612 PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION G", 



any kind of cropping, the producer should remember that each year 

 in his crop he sells part of the most valuable constituents of his soil. 

 He should regard his land as a bank, and remember that unless 

 additions are made from time to time to the food stuffs in the soil, as 

 they are being annually drawn upon, it will not be long before his 

 vines or other plants declare by impoverished appearance and 

 diminished returns that there are " not sufficient funds" to cany on 

 the business of production. 



Deep and thorough cultivation is equally essential to success in 

 establishing a vineyard on resistant stocks, more especially as, in 

 most cases, reconstitution means replanting land that has already 

 borne vines for many years. Various methods have been employed 

 to secure the deep stirring of the land without bringing up the subsoil 

 to the surface. Excellent work is being done in Victoria by means 

 of an Oliver plough drawn across the field by stationary' engines. 



6.— THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF TEANSPORTING AND MARKETING- 

 WHEAT, AND ITS ADOPTION IN N.S.W. 



Bij S. HODBEB. 



7.— AUSTRALIAN DRY FARMING. 



By R. W. PEACOCK, Maiui^iei; Experiiiurital Fnnri, Bnfhxrst, N.S.W. 



8.— SCIENTIFIC BREEDING AND HEREDITY. 



By D. F. LAURIE, PouHrii Enic,-t, Dcimrtmcd r,f Aiiriciiltiirc, Adelnii^,', S.A. 



