1 Nov., 1897. | QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL, — 353 
Wheat Prospects at Westbrook. 
Revorrra to the Under Secretary for Agriculture on the 19th October, Mr. 
Henry Tardent, manager of Westbrook Experiment Farm, says :— 
This season, as you are aware, is extremely favourable to the development 
of rust. I have this last month kept a constant watch to see its progress 
amongst the 841 varieties which form the collection planted this year on 
the Experiment Farm. Up to the 5th October no traces of rust could be 
detected. On the 7th the following varieties were slightly affected :—Gharof, 
Sherman, Shelton’s Russian, Beal, Quartz (on the stem), Harly Bearded (ditto), 
African, Archer’s Prolific, Cythera White, Gore’s Indian No. 1, Velvet Chaff, 
Red Grain, Langfeldt’s, Indian Early, King’s Jubilee, Pride of Barossa, Stein- 
wedel, Fillbag, Red Tuscan, Purple Straw Tuscan, Chrysolite, Bladette 
Paylanreuse, Russian, Smooth Red Spring, Trap, Hallet’s Pedigree, Goldsmith’s 
Pedigree, Carter’s New Hybrid, Golden Drop (these two latter on the stem), 
Dwarf Humbold, Blé a épi carré, Mould’s Red, Clubbed Indian, Indian D, (these 
twoonthe stem), Budd’s WHarly, Ward’s Prolific, Hercules, Red Clawson, 
Ward’s White, Marshall’s No. 5 (on the stem), Roussillon, Robin’s RR 
Genessee. This forms about 10 per cent. of the whole collection. 
The subsequent heavy showers seem to have rather checked the progress of 
the rust than otherwise in the above varieties, for on the 20th October it had 
rather lost ground on the varieties attacked, on none of which is it so far bad 
enough to seriously compromise the crop of grain. However, it has during 
those two weeks extended on the following varieties :—~ 
Egyptian C 1, Blue Heron, Bailey, Robert's, Rural New Yorker, 
Australian Bearded Fl, Early Japanese Ruby, Lazistan, Penguin Island, 
Pringle’s 5, Thuis Miami Valley, Crate, Barbu Gros Grain, Harly Baart, 
Dutoits, Johnson’s, Champlain's Hybrid, Uncle Tommy, Soft Algerian, 
Canning Downs, Gore’s Indian 2, Indian Club, Andros, Pride of Butte, Old 
French Velvet, White Velvet, Canadian Velvet Chaff, Jones’ Winter Fife, 
Velvet New Zealand, Velvet Pearl (on the stem), Indian Fife, Indian F, 
Indian Z% (on the stem), Carter’s 81, Early Para, The Blount, Northern 
Champion, Italian-Tuscan, Purple Straw, Jacinth, Australian Glory, Stear’s 
Early Purple Straw (on the stem), White Tuscan, Frame’s Harly (on the stem, 
also it has some smut), Red Tuscan, Purple Straw Tuscan (on the stem), 
Californian Chili, Oakshott’s Champion District, Agathe (both latter on 
the stem), Carter’s B, Hunter’s White Naples, Australian Talavera, Snow- 
ball, Talavera de Bellevue, Pringle’s Vermont, Prope, Frampton, Chiddam’s, 
White Spring, Martin’s Amber, Soft Australian, Gneiss, Fort Collins, 
Hedgerow, Little Club, Zimmermann, Sardius, High Grade, Long Berry, 
German Beardless-March, Blount’s Fife, Small’s OK, Anderson’s RR, 
Sorrel, Improved Rice Ontario Wonder, Nimitybelle, Indian Y, Ruby, 
Feldspar, Pringle’s Defiance, Pearl or Velvet, Little Wonder, Carter’s H, 
Pringle’s 6, Opal Majorica Carusa, Carter’s A, Golden Prolific, Marshall’s 3, 
Marshall’s 2, Clawson, Red Russian. 
The following varieties are, up to date of writing (20th October), entirely 
free from rust. hey include some varieties which are nearly ripe, and others 
which are still as flat as a tuft of couch-grass :— 
Egyptian , Sicilian Baart, Forella, Mica, Medeah, Egyptian C 2, Egyptian 
D, Egyptian Al, Egyptian A2, Young’s Bearded, Paros, Atlanta, Banatam, 
Cretan, Belatourka, Missogen, Bearded Club, Pugh’s RR, Salvator, Hebron, 
Hunter’s White, Algerian, White-eared Mummy, Brown-eared Mummy, . 
