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SOIL STERILISING EXPERIMENT. 



Wheat after Barley. Long Hoos Field, 1918. 



Note.— Dressings on sawdust applied November 2nd, 1917. on Barley Stubble and ploughed in at once. 

 These plots were top dressed as farm, viz. I cwt. Sulph. Amm., 1§ cwt. Super, per acre. 



MISCELLANEOUS EXPERIMENTS. 



Barley. Hoos Field. Leguminous Strips, 1918, 1919, 1920. 



1918. 



1919. 



Description 



of 



Plot. 



Manuring 

 per Acre. 



Dressed 

 Grain. 



After 

 Lucerne ... 



After 



Red Clover 



After 

 Alsike 



iBush. 



:l per 

 il Acre. 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel 



lbs. 



[Sulphate Amm. 



j l| cwt. 



1 S. Amm. l^cwt. 



i Super. 3 cwt. 



/Sulphate Amm. 



1 1^ cwt. 



1 S.Amm. l^cwt.; 



I Super. 3 cwt. 



[Sulphate Amm. 



I 1^ cwt. 



^j S.Amm. l^cwt.; 



I Super. 3 cwt. 



201 

 27-4 

 194 

 229 

 17-5 

 21-4 



Straw 



per I 

 Acre. I 



Total I 

 Pr'ducej 



Dressed 

 Grain. 



cwts 



.1 lbs. jAcre. 



55-3 

 548 

 54-8 

 54-4 

 54-2 

 538 



107 

 111 

 9-5 

 91 

 8'5 

 87 



2340 

 2777 

 2170 

 2282 

 1930 

 2185 



Weighi 



per 

 Bushe 



lbs. 



158 

 184 

 12-5 

 16'1 

 10'6 

 154 



531 

 541 

 533 

 546 

 53-6 

 54 



Straw 



per 



Acre. 



cwts. 



79 

 80 

 69 

 6-6 

 6-7 

 68 



Total 



Pr'duce 



per 



Acre. 



lbs. 



1790 

 1939 

 1493 

 1651 

 1375 

 1621 



1920. 



Dressed 

 Grain. 



Bus„.|Wei.h. 

 Jl^l I Bushel 



Acre. 



lbs. 



528 

 532 

 531 

 52-3 

 534 

 521 



Straw 



per 

 Acre. 



cwts. 



205 

 200 

 159 

 161 

 15-8 

 186 



Total 



Pr'duc( 



per 



Acre. 



lbs. 



3837 

 4799 

 2719 

 3630 

 2657 

 4116 



Leguminous crops ploughed in November, 1911. For crop yields, see previous Reports. 

 In 1915 the land was fallow; in 1916 and 1917, barley with clover: no separate weighings 



were kept, however. 



Mangolds. Long Hoos Field, 1919. 



