be very bitter, and 

 not so palatable as other varieties, particularly if cut on the green side. It 

 is late in maturing, has a good length of straw, and a long, thin, white grain. 

 This variety is particularly suitable for late planting on the tablelands. 

 Excellent crops of hay are obtained on the Northern Tablelands from 

 sowings made as late as the end of August. 



Mulga (recently Cowra No. 25) is a selection from Sunrise oats, made at 

 Cowra in 1915. The young growth is erect and sparse, and the leaves of 

 medium breadth, glaucous, and not dark green. It heads a few days before 



