o6 Agricultural Bank Act (Queensland). 



Apart from mangolds, roots are grown chiefly as catch 

 crops, and the following details are given for turnips and 

 carrots : — 



Crop. 



Main Crop. 



Catch Crop. 



Area. 



Production. 



Area. 



Production. 





Acres. 



Total. 



Per Acre. 



Acres. 



Total. 



Per Acre. 









Tons. 





Tons. 



Tons. 



Turnips 



12,049 



137,668 



11 - 4 



3H.474 



3,242,004 



10*4 



Carrots 



8,107 



94,15^ 



n/6 



40,488 



260,681 



6-4 



On 65,3 $g acres spurrey was grown as a second crop 

 yielding 5 tons per acre, or 325,848 tons altogether. \ 



The enumeration of live stock shows 241,553 horses, 

 employed in agriculture, 1,657,494 cattle [including 828,445 

 dairy cows), and 1,005,501 swine. Sheep are not recorded. 

 Cattle show a noticeable increase since 1895, when 1,420,978 

 (including 802,271 dairy cows) were returned; while swine 

 show a decline, doubtless owing to the omission of animals 

 on farms of less than 2 1 acres. 



The Agricultural Bank Act (Queensland), 1901. 



By an Act passed last year by the Queensland Legisla- 

 ture, the Governor of the Colony in Council was authorised 

 to establish and maintain an Agricultural Bank, which 

 should have power to make advances to farmers and cultiva- 

 tors for the purpose of effecting improvements on their 

 holdings. Such advances are only to be made upon the 

 security of mortgages over the lands and improvements with 

 respect to which the advances are made, and upon such 

 other security as the Governor may think fit. No advance 

 shall exceed thirteen shillings in the pound of the fair 

 estimated value of the proposed improvements, and at no 

 time must the advance or advances to any one person exceed 

 the sum of £800. 



Interest is to be paid by the borrower at the rate of 5 per 

 cent, for the first five years ; after which the amount must be 



