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293. Relative Yields of Breeds in Natal. — The following chap. 



report on breed tests carried on at Cedara, Natal, is furnished 

 by Mr. Sawer (1) : — 



" In 1904-5 the variety tests were made in Block iC of the 

 variety section. The rows were 35 feet long and 3 feet apart, 

 and there were two rows of each variety. Ten tons of farm- 

 yard manure were ploughed in, and a mixture of 200 lbs. 

 sulphate of ammonia, 400 lbs. superphosphate, and 100 lbs. 

 potash chloride was spread broadcast and harrowed in. The 

 same lots of seed from America, France, and England were 

 used as in the previous year ; also several lots from Dammann 

 and Co., of San Giovanni a Teduccio, near Naples, Italy, and 

 some two or three other lots. In all cases the seed was 

 planted too late for the best results, the Brazilian and the 

 Virginian Dent on 28 and 29 December, and all the others on 

 19 December, three weeks later than desirable. Some of the 

 yields were good, but in all probability the general average 

 would have been higher had the seed been planted earlier. 

 The peculiarity of the 1904-5 season, to produce much stalk 

 but comparatively little grain, was shown throughout. The 

 following are the results in detail, arranged in order of grain 

 yield " : — 



VII. 



