462 Journal of Agriculture, Victoria. [10 Aug., 1918. 



Plate 177 illustrates what has been previously stated concerning the 

 rippling water washing in the embankments, and shows the necessity for 

 banks with suitable batter and of solid construction. 



The writer has no hesitation in stating that there is no class of per- 

 sons engaged in rural occupations, where maximum production with 

 minimum expenditure should be the objective, requiring more knowledge 



Plate 177. — Shows the inside hatter of a dam. 



concerning 

 orchardists 



a particular industry and its general details, than 



Even from what has already been written, it is plain that 



Nature study is largely involved, and that the subject of fruit-growing 

 literally teems with scientific, engineering and mechanical problems. 



(To be continued.) 



