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Journal of Agriculture. 



[ii Oct.. 1909. 



him, and as far as possible touch is kept with him after he has left the 

 College. Letters are regularly received from a number who are proud to 

 correspond with the principal of their old school, and who express their 

 appreciation of the help they received there — help that has equipped them 

 for their present positions. Of course, of some but little is heard. If they 

 are grateful thev do not express it ! One mother writes to thank us heartilv 

 for what we have done, and says of her son that through our training " he 

 is all I could wish him to be." Another mother writes: "I am very 

 thankful to the State for their kind attention tO' my son." An employer 

 who had a boy from us says : "A is doing vtTv well, being steadv and 

 reliable. He show's in many marked wavs the results of the careful and 

 methodical training he has received." Perhaps a better tribute even than 

 this is an application from the same district for a similar bov. Manv 

 other letters might be quoted did space permit. 



It is gratifying to know' that so many influential persons take a keen 

 interest in the work here. Our visitors include His Excellency Lord North- 

 cote, late Governor- General ; and His Excellency Sir Reginald Talbot, for- 

 mer State Governor. \\'e have also been favoured with \isits from Ministers 

 of the Crown, members of the Federal and State Legislatures, and very 

 many Inter- State and other visitors. All have left on record their ap- 

 preciation of the work in hand. 



Though the work is extremely difficult and anxious, vet we are greatlv 

 encouraged by the successes achieved, and buoyed up bv the fact that everv 

 officer of the Agricultural Department gives us appreciative and .sympa- 

 thetic support. Though much has been done, vet much more remains to 

 be accomplished. We have by no means reached our ideals, which we pur- 

 po.sely raised high. The "public mav be assured that there will be no 

 relaxation of efforts ; but that this work, having been once taken in hand, 

 will not be allowed to drop while we have with us the "bov problem " as 

 represented in the ranks from whirli we draw our students. 



COLLEGE MILKING .SHED AND SILO. 



