8 Feb., 1908.] Farm Re-ports. 121 



Notice of Intention to Compete for Prize. 



(a) Here insert Christian name I, (a) of the parish 



and Surname in jidl. of (b) 



(b) Here insert name of farish Irrigation and Water Supply District wish to be 



and name of Irrigation enrolled as a contestant for the prize in lucerne 



and Water Suffly Dis- hay growing instituted by the State Rivers and 



trict. Water Supply Commission in (c) 



(c) In case of Rodney Com- and do hereby agree to 



■petition insert name of conform to all the rules and restrictions governing 



■parish. In other cases the said competition. Among others the follow- 



insert name of Irrigation ing : — 



and Water Supply Dis- To seed not less than five acres located as fol- 



trict. lows : — (D) 



(d) Here insert precise situa- To notify the District Engineer at (e) 



tion of competifig plot, five days in advance of the 



giving number of allot- date of each cutting, and to stack the hay as re- 



ment. cjuired by the Commission and to leave it untouched 



(e) In case of Rodney Com- until weighed or measured by the Committee on 



petitioti insert Tattira. Awards. 



In other cases insert To make a written report on a form, furnished 

 Kerang. by the Commission, of the dates of watering and 



cutting and the details of seeding and cultivation. 



(Signed) 



Post Office : 



Date : 

 To The Acting Secretary, 



State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, 

 Melbourne. 



FARM REPORTS. 



Quarter ended 31ST December, 1907. 

 Rutherglen Viticultural College. 



G. H. Adcock, F.L.S., Prxncipal. 



Farm. 



Crops, &c. — During the early part of the quarter the prospects for 

 crops and grass were very discouraging. In consequence of tBe threatened 

 shortage of fodder, the stock was reduced considerably by selling two 

 truck loads of fat lambs and transferring as many cattle as possible to 

 the better pastures at Whitfield. Fortunately a rainfall of over half an 

 inch in October, followed by later welcome showers, greatly improved 

 the crops which eventually turned out better than anticipated. Though 

 the crops were short, yet having a large percentage of head, the quality 

 as feed is excellent. Over ninety tons of hay from eighty acres were har- 

 vested. On the fallowed land we were fortunate enough to have the 

 best crop in the district. This averaged over two tons per acre, thus 

 proving conclusively, if proof were needed, the value of fallowing. 

 While the return is low compared with what is secured in a favorable 

 season, vet it is a matter for sincere congratulation that we have done so 

 well. Many hulidreds of acres of crop in this and other districts had to 

 be abandoned to the live stock, being too short to cut ox too poor to harvest. 

 The hav obtained will again carry us over the year. In fact, with the 

 exception of a small quantity of bran for an ailing horse, and molasses to 

 render oaten straw more palatable, no feed has been purchased during the 

 present management. 



