This year the total area shown with plots was 88 acres. In all there were 1100 individual plots and 1000 single stud rows. The experiments ...
Article : 459 wordsAfter the Premier had declared the new building open and invited public inspection, the gathering enjoyed afternoon tea, about 300 ...
Article : 217 wordsOver a lenghty period the Cereal Experiment Station conducted by the Department of Agriculture at Longerenong Agricultural College, in co-operation with the Council of Agricultural Education has attracted, interested and helped many farmers from all over the Wimmera and beyond on its annual field day. This year the day was held on Friday, when ...
Article : 209 wordsEight systems of crop rotation, with wheat as the principal crop, have been under investigation since 1918. The experiment is a permanent one and is ...
Article : 320 wordsThe varieties under test-in the wheat variety section are reviewed each season, and new wheats are included from time to time to replace those ...
Article : 1,170 wordsNamed after the Premier, the laboratory bears the title "Dunstan Science Laboratory" and the builders were Messrs Le Plastrier and ...
Article : 139 wordsIn responding to the toast of "Parliament," Mr. Dunstan stressed the responsibility that lay on Parliaments in this time of trial, and his ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 504 wordsTrials to compare the efficacy of various dry pickling treatments in the control of ball smut disease in wheat and to determine their effect on the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 343 wordsA Wheat grazing trial was commenced in 1936 to determine the effect of yield of grazing the wheat crop with sheep in late winter and to ...
Article : 273 wordsIn order to overcome soil variations in the paddock, many of the above tests are conducted under the replicated system of plots known as the ...
Article : 219 wordsDuring Friday morning, a unique and historic ceremony was performed in the main hall of the college by Mr" T. J.Purvis. In view of his 50 years ...
Article : 155 wordsPermanent Test.—The object of the permanent test is to demonstrate the effects of various fertilisers on the wheat crop. The trials are located on ...
Article : 445 wordsFallow cultivation trials have been conducted since 1927 to furnish information as to the best methods of preparing fallow for wheat-growing and ...
Article : 100 wordsTime and rate of seeding tests with wheat, which were conducted over period of 22 years from 1914-35, included five rates of seeding ranging from ...
Article : 446 wordsFrom a crop-growing point of view the season at Longerenong has, up to the present, been satisfactory. Soils that had become parched during the ...
Article : 289 wordsAt Longerenong this year, the cereal breeding and development section comprises the following, Stud Rows.— Approximately 1000 ...
Article : 149 wordsIn addition to the investigations on wheat and stubble-sown oats, tests were made last year in which zinc, in addition to the superphosphate, was ...
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The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), Tue 5 Dec 1939, Page 6
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