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six heifers, and from these the following averages have been 

 obtained :— 



22 Cows 



6 Heifers . . . . 



In connection with the breeding of sheep, investigations are 

 in progress, by mating cross-bred Riverina ewes, of uniform 

 type and quality, with Lincoln, Border-Leicester, English-Leices- 

 ter, Shropshire, Southdown, and Dorset-Horn rams, to discover 

 the most suitable type of ram for the breeding of export lambs. 



The horses working on the farm are all Clydesdales. There 

 are no special s,tud-mares, but a Clydesdale stallion has recently 

 been procured. 



At the conclusion of a most interesting and instructive day, 

 Mr. A. D. Hall, M.A., F.R.S., formerly Director of the world- 

 renowned station at Rothamsted, proposed a vote of thanks on 

 behalf of the visitors. In the course of his remarks he alluded 

 to the fact that he had been connected with the oldest experiment 

 station in the world, founded over 70 years ago; and when he 

 saw this beautifully laid-out station of Werribee, established only 

 two years ago, he began to realize how rapidly things move in 

 Australia. The work that had been begun at Rothamsted more 

 than 70 years ago was only now yielding its results, and some 

 time must necessarily elapse ere the results of the work which 

 had been so well planned, and is being so well carried out at 

 Werribee, could appear. He therefore counselled patience, 

 especially as he considered that at least five years should be 

 devoted to any individual experiment in order to secure a satis- 

 factory test. 



Other Victorian Experimental Farms. 



In addition to Werrrbee, ,the State of Victoria possesses 

 three other agricultural experimental farms of similar type, viz., 

 at Rutherglen, Wyuna, and Bamawm. Rutherglen Viticultural 

 College, as its official designation implies, is charged in addition 

 with experimental work connected with viticulture, and, in par- 

 ticular, with the raising of phylloxera-resistant vines. Wyuna 

 is an irrigation farm of 22,500 acres, one half of which is tim- 

 bered with box and occasional Murray pines. 



Werribee and the other three farms just named, it must be 

 understood, are not agricultural colleges like Roseworthy in 

 South Australia; their oljject is not the direct training of intend- 

 ing farmers, nor is it that of attaining financially profitable re- 

 sults by their farming operations ; their whole function is that 

 of conferring on the agricultural industry of Victoria the bene- 

 fits of modern scientific advances, by the prosecution of investi- 

 gations and trials, under practical and accurately-recorded con- 

 ditions. In other words, the State of Victoria, like South Aus- 



