The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria . ear, the cultivation of the cropto be carried out to the satisfaction of the Agricultural Depart-ment. A system of three-course rotation to be followed {, the10 acres under beet in any year shall not be put under beet againuntil the third year following) unless remission of this conditionbe approved by the Agricultural Department, and the whole result-ing crop of manufacturable beet shall be supplied to the MaffraFactory, which will pay for same at a rate per ton of toppedclean roots delivered at the factory, such rate to be determin
The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria . ear, the cultivation of the cropto be carried out to the satisfaction of the Agricultural Depart-ment. A system of three-course rotation to be followed {, the10 acres under beet in any year shall not be put under beet againuntil the third year following) unless remission of this conditionbe approved by the Agricultural Department, and the whole result-ing crop of manufacturable beet shall be supplied to the MaffraFactory, which will pay for same at a rate per ton of toppedclean roots delivered at the factory, such rate to be determined bythe Factory Manager from year to year during the ten years oruntil this condition is remitted, which may be done at any time bythe Board. At the present time ^i per ton is being paid for A boisdale beet and dairy homestead. As the blocks were only taken up between August and October, itv/as necessary for the Department to at once prepare the 10 acres ofground upon each settlers block so that beet-growing could be immedi-ately put in hand for the present campaign. Accordingly the land wasploughed, rolled, harrowed, and seeded, in most cases in advance ofsettlement, each successful applicant taking over his beet plot uponarrival. Owing to the fact that the Government did not obtain posses-sion of the land imtil late in the year, no autumn fallowing, which is veryadvisable, could be carried out. but omitting this, the land generally wasput into as good a condition for seeding as the would per-mit. For next season, however, the whole of the preliminary cultiva-tion for beet-root should be properly carried out. While the beet cropsthroughout the District are upon the lighter side this year, partly oniiccount that sowing was a little late and partly owing to
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