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respect to the feeding qualities of the various fodders, I must say I 

 believe very much in amber cane, I find that my cows are very fond of 

 it and that they milked well while being fed on it, giving an increase 

 of butter. I think that it is better than maize, as it stands the hot 

 and dry weather, while the maize withers." 



Mr. McGrath : — " Amber cane I wuuld class as equal to maize for 

 autumn feed, although my cows milk better on it than they do on 

 maize, and unlike some others I have never had any trouble with it 

 in feeding to the cows, as I never feed it until the seed is well out." 



Mr, Grant : — " This plot has done very well and gave a good weight 

 of green fodder. It was cut on the 4th March and has since made a 

 growth of fully 3 feet to 7th May, and as it has tillered out there is 

 again a good weight of fodder." 



Mr. Gooding, Moe : — "With respect to the forage crops 1 will ])]a.ce 

 thf^m in this way — 1st amber cane, 2nd Egy})tian corn, ord Kaffir 

 corn, 4th teosinte, 5th maize, 6th pearl millet. You see I have placed 

 the maize fifth because you only get one crop, and a great amount 

 of labour in cutting the maize, as we feed oft' the others and get two 

 and sometimes three crops off them." 



Steele Bros., Rosebrook : — " With regard to feeding qualities now 

 that we have fed all the crops, we consider the amber cane comes first 

 of all the fodder plots as it would weigh much heavier than the others, 

 and the stock seem to eat it with more of a relish. One advantage 

 with the amber cane is that it will stand much longer than the maize 

 without drying off and of course that is a great advantage." 



Planters' Friend. 



Mr. Henderson, Bairnsdale, places this crop first. Mr. Crowe of 

 Eltham reports the Planters' friend did very little good here. Mr. 

 Grant of Upper Tambo writes : — " This is a crop I intend to grow 

 next year. It is still green and succulent. May 1st, and all stock 

 are fond of it. It has given good results in all ways, I have used it 

 for horse feed, or cut it into chaff for calves that are hand reared. 

 When fed to cows it gave a good increase of milk." Mr. McGrath 

 of Loch writes : — " My second choice after Japanese millet is imphee 

 or Planters' friend which for later feed is undoubtedly better than 

 maize as the frost does not affect it nearly as much as maize." 



Teosinte. 



Most of the growers as yet are a little shy in expressing opinions 

 on this crop, owing I think to its very slow growth. On very many 

 farms it has undoubtedly proved a failure. On others, however, 

 exceedingly heavy yields have been obtained. The following are 

 some of the opinions received : — Mr. Grant, who had one of the most 

 complete and carefully tended fields of the lot, writes : — " This crop 

 ranks very high indeed in my estimation. The seed Avas sown on the 

 16th October. When the hot weather came, in the middle of January, 



