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cultivation, states that he has found the sprinkling of lime over- 

 seed wheat, after it comes out of the pickling tub, to be very 

 beneficial. It imparts a vigorous growth to tin- voting crop as soon 

 as it appears through the ground. A bushel of lime is sufficient for 

 the treatment of enough seed for 100 acres. The use of lime was 

 learned by him in South Australia, and trial has, in his opinion, 

 proved its value wherever the crop is not grown on a limestone 

 formation. The lime is not slacked, but used just as it comes from 

 the kiln. The strength of the Milestone, which he approves of, is 

 half a pound of Milestone mixed with enough water to immerse a 

 bag of wheat. Another of his successful experiments is that of 

 the tree lucerne, it needs no attention, grows quickly, and is 

 greedily eaten by stock. He has had 120 acres cleared for 

 2 ros. per acre, and has always been able to get plenty of men to 

 do the work. His greatest trouble has been the shortness of water, 

 as the wells he has made have not in every case reached water. 

 His counsel would be to make a dam in the iirst instance, and do 

 without stock for a year or two until clearing has brought soaks 

 into view. Fallowing is recommended by Mr. Maley, not only 

 because of the wholesome effect it has upon the land, but also 

 because it allows him to get a great deal of his ploughing done in 

 the slack time of the year ready for early sowing. He learns a 

 lesson in this respect from self-sown crops, which always yield 

 heavily ; one of them gave 20 bushels of wheat to the acre. Not 

 only does the early sown crop yield more hay, but it stools out 

 freely, and there are more ears of wheat than when the farmer gets 

 behind with his ploughing by waiting for the autumn rains. Al- 

 though he has not yet planted many fruit trees, he thinks highly of 

 his district for vineyards and orchards, as \vell as for cereals. 



Broomehill, 139 miles from Beverley, is distinguished for a more 

 liberal rainfall than that of the more northerly portions of the 

 southern district. It has a salubrious climate, and a great tract 

 of territory where farmers are doing well. Three miles to the west 

 of the station is the settlement, where there are many desirable farms. 

 Lord Brassey's property which has been previously referred to is in 

 this vicinity. The climate and rainfall are so regular and the soil so 

 fertile, that 1 8 to 20 bushels of wheat is an ordinary crop. On the 

 east of the line, Mr. Powell, a late chairman of the Western Austra- 

 lian Land company, and Mr. Hassell, together purchased 34,800 

 acres, portions of which have been cleared and brought under 

 cultivation. On Mr. Hassell's property water has been obtained at 

 a depth of i2ft. from the surface. The company contemplated estab- 

 lishing a training farm at Broomehill, where young men would 

 gain " colonial experience" with a view to placing them on farms 

 suited to their means, when they are considered capable of 

 managing on their own account. Surburban lots have been 

 surveyed at Broomehill, and many of them have been pur- 

 chased by railway employees in order that they may raise 



