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  2. EXPERIMENTAL CEREAL PLOTS VISITED AT COLLEGE

    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 words
  3. Premier Opens New Science Laboratory

    After the Premier had declared the new building open and invited public inspection, the gathering enjoyed afternoon tea, about 300 ...

    Article : 217 words
  4. ANNUAL FIELD DAY AT LONGERENONG

    Over 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 words
  5. Permanent Rotation Tests

    Eight 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 words
  6. Results of Experiments

    The 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 words
  7. Up-to-Date Utility Building

    Named after the Premier, the laboratory bears the title "Dunstan Science Laboratory" and the builders were Messrs Le Plastrier and ...

    Article : 139 words
  8. Value of Rural Education

    In 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 words
  9. Wheat Pickling Tests

    Trials 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 ...

    Article : 510 words
  10. Advertising

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    Advertising : 269 words
  11. Zinc Sulphate

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 343 words
  12. Wheat Grazing Trials

    A 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 words
  13. Lay-out of the Experiments

    In 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 words
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    During 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 words
  15. Wheat Manurial Trials

    Permanent 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 words
  16. Fallow Cultivation Tests

    Fallow cultivation trials have been conducted since 1927 to furnish information as to the best methods of preparing fallow for wheat-growing and ...

    Article : 100 words
  17. Time and Rate of Seeding Tests With Wheat

    Time 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 words
  18. Seasonal Conditions, 1939

    From 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 words
  19. Cereal Breeding and Seed Production

    At Longerenong this year, the cereal breeding and development section comprises the following, Stud Rows.— Approximately 1000 ...

    Article : 149 words
  20. Preliminary Trials With Zinc on Other Crops.

    In addition to the investigations on wheat and stubble-sown oats, tests were made last year in which zinc, in addition to the superphosphate, was ...

    Article : 154 words
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