10 Jan., 1916.] Farmers' Field Day, Rutherglen. 29 



tion of neAv varieties of wheat. In a season like this, when there was an 

 estimated yield of 150,000,000 bushels, did they ever give time to reflect 

 and consider what they were indebted to Mr. Farrer, of ^ew South 

 Wales, who, by experiments, had introduced Federation wheat, which 

 was estimated to have increased the yields of wheat production 10 per 

 cent. Mr. Richardson was working on correct lines, and it may even- 

 tually lead to the producing of a variety even more prolific than 

 Federation. In the production of the wheat yield large quantities of 

 phosphates were used, amounting to nearly £1,250,000 worth. The 

 phosphates which they were putting into the ground were being sent 

 away from the country, as most of it went into the Avheat, and four-fifths 

 of it go into bran and pollard. He strongly urged the keeping of the 

 phosphates in the State, and why could we not export our harvest in the 

 form of flour instead of wheat ? It was knoA^m that Australian wheat 

 produced the best bread in the world ; therefore, why should Australia 





Harvesting Experimental Plots, Rutherglen State Farm. 



not do its own milling, export the flour, thus causing extra labour and 

 preserving the bran and pollard, which could be utilized for stock feed- 

 ing during the months when the pastures Avere low, namely, from 

 February to April. (Applause.) 



Cr. A, 11. Stewart (Mayor, Rutherglen) stated that he had great 

 pleasure in moving a vote of thanks to ]^Ir. Richardson for the instruc- 

 tive demonstrations that he had given, and to ^Ir. ^lolonoy, Mr. Bowser, 

 and Dr. Cherry for tlieir excellent addresses. It was the first occasion 

 that he had attended a field day, and the afternoon had been very 

 interesting, and showed Avhat was being done in the intcre-^ts of the 

 producer. 



Cr. Prentice, .l.T., in sccdiiding tlic nintion, state<l thai it was 

 evident that ^fr. Richardson was working on lines tliat wonld jirodnce 

 tlie very best results, and in his work he was ably assisted by ^lessrs. 



