136 J our ii-d of Agriculture, T ictoria . [10 March, 1917. 



A visit was also paid to the experimeutal lucerne area where the 

 effects of various manures, rate of seeding and spacing of rows for seed, 

 inoculation and liming tests, and results obtained, were explained. 



The experimental wheat plots were visited, and although these had 

 been harvested, certan cultural operations and the feeding off with 

 sheep were in progress. As all the plots are systematically laid out 

 alongside and at right angles to the roadways, and are clearly labelled, 

 visitors came away with a very clear impression of the nature and objec- 

 tive of the experiments; the stud plots in particular, with hundreds of 

 new cross-breds in all stages of being evolved, excited considerable com- 

 ment. 



A talk on the Horse. 



OPENINQ OF THE SCHOOL AND MINISTERIAL VISIT. 



On Monday morning, after a few words of welcome, Mr. Eichard- 

 son, Agricultural Superintendent, briefly set forth the objects of the 

 school and expounded the syllabus of the work. Without any further 

 formality he began to speak of the subject of the first lecture, and 

 soon pencils began to fly and leaves to flutter as the teachers jotted 

 down rough notes. 



On Thursday the Minister of Agriculture (The Hon. F. Hagelthorn), 

 the Minister of Public Instruction (The Hon. H. S. Lawson), accom- 

 panied by the Director of Agriculture (Dr. Cameron), and the Under 

 Treasurer (Mr. Minogue), paid a visit of inspection to the school. The 

 party attended a lecture by Mr. Richardson on " Wheat, and its Cul- 

 tivation," and stayed to lunch. At this function Dr. Cameron presided, 

 and paid a tribute to the Honorable George Graham, who was Min- 

 ister for Agriculture when the farm was established, and whose con- 

 nexion with its establishment was to be marked by bestowing the name 

 " Graham " on one of the new wheats bred at Werribee. 



Mr. Cook, a teacher irom the Goulburn Valley, proposed the toast 

 of fEe Departments of Agriculture and Education, emphasizing the 

 cordiality of the entente that has sprung up between the two Depart- 

 ments, and deprecated the criticism so frequently levelled aajainst the 

 prominent officers. Mr. Friday, princijial of the Sale Agricultural High 



