. The agricultural gazette of New South Wales. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Australia New South Wales. i ?>?. Wheal lodged, not led-oll. seasoiT. A season may prove suitable except during November, thus favouring early maturing wheats. It may be ilry earlier in the spring, and suitable during the early summer, and thus favour later maturing varieties. It may prove exceptionally frosty with a wide range of temperatures, playing havoc with early sown winter-proud varieties of erect habit of growth duiing the early stages. Moist conditions, accompanied with high temperatures previous to harvest
. The agricultural gazette of New South Wales. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Australia New South Wales. i ?>?. Wheal lodged, not led-oll. seasoiT. A season may prove suitable except during November, thus favouring early maturing wheats. It may be ilry earlier in the spring, and suitable during the early summer, and thus favour later maturing varieties. It may prove exceptionally frosty with a wide range of temperatures, playing havoc with early sown winter-proud varieties of erect habit of growth duiing the early stages. Moist conditions, accompanied with high temperatures previous to harvest, may induce rust; under such conditions rust-escaping and rust- resistant varieties would prove the best. Strong winds, accompanied by heavy rains when the wheats are heading, may cause weak-strawed varieties to lodge and be placed out of the reach of harvesting machinery. A farmer may sow a wheat for hay, and at harvest find, to his disgust, that it is a variety of very short straw. The choice of suitable varieties for a farmer's own particular conditions calls foith his best powers of thought and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New South Wales. Dept. of Agriculture. Sydney, C. Potter, Govt. Printer [etc. ]
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