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students at the Leongatha cheese class, conducted bv Mr. J. G. jNIc^FiHan, 

 cheese expert, during June, July, and August. The display \vas very 

 effective, and Mr. McMillan had every reason to be proud of the results 

 achieved. Connoisseurs were loud in their praise of the qualitv and 

 ■finish of the various cheeses. 



Prominence was given to the pork-raising industry. In addition to 

 a good collection ot bacon and other pig products, some fine carcasses of 

 Yorkshire-Berkshire crossbreds, four and a half months old, averaging 

 140-150 lbs. each, were on view. 



Mr. Hart had a series of good exhibits illustrative of poultry-raising 

 .and egg production, and ranging from a model poultry yard to the grading 

 of eggs. Until recently it has been customary to grade eggs according 



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to colour, but the latest advice from Great Britain, apparently in the 

 interests of the small retailers, is to mix the eggs to a certain extent, so 

 that the brown will help to sell the white. Daily demoistrations of 

 poultry dressing were given by Mr. Hart and his staff. 



The exhibits under the direct control of Mr. Knight were varied and 

 interesting. Flax cultivation was well advertised, and the subsequent 

 treatment — threshing, breaking, and scutching — was demonstrated by Mr. 

 Rol)illiard. Exhibits of apples, kept in good condition by Little's Cool 

 Air Process, and by the Meakin system of fruit storage, were closely 

 inspected by orchardists. Fruit crystallizing and preserving were carried 

 •on by Miss Mendcza, whose labours were watched with appreciative 

 interest by large numbers of visitors. 



Mr. D. McAlpine (Vegetable Pathologist) had an effective display, 

 •consisting of specimens and photographs of the various fungus diseases 

 affecting cereals, fruit trees, potatoes, lucerne, vegetables, flowers and 



