452 Agricultural Gazette of N.S. W. \Jime 2, 1908. 



Peg-tootli harrows, six sections 20 feet wide. £8. 



Disc liaiidvvs, 8 feet wide, £18 .Os. 



Spring-tooth cultivator, £22. 



Spring-tooth cultivator, with seeding attaclniiciit. £24. 



Drill — 



l.-Mioc, £:M ; 13-<lisc, £'M\. 



lo-lioe, £;i7: IS-disc, £-39. 

 Reaiier and Hinder. £08. 

 Stripper, £45 to £")0. • 



Winnower, £^25. 

 Harvester. £7.'). 

 Tip-drav (nnc-horse). £18. 

 Spring-van. £20. 



Waggon (six or eight liorsc), £70 to £8(t. 

 The freiglit on agricultnial maciiineiy is l.'5s. 4d. per ton for 100 miles, 

 £1 12s. 11.1. for 200 miles, ayid £2 4s. 4d. for :50() miles. 



Classes of Wlieats (irown. 



Australian wheat, like Australian wool, has t'liaracleristics of its own. 

 British niilleis ])rize it, because of the large amount of flour it produces, 

 and because it gives colotir and bloom to their ]ii(>du(r. At present it is 

 somewhat deficient in " strength," and to supply this deficiency, British 

 millers mix or lilend it with Manitoba varieties ; the two wla^ats com- 

 bined produce a flour with both " strength " and '" bloom." 



The character of Australian wdieat is. however, undergoing a change, 

 and its strength is being improved by the introduction into general 

 cultivation of the new wheats wiiich the Deiiartment of Agriculture 

 has produced by cross-breeding. Some years ago the Department com- 

 menced the work of wheat improvement with the object of breeding new 

 wheats which would be stronger, more disease-resistant, and generally 

 more suitable for Australian conditions than those at that time in general 

 cultivation. Tani^ible results show that this work has been a success, 

 Itoth fiom a farmers and from a millei's standpoint. 'i'he area planted 

 wntli the new varieties increases eacli vear. In l!tO(j. in one district alone 

 over 10,000 acres were planted with one of the new varieties which had 

 been introduced three years previously. The effect of these new wheats 

 oji the (piality of the locally-milled flour is already being felt : its strength 

 has appreciably improved. Another result of this work is that the impor- 

 tation of the strong Manitoba varieties, foimerly puichased to blend with 

 the local wheats, has practically ceased. 



The new wdieats as they are produced, are distributed to the farmers 

 who are anxious to try tliem on their farms, to determine their suitability 

 or otherwise for their particular districts. Enough of this work has 

 already been done and sufficient evidence ol)tained to jiredict with con- 

 fidence that in the future Australian wheats will be desired, not only 

 because they yield well and for their aliility to produce a large quantity 



