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also a general collection of Hungarian and foreign wheat. Then come 

 samples of seeds, vegetables, fodder, maize, and medicinal herbs, with the 

 methods for preserving fodder, tests of hay, c. Tobacco is shown from the 

 experimental station at Debreczen, and samples of all kinds of tobaccos. In 

 the horticultural division, models are made of all the different kinds of fruits ; 

 samples of jams and preserves from the leading factories are exhibited. The 

 pests, both insects and fungus, are illustrated, and a series of the nests, eggs, 

 and birds that are considered valuable to the landowner are mounted. Then 

 come the noxious and useful animals of agriculture, and further on models of 

 all the different types of Hungarian stock sheep, pigs, horses, and cattle. 

 Another room is devoted to the different implements and dresses of the 

 forester, herder, farmer, and fisherman. A very fine collection of paintings 

 of the different kinds of grapes is shown ; implements used in the vineyards, 

 wine-presses, &c. All dairy products are exhibited ; honey, with models of 

 hives. Sugar, beer, and other products are placed in cases. Agricultural 

 machinery, agricultural architecture, and a collection of drawings and pictures 

 illustrating the growth and history of agriculture in Hungary is shown. 

 The home industries hand-made baskets, weaving of flax and hemp, and 

 tools form another court, with a complete illustration of the silk industry 

 of Japan. The upper portion of the building is devoted to forestry, one 

 corner being built up in imitation of a forest, with groups of the birds and 

 animals found in the forest. Specimens of all the different timbers, the 

 implements, and guns used by the foresters, are there. 



All through this beautiful building there are pictures, drawings, plans, and 

 maps, illustrating the different subjects. These were explained to me by the 

 Assistant Curator, Dr. Paikert. This museum might well be copied in 

 Australia ; and if all the primitive implements used by our early settlers and 

 stockmen could only be collected before they are lost for ever, they would 

 make a very interesting exhibit. Though the implements of our natives are 

 not numerous, they could be exhibited in an attractive manner in an agricul- 

 tural museum, and be of great interest. With Dr. Horvath I called upon 

 the Minister for Agriculture, Dr. Ignatius Daranyi, and in his absence 

 explained my mission to his Under Secretary. From there went over to the 

 laboratories of the Agricultural College, where there is also a small teaching 

 staff, for the purpose of giving a last year's course to the head student of 

 each of the country agricultural colleges about ten in number. These 

 buildings are only just finished, and form a fine block of buildings, surrounded 

 with small experimental gardens. The Director, Mr. J. Jablonowsky, who is 

 also the entomologist, showed me all their insect pests : and he has a very 

 fine collection of pests, and timbers, &e., damaged by them. Besides the 

 Hessian Fly, the wheat crops have a very serious pest in the larvae of a 

 lamellicorn beetle (Zabrus cjibbus), which in the grub state devour the root- 

 lets of the crop, while the perfect beetles hatch out, and, climbing up the 

 stalks, damage the ears. In a bad attack they sometimes take 50 per cent, 

 of the crops. The Stem Saw-fly (Cephus pygmceus) also does a considerable 

 amount of damage to the stems of growing wheat. The locust plagues are 

 often a very serious item on the great plains of southern Hungary, destroying 

 so much ^ grass and crops that the different district officials, aided by the 

 Central Government, have instituted a regular crusade against them. The 

 Agricultural Department have 300 machines in use. This machine ia 

 after the fashion of a reaping machine, and is drawn by horses and fitted 

 with stiff brushes, that sweep up and destroy the small locusts before they 

 can fly. These machines are sent down to the local authorities in infested 

 districts, and a number driven in line soon sweep over a large area. Quite a 



