SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
for co-opetative investigation by the States and the Institute of 
Science and Industry. The New South Wales Department of Agricul- 
ture, with its numerous experiment stations, some of which are located 
in the arid regions, has special facilities for work of this nature.” 
(d) “Mr. Blyth says the graziers require a fodder that is available at all 
times; something that can be put up in cake or marble form, that 
can be thrown (or fired(?)) to the sheep. Something that the 
speculators cannot corner. Something that can be kept in silos 
without deterioration. The fodder which answers best to these 
requirements is oats, or perhaps barley, conserved in a silo. Many 
of the wheat growers of Victoria are erecting silos for the especial 
urpose of conserving oats for feeding their sheep in dry periods. 
Normally, oats are the cheapest of all grain foods, and are especially 
suitable for feeding to sheep. In most years they can be purchased, 
f.o.b. at Australian ports, at 2s. per bushel (£5 12s. per ton), and 
can be conserved in silos without deterioration for years. They can 
be made the basis of any drought ration, and supplemented with 
straw, hay, molasses, bran, &e.” 
The man of science has learned to believe in 
justification, not by faith, but by verification. 
—HUXLEY. 
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