April i, 1901.1 THE TEOPICAL 
AGRICULTURIST. 
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master bison lying down about 5 yards off. I went 
up to the place, but could see nothing, for those 
confounded Karumbers (jungle-menj can see in the 
dark, and while I was " fooling around," up he got ; 
I caught sight of a great black mountain rushing 
away acros my front ; he was so near fabout 6 
yards) that I could not resist the temptation, and 
let drive. Snap-shooting, when jou have the above- 
named 8-bore, loaded with 12 drams of powder, is 
foolishness, but by a lucky chance I hit the beast 
and knocked him over. In a minute he got up and 
went off. We waited a bit to give him time to die 
as the track was covered with blood on both sides 
which made us think he was very badly hit, and 
then we cautiously went after him, inounted on 
my shikar elephant, I in front ind 0. behind. After 
about half-a-mile we came to a place where he had 
lain down, so making the Kurumbers walk behind 
the elephant we went on. I suddenly caught sight 
of an ear moving behind a bush about 20 yards in 
front, and told the mahout to stop the elephant, as 
I wanted to put in a shot where I calculated his 
shoulder to be. One can't talk out loud to the 
elephant on these occasions, so the maliout touched him 
on the head. The idiot of an elephant ( and really wasn't 
he an idiot not to see the bison, if I could see it '?) 
stopped and, imagining, I suppose, that we wanted to 
get off, promptly sat down. This proceeding was a 
bit too much for our friend, the bison, who came 
charging out like an express train straight for us. 
You bet, the elephant got up sharp enough, and as 
soon as this operation was finished, I let drive as 
best I could. No effect ; the bison came on and 
went full tilt into the elephant's forehead ; what 
with the smoke and the elephant's swaying up and 
down, I could not see to shoot again at once. The 
bison naturally recoiled somewhat (most people 
would if they had charged an elephant), but he was 
not going to be put off, and promptly closed again. 
This time I was able to lean over the elephant's 
head, and pour the contents of the second barrel 
into the broad back of the bull. He subsided 
gracefully, and then (and thank goodness it wasn't 
sooner) the elephant turned tail, and bolted. It 
was a nasty place with a lot of dead bamboos sticking 
up, and one of these caught C. in the back and 
knocked him off, riiie, hat and all, I was too much 
occupied with looking out for bamboos and trees, 
to pay much attention toC. but I knew he must 
hare fallen rather nearer to the bull than was 
nice. Well, we managed to stop the elephant, and 
I ran back (nothing would induce the elephant to 
go back) expecting to find the bull executing a 
war-dance on the the top of C, but luckily I found 
him and the Kurumbers all safe and sound. What 
was to be done now ? That was rather a ticklish 
question. We could hear the bull lying groining 
where he had fallen, but I confess we both decid- 
edly considered discretion the better part, as the 
beast was lying in the middle of a lot of fallen 
bamboos and long grass, and if he had tackled us 
at close quarters — -well, we might be there now. 
However, he got up and moved slowly off. We fol- 
lowed at a respectful distance, and though I saw him 
again I could not get in a shot, and as it was get- 
ting pretty late, we decided to leave him to himself 
for the night. Next day, as we thought he must be 
dead, we sent the men to see, but far from being 
dead he charged them twice, they skipping up trees. 
Next day I came up to him, but he bolted before 
I got a shot, and it was only on the fourth day that 
I found him standing in some thick jungle, and 
was able to kill him. 
Poor beast, he must have had a bad time of it 
for those four days, He had eaten nothing and must 
have been in great pain, and I was really glad, both 
for his own sake and mine, that I managed to kill 
him, 
He was a very big bull, standing 5 feet 11 in-cheg 
at the shoulder (measure an ordinary English bull 
fiiud see what that means), but) ho had not got a vei-y 
big head. His horns measured 36 inches across the 
sweep, and were 19 inches round at the base. The 
points were very much worn ; he had lost 3 teeth, 
and his hoofs were almost worn down to the bone 
so he must have been a veteran, and no doubt a 
very grumpy old chap, too. 
I am afraid I have spun this yarn out much 
longer than it ought to have been, and if it is very 
dry reading, well, you need not publish it. 
Let me, however, give a small parting word of 
advice, and that is that anyone who is likely to 
get any bison shooting when he comes out here 
should not use a pop-gun. I believe if I had not had 
an 8 bore on this occasion, and that loaded with 12 
drams of powder, I should not be inflicting this inter- 
minable yarn on the patience of your readers. 
Indian Forester. 
AMOUNT OP FARiM AND GARDEN 
SEEDS KEQUIRED PER ACKE. 
It may be of advantage to farmers who have 
only lately settled on the land and particularly to 
some who may have entered on the business for the 
first time in Queensland, to know how much seed 
to purchase for sowing or planting various crops. 
Although there are certain crops which may prac- 
tically be sown and raised all the year round in 
this favoured climate, yet the regular seasons for 
most crops are quite as clearly defined as they are 
in oth'jr colder or hotter countries. Some modifi- 
cation of the times for sowing and of the amount 
of seed to sow will have to be made iu different 
parts of the colony, owing to the wide range of 
temperature and rainfall, and to the variety of soils 
and their aspect. But as a general rule, the follow- 
ing will be found fairly correct, the quantities in 
all cases being per acre : — Barley, broadcast, I to IJ 
bushels; drilled, J bushel. Beans (broad), drilled, 1^ 
buahels ; (French), Ih bushels ; (horse), 2 bushela". 
Beet (drilled), 51b. Buckwheat, broadcast, 1 to 2 
bushels, Calbbage (field), in seedbeds, 2 lb. Carrots 
drilled, .5 to 7 lb. Clover, broadcast, 12 to 20 lb'. 
Grasses, prairie I bushel; Italian rye, 4 bushels 
perennial rye, 2 bushels ; rib, i busiiel ; couch § 
bushel ; permanent mixed pasture, 3 bushels ; 
imphee, 20 lb. ; khol-rabi, drilled, 2| lb. Lucerne' 
broadcast, 201b.; drilled^ 10 lb. Maize, broadcast 
3 bushels ; drilled, J bushel. Mangolds, drilled 5 to' 
6 lb. Millet, broadcast, I bushel. Oats, broadcast, 
2 bushels. Onions, broadcast, 5 lb.; drilled for seta 
20 lb. Panicum, broadcast, 20 lb. Parsnips, drilled 
8 to 10 lb. Peas, broadcast, 3J bushels; drilled, 2 
bushels. Potatoes, 14 cwt. of cut setts ; if planted 
with the American potato planter, 10 cwt. Rye 
for grain, broadcast, J bushel. If for saddlers' 
use, li bushels. Sorghum for grain in drills 10 lb., 
broadcast for green fodder 20 lb. Swedes, 3 lb. to 4 
lb. Turnips, globe and yellow, drilled, 2 lb. Vetchei 
broadcast, 3 bushels. Wheat, broadcast, 1 to IJ 
bushels.; drilled, i bushel. Paddy (rice), 30 to 40 lb. 
Cow Peas, 8 lb. Jerusalem artichoke, 3 to 4 cwt. 
The weights per bushel of the principal farm seeda 
enumerated above are : — 
Barley, 50 lb; beans, 60 lb ; buckwheat, 50 lb ; couch, 
grass, 40 lb ; cooksfoot,20 lb,; clover,60 lb ; flax, 60 1b; 
grasses (mixed); 20 lb.; oats, 40 lb.; imphee; 
40 lb ; prairie grass, 20 lb ; perennial rye grass, 20 lb; 
peas, 601b; rye 60 lb; rib grass, 60 lb ; sorghum, 40 lb; 
luctrne ; panicum, 601b; maize, 56 lb ; wheat, 601b.— 
Queensland Agricultural Journal. 
THE NAGPUR EXPERIMENTAL FARM 
IN THE CENTRAL PROVINCES. 
It is not stated with what '.object the Ceara rubber 
plants are being planted, but the experiment is likely 
to suoeed, as many be gathered from the following 
