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well-worked and free from weeds. All the plots would have been 

 the better for a Uttle more harrowing and rolling. The best blocks \n 

 my opinion required rolling again and another stroke of the harrows. 



Selected plants measured in various plots gave heights of 12 ft., 11 ft. 6 

 in., II ft., 10 ft. 6 in., which, for broadcast maize and bad varieties, 

 demonstrates what the land is capable of growing under the best conditions. 



From what 1 saw of the country around Thornton, I think maize 

 could be very profitably grown for grain, and I should like to see a few 

 acres tried next season as an experiment. 



In conclusion, 1 should advise all the competitors to sow their maize 

 much thinner next season, or, better still, in rows three feet apart, and 

 work it between the rows with the horse-hoe at fortnightly intervals until 

 the growth interferes with the passage of the horse. I would also advise 

 trying the following varieties : — Early Leaming, Sibley, Funk's Yellow 

 Dent (of the yellow varieties), and White Horse Tooth and Hickory King (of 

 the white or later varieties). With a little more care in sowing, cleaning up 

 the paddocks from weeds, &c., and working the ground a bit more, the 

 competition next season will be a very difficult one to judge, as the land 

 is practically all about the same quality. 



KORUMBURRA FARM COMPETITION. 



.4. v. Becker, Dairy Supcrziisor. 

 Report to the Secretary Korumburra Agricultural Society. 



The three farms visited were considerably below the standard of what 

 are termed " Prize Farms " ; and considering a competition was held last 

 year, there has not been as much improvement shown as one would ha^•e 

 expected. 



Mr. Glasgow has certainly considerably improved his water supph . 

 having made a reservoir at the head of one of the gullies, and laid the water 

 on by gravitation to a trough with a ball tap ; but this is onlv in one pad- 

 dock, and I should like to see it in every paddock next year instead of the 

 small soakage holes, which are easily puddled up, and do not give a nice 

 clean drink, which is most essential for milking cows, as also is the neces- 

 sity that they should have their udders and feet kept free from contamina- 

 tion by paddling in stagnant water holes. 



No attempt has yet been made on anv of the farms to weigh and test 

 the milk, and they all failed to score n point in this division which is one 

 of the mo.st irnportant points in connexion with dairv farm manage- 

 ment ; for how is the farmer to tell whether a cow pays him or not unless 

 he keeps some record of her te.st and dailv vield? 



