15 Dec, 1919.] 



Ouyen' Farm- Competition. 



711 



Those of Mr; R. C. F. Gniel are especially noteworthy. The house, 

 nestling among a shelter belt of pines and sugar gums, is situated at 

 the end of a well-kept drive, flanked Avith gums. The entrance gate 

 on the road, the garden fence, and the fencing enclosing the farmyard 

 are extremely neat,, and painted white, the posts being neatly shaped. 

 The orchard and vegetable garden are enclosed by a neat wire-netted 



Closer View of Homestead on the Winning Farm, showing 

 Garden, Shelter Break, and Neat Fencing. 



Mr. John Hunt's Comfortable Mallee Homestead. 



fence. There iis an earthen cool cellar. So far dependence is placed 

 on three 1,000-gallon galvanized-iron tanks for domestic water supply. 



To the right of the house is a 5-acre paddock ; grouped on three sides 

 of a square are the various farm buildings, implement shed, 52 feet by 

 18 feet, barn, 72 feet by 18 feet, smithy, 15 feet by 9 feet, stable, 

 engine-shed, chaff house, under one roof, 35 feet by 62 feet. The stack- 

 yard is adjacent to the chaff house, and a plain iron mouse-proof stack 



