XXXV111. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



already been taken with regard to the economic nomen- 

 clature of plants, and suggesting that a committee be 

 formed in New South Wales to deal with marketable 

 timbers. The following committee was appointed : — 

 Messrs. Maiden, Baker, Ward, Oheel, A. A. Hamilton, and 

 Hon. Secretary. 



Mr. E. Breakwell exhibited various types of Sweet 

 Sorghums displaying a considerable amount of variation in 

 each type. The history of each variable form was traced. 



Mr. E. Oheel exhibited an extremely well developed leaf 

 of Spineless Cactus, and also the fruits of ordinary Moreton 

 Bay Fig with their chemical analysis by Mr. A. R. Penfold. 

 The analysis showed that the figs possessed high nutritive 

 qualities. 



Sir Joseph Oarruthers delivered a lecture on the Re- 

 organisation of Agriculture. He emphasised the fact that 

 the farming industry in Australia had not been properly 

 organised and had been forced to sell its products at too 

 low a rate. He pointed out that the principal factors 

 necessary for reorganisation were : — (a) Systematic Soil 

 Survey ; (b) Appointment of district agricultural agents to 

 advise farmers; (c) Co-operative Farmers' Societies; (d) 

 Better seed production and more specialisation in a few of 

 the best wheats ; (e) Rural Finance. 



An excursion to the Homebush Abattoirs took place on 

 24th June. 



Monthly Meeting, 12th July, 1920. 



Sir Joseph Oarruthers in the Chair. 



Dr. S. Dodd read an original and most instructive paper 

 on Tick Paralysis. Dr. Dodd pointed out that the usual 

 symptoms of tick paralysis were well known and were 

 usually ascribed to the " Scrub Tick." There were, how- 



