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luxuriant CJ'ops grown. A com 

 parison of those paddocks 

 drained (as indicated by black 

 irregular lines on the ground 

 plan of farm, page 556), as 

 against those undrained, shows 

 a wonderful difference in 

 growth. It is Mr. Hope's 

 intention to drain the balance 

 of the farm in the immediate 

 future. 



The aim is to produce as 

 much fodder as possible by in 

 tense culture, and systematic ro- 

 tation of crops, aided by farm- 

 yard and artificial manures and 

 irrigation. Past experience 

 points to the possibility of 

 being able to caxry two cows to 

 the acre, if a certain quantity 

 of concentrated foods, such as 

 bran, oats, corn meal, &:c., is 

 purchased to supplement the 

 farm grown crops. 



Irrigation. 



A dam is constructed in the 

 lowest portion of the farm. 

 This was originally an old 

 water hole of solid clay. It 

 was excavated some 8 feet and 

 the contents used for building a 

 4-feet w"al] thus giving the dam 

 i2-feet depth. The capacity 

 of the dam is 700,000 gallons. 



Alongside the dam, there is 

 a small house containing a 

 5 h.p. electric motor, and a 

 small centrifugal pump, bv 

 which 4,000 gallons of water 

 I)er hour are pumped into the 

 tank on the top of the silo, 

 a-bout 20 chains away. The 

 supply tank is of 19,000 gal- 

 lons capacity and from it a 

 3-inch main distributes the 

 water for irrigation purposes 

 all over the farm. Taps are 

 fixed at convenient intervals, 

 and the methods of irrigation 

 vary according to the require- 

 ments of thecrop grown. Second- 

 hand fire-brigade hose is used so 

 that the water can reach the 

 fiirthest point required tVf)ni the 



