The Depart mental Fxhihit at the Boijal !Shoir. 1(75 



Mr. Buruey had four samples of wiues made by him this year at 

 the Viticultural Station, Rutherglen, all sterilized by the Salvutor 

 pasteuriser, leut to the Department. Two were di-y red wiues, one a 

 typical full round export wine made from tlie Shiraz grape sind tlie 

 other a Cabernet of unusual quality. Two white wines made from 

 White Hermitage and Gouais were remarked on by connoisseurs as 

 having a delicacy seldom met with in the Murray Valley. The 

 general opinion of the members of the wine trade, who tasted the 

 wines, was that the wines were so clean, smooth and advanced for 

 their age, that the methods of handling and subsequent pasteurisation 

 proved the success of this system for which they predicted a very 

 bright future. 



Forestry Branch. 



The beauty of grain of some of our "common" hardwoods and 

 their generally handsome appearance were well shown in the new 

 timber trophy built for the Forestry Branch under instructions from 

 the Director. The trophy took the form of a rotjm without a roof, 

 each wall being composed of numerous square or oblong panels, 

 suitably polished and occasionally carved, the whole being designed 

 for Mr. A. W. Crooke of the Forestry branch, l)y Mr. G. H. B. Austin 

 of the Public Works Department, with a view of showing the good 

 qualities of our hardwoods for decorative work or the manufacture of 

 furniture. The woods used for the purpose w^ere such as are ordinarily 

 deemed fit only for fencing posts, floor joists and railway sleepers : — blue 

 gum, red gum, mountain ash, grey hox and iroubarks forming the 

 major portion. The beauty of the trophy came as a surprise to all 

 but a few enthusiasts who were already aware of the value of these 

 woods for high-class fittings and cabinet work. It would seem to be 

 only a matter of time when these timbers will be properly appreciated 

 and eagerly sought after for work of this kind. 



Dookie Agricultural College. 



Though distinct from the Department and under the control of 

 the Council of Agricultural Education, the Dookie College, being 

 one of the most important factors in the State's system of technical 

 agricultural education, appropriately enough was accommodated in 

 the same building. Mr. Pye, the principal, made good use of his 

 opportunity to show the ])ublic what Dookie is doing. Wealth of 

 production was the impression left on one's mind after viewing the 

 splendid collection of samples of all kinds of agricultural ]n'oduce 

 effectively displayed. Wheat, oats, barley, broom corn, sorglium, 

 wiues, olive oil, dried and preserved fruits, butter and cheese, fodder 

 and leguminous plants, all grown or manufactured at the college 

 by the students under the supervision of the stalf, afforded some idea 

 of the varied instruction imparted at this institution. 



Poultry receives a large shajre of attention at Dookie just now, an 

 egg laying competition being in full swing, the leading pen of six 



