president's address. SECTION G". 581 



The rapid advance made in motor cultivation and motor harvest- 

 ing operations brings Avithin the range of practical operation the 

 adoption of motor machinery in our agricultural areas. The objective 

 IS to make a perfect seed bed in one operation, and once this is 

 accomplished the days of the plough are numbered. 



In the daily we ai-e past the stage of looking askance at the 

 milking machine. It has not only satisfied critical inquiries in its 

 daily work, but is affording a wide field for fui-ther improvement and 

 facile application. 



A glance at the records now provided in allocating points of 

 quality in butter made for export, points to the possibility of render- 

 ing further scientific aid to an industry which has sprung into exist- 

 ence with phenomenal activilty. When we pass from the trade 

 established in butter to the possibility of increasing our exports in 

 cheese, we realise that quality again is the predominant factor in 

 combination with the skill of the manufacturer. We necessarily must 

 become exacting to satisfy a critical market. 



Quit© recentl}'' we have introduced E. B. Hart's (Wisconsin) simple 

 test to rapidly estimate casein in milk at the Hawkesbury College 

 Laboratory\ We have found the results remarkably accurate in 

 contrast with those effected by chemical analysis. It promises to be 

 as useful aji adjunct to the cheese laboratoiy as the Babcock tester 

 has been in the butter factory. 



The suggestions to assist those engaged in agriculture and stock- 

 raising can be continued to a greater. extent. I have indicated suflB- 

 cient to show that there exists an almost limitless scope by applied 

 science to stimulate and protect our agrarian industries. 



All these facts point to the necessity for the organisation of our 

 Departments of Agriculture and for the fostering influence of Legis- 

 latures by means of financial aid. The outlook for agriculture in 

 Australia affords ample evidence for abiding confidence and lasting 

 prosperity. 



