1 Dzc., 1898. ] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 403 
Amongst the stud wheats are 42 varieties from nomenclature wheats 
grown at Wagga and at the Hawkesbury College, New South Wales, also 
some grown at Westbrook Experiment Farm. 
Of the 400 and odd varieties of experiment wheats, 100 are Farrer’s 
hybrids, most of which are the most promising wheats on the farm. 
Marshall’s No. 3, No. 8, and Belatourka, having been proved last year, 
have now been sown in quantity, as before said, for distribution, as they have 
fully justified their character as most suitable farmers’ and milling wheats. 
No rust whatever has appeared amongst the majority of the wheats here; 
a few only, showing rather strong signs of the disease. 
Passing on, we come to the peculiar-looking Indian Club Wheats. These 
yield well, are clean, show no sign ot rust, and are evidently good farmers’ 
wheats, but nothing can as yet be said about their milling qualities ti!] they 
have been tested. rs 
One of the earliest wheats is the Japanese. Itis earlier even than Allora 
Spring, and gives an immense yield. The grain is hard, and full of gluten. 
They are perfectly free from rust, whilst a wheat alongside it showed the rust 
parasite very strongly. Out of thirty varieties of Durrum and Poulard 
(igyptian), only one was in any way affected with rust. In this Egyptian 
group is included the Belatourka. They are all Macaroni wheats from the 
Mediterranean coast, and are used by millers for mixing with strong wheats. 
Tt would be worth the farmer’s while to take a look at members of this group, 
such as the Medeah, Atlantic, Young’s Bearded, and Egyptian Cl and C2. 
The Fifes do not appear to be suited to the Downs. 
BARLEYS. 
Several varieties of barley are grown in the experiment plot. We 
noticed one particularly clean sample of Chevalier—the old Chevalier, not the 
so-called improved variety. Archer’s Chevalier appears to be a later variety 
than the old, but yields heavily. 4 
Ohilian. —Vhis grain is highly recommended for ripening ales and beers by 
mixing with the Chevalier. If barley as a rule carries from fifteen to sixteen 
grains on each side, 1t is considered very good. This old-fashioned barley gives 
from sixteen to twenty-five grains on each side. 
One of the varieties seen here came from the Sea of Azov. It would 
appear to be a type of Cape Barley, but this is only surmised from its 
appearance, as the manager had never seen it before. 
Skinless or Nepaul Beauty.—Only a small area of this is sown, it not being 
considered a judicious thing for the farmer to sow it for grain, but grown for 
fodder or hay it is unequalled, and will mature in eleven weeks. 
Cow-pea does well here, and a fair acreage is now coming on well. Last 
year it was sown at four different times. That sown on the 2nd December 
grew best. The greatest objection to growing cow-pea is that it cannot be 
reaped with the machine, as it makes such a tremendous lateral growth. ‘This 
difficulty could, however, in Mr. Ross’s opinion, be obviated by sowing two 
rows 2 feet apart between the corn. Then if stover be made of the corn, 
the whole thing can be reaped together. ven if the corn is pulled, the mower 
can reap both stalks and cow-pea. It should be sown in the latter end of 
November or early in December, about 30 inches by 8 inches, or 36 inches by 
8 inches, and the ordinary mower (not the binder) will do the work 
satistactorily. 
About eight acres of lucerne are grown at the farm, and this looks well 
in spite of the dry weather, Thirty varieties of potatoes are being experi- 
mented on. These will probably suffer, but will yield seed for further planting 
in February or March. 
Two acres are devoted to vines, of which there are eighty-five 
yarieties, including Zante and Corinth currants, 
