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AGRICULTURAL NOTES. 



RHODES GRASS. 



A correspondent to the Agricultural Gazette of New South 

 Wales writes of the above grass that in sixteen to twenty days 

 after sowing young plants appeared. Although not germinating 

 as quickly as it was reported to do, it made good headway from 

 the first, and surpassed in this respect even Paspalum dilatatum. 



EGG-LAYING COMPETITION. 



Considerable attention is devoted to egg-laying competitions 

 in the Australian colonies. At a recent one promoted by the 

 Sydney Morning Herald and the Sydney Mail a 200-egg average 

 for every hen in the competition was almost attained. Haw^kes- 

 bury College has for several years taken an active part in these 

 competitions and from a first average of 130 eggs per fowl, the 

 number has steadily risen until in 1906 a record of 195 eggs for 

 every one of the 300 hens entered w^as attained. In the latest 

 competition the winning pen of White Leghorns totalled 1473 

 eggs for the twelve months, averaging 28 ounces to the dozen. 

 The actual eggs laid monthly, commencing with May, was as fol- 

 lows: 105, 129, 148, 142, 152, 142, 122, 122, 122, III, 108. 70. 

 A pen of White Wyandottes produced 1444, and another of 

 White Leghorns 1412 eggs respectively, during the period of 

 observation. 



LEMON CURING. 



The Agricultural Gazette of New South \\'ales for June,- con- 

 tains a valuable paper on Curing the Lemon, by W. J. Allen. 

 It is fully descriptive of the process and is well illustrated. 



RULES FOR EGG COMPETITION. 



The following list of rules governing the egg-laying competi- 

 tion at Hawkesbury Agricultural College is of interest : 



1. The competition to commence April i and end Sept. 30. 



2. The competitors to pen their birds in March. Each pen 

 to consist of six pullets or hens of any age, no male bird to be 

 included. 



