THG JOURNAL 



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7^6 department of Agriculture. 



Vol. V. Part 10. 



8th Oetober, 1907. 



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NEW Yt 



THE MELBOURNE ROYAL ACIRICULTURAL SHOW, botani 



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A. T . Sharp, Assistant Editor. 



The Melbourne Royal Agricultural Show is the great annual gathering 

 ground of the agriculturalists of the Commonwealth. Old acquaintance- 

 ships are renewed, experiences are exchanged, and one and all obtain a 

 greater insight into the many branches of agriculture. As on previous 

 occasions, every effort was made bv the Council of the Roval Societv to 



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^■.. meet the convenience and comfort of both exhibitors and sightseers. With 

 ~^_ the exception of the gales which blew on the Thursday and Friday, satis- 

 — factory weather conditions were experienced, and the public fully availed 

 j:-^ themselves of the opportunity afforded of seeing the best collection of 

 r—istock, machinery, implements, etc., yet exhibited in the Southern Hemis- 

 , _ phere. The Show was open for five da\s, and the attendances totalled 

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