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Journal of Agriculture. 



[lo March, 1910. 



cheese-making room, and part for the 

 manager's office; the rest being in use 

 for cheese storage. The ground floor 

 of this .section is still in the hands of 

 the workmen ; and large refrigerating 

 rooms for cool storage are being fitted 

 on one side of it, and curing vats for 

 the bacon on the other. The smaller 

 section of this building is taken up by 

 the bacon curing, and small goods 

 factory. It mav be mentioned that, 

 connected with this farm, there is a 

 beautifully fitted and well stocked 

 dairy produce establishment in Eliza- 

 beth-street, ^felbourne, where the 

 many lines of goods produced and 

 manufactured at St. Hubert's are re- 

 tailed direct to the consumer. The 

 whole of the factory buildings are 

 being fitted with electric light ; and 

 considerable expense i.s' being incurred 

 to make them complete for their 

 work. 



_ The large expanse of roofing cover- 

 ing these several buildings previously 

 gave a catchment area for rain water 

 sufficient to supply all the require- 

 ments of the homestead in this re- 

 sj^ect. This is stored in underground 

 tanks; and pumped by steam as re- 

 quired to a large distributing tank 

 which forms the base of the clock' 

 tower surrounding the feed room end 

 ot the stabling. From this it was re- 

 ticulated throughout the buildings in 

 pipes. The demands of the pi^r. 

 genes, slaughterhouse, and factories 

 now call for a much greater quantitv 

 of water than can be thus provided'- 

 and a pumping plant supplies the de- 

 ficiency from the Yarra, about li 

 miles distant. _ The piggery is a lofty 

 wooden building, with concrete floor- 

 ing and drains, containing 30 pens 

 12 feet by 10 feet; and adjacent to 

 this are steam boiler, coppers feed- 

 house, &c., and some larger pens for 

 brood sows. This piggerv is situated 

 about half-a-mile f rom ' the home- 

 stead on the line of the water piping 

 from the river; and still nearer the 

 homesteading is the slaughter house 

 where the pigs are killed under Go- 

 vernment supervision. 



