lo Mar., 1911.] 



Nliill Farm Competitions. 



J 59 



Mr. Roediger has three windmills and supplies water in pipes a good 

 distance to paddocks. His beautiful flower garden and hot houses deserve 

 special mention. 



Mr. Batson lost most points through his crop being too wet — the pad- 

 docks he had put in this year were lowlying land. Mr. Batson must, how- 

 ever, be complimented on his experimental plot; he goes to a great deal 

 of trouble in planting different varieties of wheat, oats, and barley. 

 Nearly all are new to the Wimmera in which they seem to thrive. Mr. 

 Batson has also a splendid kitchen garden. Altogether, this is a very 

 compact farm. 



Messrs. Borgelt and Crouch have each got some good horses and brood 

 mares. Both of the farms are good ; in fact, on the whole, the five farms 

 are a credit to the district. 



A good experiment in sowing wheat was shown by Mr. Roediger. He 

 knocked out a few bags with a stick and sowed the grain at the same time 

 and with the same manure, alongside the ordinary seed. The difference 

 in the yield was about 8 bushels per acre. It shows how the seed suffers 

 with stripping. 



On Mr. Batson 's farm I noticed a good implement in a spike roller.. 

 This is, in my opinion, one of the best to work rough fallow. 



Best Worked and Managed Farm Over 100 Acres and not 

 Exceeding 640 Acres. 



Competitor. 



C. D. E. 



G. H. I. J. 



Total.. 



First. — H. Dahlenburg 

 Second. — J. Diprose 

 Third.— R. G. Keams.. 



180 points. 

 153 ., 

 151 „ 



Mr. Dahlenburg can be complimented on his outbuildings, fencings 

 and stock. Mr. Diprose pos.sesses a very compact farm. Mr. Keams^ 

 who has been on the farm only a few years, deserves credit for the im- 

 provements he has made, whilst Mr. Dickinson, a young beginner, is a 

 very energetic man. It gave me pleasure to see a young man of his stamp- 

 come forward. 



Best Half of a Farmer's Wheat Crop on Fallowed Land. 

 ^NoT Less than 100 Acres.) 



First. — A. P. Koop 

 Second. — G. Greenwood 

 Third.— G. Croucli 



60 points (Federation and Dart's Imperial). 

 57 „ (Federation and Yandilla King). 

 52 „ 



