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THS AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



The BasiNESS Aspect. 



"The question of future importation 

 ^^ill largely hinge upon how the immune 

 cattle imported by the Government, Mr. 

 Baynes, and myself succeed. If, as 1 h ive 

 every confidence, they will prove them- 

 Sf lves to be immune from redwater, and 

 they can stand the change of conditions, 

 a very considerable trade in breeding 

 stock should for some time, at any rate, 

 be the result. Cattle are bound to be 

 scarce in South Africa for soaie years, 

 and then, so far as my observation has 

 gone, our cattle are generally of a superior 

 stamp to yours." 



" And what about the price ? " 



"At present I cannot speak definitely 

 on that point. Owing to heavy losses 

 from continued drought, cattle have gone 

 up ^50 per cent, in price above what they 

 were a couple of years ago. The freight 

 at present is alfo very high— the recent 

 shipment was only an experiment — but 

 when the war ends freights will doubtless 

 become much easier." 



Mr. Rhodes' Shipment. 



"How was it that the catUe purchase 

 of Mr. Rhodes for Rhodesia a couple of 

 years ago was so disastrous ? " 



"That is easily explained. His lot 

 were purchased in the Hunter District, 

 N.S.W., hundreds of miles fi'om redwater 

 country. If those cattle had been sent to 

 the redwater country of Queensland, they 

 would have died just as freely as they 

 did after being landed at Beira. 



Paspalum Dilatatum. 



" Paspalum dilatatum is being some- 

 what boomed," I said, "in our depart- 

 mental journal. Do you, as an Australian, 

 know anything about the grass ? " 



" I do. It cannot be l)oomed too much. 

 In our dairy districts it is being largely 

 sown, and is recognised as the best of 

 fodders for dairying. Large areas are 

 being put under this grass in the districts 

 of the Clarence, Richmond, and Tweed 

 rivers — the great dairy districts of New 

 South Wales. There is nothing like it in 

 Australia. The seed is dillicult to get. 

 Mr. Jackeon, Wollongbar, via J.ismore, 

 New South Wales, is a large grower of the 

 seed, and I believe the quality of what he 

 sells can be relied on." 



Mr. Booker will visit Rhodesia, and 

 the Transvaal, Orange River and Cape 

 Colonies, before returning to Qaeensland. 



The One-PHce Heifer^ 



Yew wanter buy that heifer, Zeb ? I don't be- 



hev3 yew c in ; 

 I wouldn't sell that heifer, sir, toaoy livn' man. 

 No, sir, if ysw thoald cjme an' lay a fifty in my 



I'd go an shet the stable door au' let that heifer 

 stand. , 



I'd let her stand right where is till she is old an 

 grey 



Afore i d se 1 one side of her, thet's all I ve got 

 to say. 



Yew heerd I wanted to dispose ? Yew must hev 



heerd it wrong ; 

 I'd buy a dozen like her, Zeb, if yew'd bring 



tbem along. 



Of course I've got a lot of stock, more stock 'en 



wliat I need. 

 An' I'm short of stable room, an' somewhat short 



of feed ; 



But Gz fer sellin' thet there beast, I wouldn r, no, 



siree 1 



Let forty dollari come betweea thet heifer, Zeb, 

 an' me. 



I am a one-price critter, Zeb, n ) man km beat 

 me down ; 



Bhe's wuth a heap more 'n forty, Zeb ; atk any 



mail in town. 

 Hi Huuker wants htr purty bad, an' so does 



Deekin Hale : . , 



But, ez I said before, of course, the heifer ain t 



for sale. 



She's gentle, an' she's good an' kind, an' slicker 

 then an eel ; 



A child could milk her any t. me , she'd never 



raise a heel ; 

 She never hooks nor jumps the fence, she never 



runs away, 



An' comes around at milkin' time ez regular ez 



the day. . , 



X ew'd orter see the milk she givts, itsyalle", 



thick, an' sweet, ^ 

 An' es fer quantity, by gum, thet heifer can t be 



beat 1 .J 1 



They's junks of butter fi atin' round inside the 



milkin' pail ; 

 An'sptakin' of her butter Zeb— but then, she 



aiu't f r sale. 

 Yew say yew're bound to hev her, Zeb Yew ? 



want her purty bad / 

 The slickest piece of cow flesh, s'r, a farmer ever 



had 1 , ^ 



Wuth thirty dollars ez she stands, an not a 



dcliar less ; 



For I'm a one pi ice crit er, Zeb, jew'll ncd thet 

 out, I gutss. 



Wuth thirty dollars as she stands, 1 11 tell yew 

 what I'll dew : , . , 



I'll swap her now for twenty-five— 'twixt me an 

 her, an' yew. 



Jtst twenty-five, no more or kss, for I m a one- 

 price man ; 



An' if yew'd want to swap her back, why, durn 

 it, Lth, yew can, 



— 1 merican paper. 



