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was very noticeable, there was comparatively little “ finger-and- 
toe.” The swedes, however, were much affected by aphis 
during September. They were pulled and weighed December 
16-24, and the weights are recorded in Table IV. 
Table IV. — Rotation II. Swedes, 1907. 
stackyard Field. 
Plot 
Produce of roots per acre 
T. 
c. 
q. lb. 
1 
9 
17 
2 18 
2 
9 
3 
2 25 
3 
10 
3 
0 14 
4 
11 
U 
3 18 
Rotation III. 1907, Barley. 
The swede crop of 1906 was made up to twelve tons per 
acre on each plot, and was fed off by eighty sheep which 
received a little clover-hay chaff in addition to the respective 
foods assigned to them. The clover-hay chaff came to 1^ cwt. 
per acre, the decorticated cotton cake and maize meal to 920 lb. 
per acre in each case, being about \ lb. of cake or corn per head 
daily. The sheep were on the plots from December 14, 1906, 
to January 11, 1907. The land was then ploughed and 
“ Chevalier ” barley drilled at the rate of 9 pecks per acre, on 
April 2. The barley came very Avell indeed and bid fair to be 
a fine crop. Plot 1 (decorticated cotton cake) was, to appear- 
ance, much better than any of the others. Under the influence 
of a thunderstorm in July this plot “ went down ” considerably, 
so that a good deal had to be cut out by hand. The crop was 
finally harvested by September 10, and was subsequently 
threshed, the results being given in Table V. 
Table V . — Rotation III. Barley, 1907. 
stackyard Field — Produce per acre. 
Plot 
Head com 
Tad 
corn 
Straw, 
chaff, &c. 
Value of 
corn per 
quarter 
on basis 
of 30s. 
Weight 
Bush. 
Weight 
per 
bushel 
Weight 
C. q. lb. 
Lb. 
Lb. 
0. q. lb. 
s. d. 
1 
Swedes fed off with 
dec. cotton cake . 
26 0 4 
64-6 
53-5 
162 
40 3 26 
26 0 
2 
Swedes fed ofiE with 
maize meal . 
25 0 12 
51-0 
55-2 
73 
32 2 2 
27 0 
3. 
Swedes fed off with- 
out cake or corn . 
26 2 18 
64-6 
54-7 
94 
36 1 0 
27 0 
4 
Swedes fed off with- 
out cake or corn . 
25 0 19 
51-2 
551 
68 
33 3 12 
28 0 
