JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 July 1923, Page 4

JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE.

The miea-sehi-t soils—a feature of Central Otago in particular—are interestingly di-iitssed by Mr B. C. Y-ton in the iirst article of the current .1 inte is-tte of the New Zealand .lout mil of Agriculture. The series oi articles on past are-cstahli-hmem in New Zealand is eoiu'luded hv Air E. B. Levy, his closing -tibjoel being the qualitv of seed and method of sowing. The very live question among members of herd-testing associations

as to why aggregate association records. are considerably higher than factory return- is clearly dealt with hv Mr \y. C. Bail. An account or an experiment conducted hist summer at Lincoln College to ascertain the bed stage for cutting wheat is contributed l,v Dr E. AY. Hilgendorf and Mr .1. M • ( alder. This article is of note as recording what is probably the first application of the ••method of statistics” and the ■‘theory of probability” to an agricultural experiment in New Zeabiml. The investigational work carried out during the last year or two ai Mirumii. near Shannon, under the au-pii s of the New Zealand Eiax,odler-’ Association, for the improvement of the Phormiitm tenax plant and its yield of leaf, etc., is described hv the invest ig' tor. Mr G. fbuerU'. who bring- out some remarkable )c----.ii|: s. illustrated by jihoiograplis. Experiments In the regras-ing oi more or 1,--- denuded back country in ('sinterlniiv are ebronieh'd 1• v Mr I'. E• 'lY.i'l Mr W. H. Singleton eon-n-i'lmt’e- -on - ' note- on H: ■ 19991 b t.„, , I rei nl recent !v made n Whuiigarei b\ the Erie-i.'.n cow Ddd" Mi,.i,, l'. K:,l. M.aunres an I Mat e.'--if.,r Carden ( fens i- the title of an p r jide by Mr \Y. 11. Taylor. Revera! go-ei ilhi -l rations of cow no-.e-prinl.s ti ;■• the Wall ■■■will.' laboratory s,- m de'ii.mst raje the possibilities of this new svstem ef bovine blent Ti a tiou. The f.'gulttr monthlv features ol the Journal are also well luaint aitie'l Mi this issue.