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Agricultural Journal of Victoria. 



The educational value of sucli courses of lectures as those just 

 concluded, is enormous. In the first place, it brings together a 

 number of young men, for the most part well acquainted with all the 

 practical work of the farm, yet often knowing little or nothing of the 

 " why " or the " wherefore " of any operation. The diiferent opera- 

 tions in the cultivation, preparation, and sowing of a field have each 

 a definite object, and unless the reason fi)r certain manipulations is 

 understood, then success can only be partial, because there is no 

 standard to work up to. That there is a desire for wider and more 

 extended information on agricultural matters is clearly evident. 



How this increasing demand will be dealt with in the future, is 

 yet a matter of conjecture, but as a sign of the times it is significant, 

 that Victorian farming shows an all round improvement, both in 

 treatment of the soil, selection of seed, and methods of cropping, and 

 this improvement is without doubt due to the recognition of the fact 

 that what was good enough ten years ago will not answer to-day. 



Thanks of thk Lecturers. 



In concluding this article, I may be permitted to express the deep 

 appreciation of the lecturers of the uniform courtesy and good 

 discipline shown by the students. 



Friction of any kind was unknown, and there is every reason to 

 believe that these cordial relations existing between the instructors 

 and the students contributed in no inconsiderable degree to the success 

 of the classes. 



Detailed Results of Examinations at each Centre. 



BOORT. 



