Aug. 3, 1908.] Agricultural Gazette of N.lS. W. 677 



Local Sales. — The local sales amount to about 2,000 tons per annum. Tliis 

 is all unsalted. 



Prospects of Increase in Exports. — I do not think an increase in the 

 Argentine exports can be looked forward to, unless they change their 

 methods on the dairy farms, and run theni for the production of milk first, 

 and make everything else secondary to that ; and until such time Australia 

 has no cause to fear the competition of its Argentine rival. Under the 

 present system, it does not pay to milk cows, and, if things keep on as they 

 are, in a few years, the exportable surplus will have vanished, only enough 

 being produced to supply local requirements. 



"The Daily Telegraph" Farrek Scholarship. 



The following Regulations to be observed in connection with the above 

 Scholarship : — 



1. The first examination will be held in December, 1908, and will be 



open for all First Year Students of the Wagga Farm School, and 

 the second in December, 1909, open for similar Students of the 

 Bathurst Farm School ; and so on in alternate j'ears. 



2. Candidates are to present themselves for a written and viva voce 



examination on "The Cultivation of Wheat in New South Wales." 



3. Candidates are, at time of examination, to submit a paper which has 



been prepared during their residence at the Farm, on Plant Breed- 

 ing and results of observations amongst the Stud and Crossbred 

 Wheats which grew at the Farm during their residence. 



4. The Scholarship will be awarded only on the understanding that the 



holder will use it for the payment of his fees for a Second Year's 

 training at either the Wagga or Bathurst Farm School, and on a 

 Certificate of Good Conduct and aptitude for Agricultural work 

 from the Farm Manager. 



5. In the event of the fees for that training being more than the amount 



of the Scholarship now offered, the Department will forego that 

 excess, in order that the scholar ma\' enjoy the whole year's 

 education free. 



6. The Government Wheat Experimentalist .shall be the sole examiner ; 



and the Scholarship will be awarded by the Minister for Agriculture' 

 after consideration of his report. 



H. C. L. ANDERSON, 



Under Secretary. 



