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would make the farming community a social, commercial, and 

 political force to be reckoned with. Tt can scarcely be said to be 

 so now. It has no organization, and therefore little weight. 

 Those who make most out of it say it is the backbone of the 

 country, and its fears seem to be disarmed by this gentle stroking 

 of its back, and everything goes on in the even tenor of its way, 

 whilst the grip becomes firmer on it. With co-operation wide- 

 spread throughout the Commonwealth, the farming community be- 

 comes a vital force that can meet on equal footing organizations 

 inimical to its interests, and make favorable and honorable terms 

 with them. Isolated co-operative societies have little chance of 

 success against strong combinations. Thus until the agricultural 

 community has a strong leavening of men trained, not only in the 

 practical and scientific side of their business, but also in the 

 political, economical, and idealistic side of it, there will be no 

 cohesion of interests, nor any co-operation worthy of the name. 

 Hence the University, if it i^ to carry out its mission, should insist 

 that the men who are to become leaders of agricultural thought 

 should have a knowledge of life as well as be practical, scientific 

 agriculturists. I have attempted to foretell a few of the needs of 

 the agricultural community of the future as far as it concerns agri- 

 cultural education, and whilst the Commonwealth is in the first 

 blush of its youth, I feel this is an occasion when it is the right 

 moment to give voice to these opinions. 



10. WHEAT IMPROVEMENT. 

 B;j A. E. V. Richardson, M.A., B.Sc. 

 [Published in Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria.] 



11. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN WINE-MAKING 

 METHODS. 



B?/ F. de Castella and W. P. Wilkinson. 

 [Published in Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria.] 



12. SOME BUTTER-MAKING EXPERIMENTS AND 

 ANALYSES. 



By R. Crowe. 



[Published in Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria.] 



