EXPERIMENTS WITH WHEAT.

North Otago Times, 21 May 1912, Page 4

EXPERIMENTS WITH WHEAT.

MR W. G. PAUL'ri REPORT. The following arc the results of variety, wheat es.perim;nts conducted by >Mr W. G. taul at bis farm at lirutane. The wheats were sown en Bune 7, l'9l'l, without any manure: Per acre. Variety. lb lb Red Marvel .„ 01 35 Marshall's Improved Tus-

can '... <p Red Cliail „,',„ .". ' ", a 1.5 Fearl White ,' 40 35 iWhitD. Velvet..., 46 15 Solid Straw Tuscan 4-t 50 Red Tuscan ,„ ,„ -ii .U Trfasuro ... .; 39 45 Bile Marvel 31 - Foderat'iion i... 25 10 Red Marvel, which has yielded so prolifically, is a strong, growing wheat with a solid straw, very largo grain, an d long heads, It ebould he a good wind-reßister, fl 3 the chaff is hard and'tightly fastened, simitar to solid straw Tuscan, hut has nj 'heard. This crop was superior to all others Irani the commencement, and. was a beautiful crop. Wiito Marvel, on the other hand, is a weaker straw more oPtm in the . head', and it did not stool out n<ar so well as Red Marvel.

Treasure is a wheat that is giving wonderful results in •the Soirih of England, and although it has not yielded so well as some others, it n'ay yet, as it gets aoiustoxed to this climate, give good results, Ec-deration was very dißappointine:, the wot senson not suiting, it at all. This wheat would only be profitable in dry seasons. —M'anurial Results.— The manurial results were ottaiitfd in following out a scheme devised 'by tho Chief Agricultural Chemist of the. Department: Plot 1-I'Jcwt per acre superphosphate, lewt sead gypsum—so bushels 351b. Plot 2—lewi per acre superphosphate, Jcwt Bced' Gypsum-S2bns. 851b. Plot 3—l'J'awt per acre superphosphate—B'7bUß. 3511). Plot 4-No manure-4(nus, Mi, Plc't s—lewt per acre superphosphate, 'Jcwt ibonedust—Mbus. Softs. Plot G—lewt per acre ttiperphosPhafe, }cwt Sulphate of Potash, ' Jcwt seed gypsum—isbus, «Wb. The afcove plots ww all sown with velvet wheat at (ho rate of two bushels Per acre, The extraordinary results of PloHs 2 an-1 '3 are altogether unaccountable. The crops wherf growing were exceptionally good, aud did not grow long straw, M were very thick' on the 'ground, The addition of bonedust in Plot (5 did not prove satisfactory, resulting fa a loss ol 2hus. 401b, per' acre, besides .the cost of the manure, Both the experiments this year and lasT year point to the fact that the addition of superphosphate is tßneficial to tho soil,