144 Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. [Feb. 2, 1920. 



Agricultural Bureau of New South Wales* 



Suggested Subjects for Bureau Meetings. 



It sometimes happens that, owing to some inadvertence, members of branches 

 meet without having any particular subject before them. In such a case, 

 one of the following paragraphs may provoke a useful discussion : — 



//«« ;/our experience of the past tiro years led you to decide upon any change 

 in your farm practice? Is it your intention to increase or decrease the number 

 of live stoclx you are grazing? If yoa propose to increase, in what (drection irill 

 it be — sheep, cattle or pig'i — and ivhy ? 



Which have givev. you the more "atisfactory results— early sowv wheat crops or 

 late ones? Does your experience warrant solving early any land you have ready, 

 or do you ^yrefer waiting until the whole area to be sown has been prepared ? 

 What guides your preference ? Would you favour rising the spring-tooth or the 

 disc cultivator in order to prepare quickly for early sowing a great deal of the 

 land that teas sown last year but that carried no crop ? 



Have you ever sown catch crops of clovers, field peas, rape or vetches among 

 growing maize for stock feed or soil improvement ? What effect have you observed 

 on the growth of the current maize crop, or the next crop, whatever it may be ? 



What value do you attach to a ton of green feed for dairying purposes when 

 natural pastures are bare? Have you any definite idea of the effect on the milk 

 yield of green feed at such a time? What do you estimate to -he the. <osf of 

 producing fodder of that kind ? 



What sort of growth did you have with green manure crops in the orchard 

 last year? Have you ever found any dfferev.ce between early and late sowing 

 for this purpose? What ckos of crop gives the biggest yield of greenstiff if 

 sou-n early ? 



Notice to Secretaries. 



Secretaries of branches are informed that material incidental to bee- 

 keepincf (including super frames, foundation comb, mailing cage for queens, 

 &c.), together with a leaflet containing directions as to their proper use, may 

 be obtained on application to the Under Secretary and Director, Department 

 of Agriculture, Sydney. The collection is all that is necessary for a sound 

 demonstration of the elementary rules of bee-keeping, and should be widely 

 made use of as a means of helping the intending apiarist to a " straight start " 

 in the industry. 



REPORTS AND NOTICES FROM BRANCHES. 



NOTE. — While gladly publishing in these columns the views of members oj 

 the various Branches of the Agricultural Bureau, it is pointed out that 

 the Department does not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed. 



Clovass. 



At a well-attended meeting held on 7th October, a paper on the manage- 

 ment of a dairy farm was read by Mr. \V. G. .Tolniston. Dairy Insjiector, 

 Casino. Many aspects of the business were toucJied uijon, the value of good 

 clean buildings and the avoidance of anything likely to favour disease being 

 particularly emphasised. 



