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_  tommitice had also suggested that a question-box be provided, into which 
delegates who wished for information on any particular subject could deposit 
their written questions. It was thought this would bea very useful way of 
disseminating information on minor subjects. Mr. Thynne also stated that 
the chairman of the Recommendations Committee would read out the proposed 
resolutions to the Conference a session or two before it was proposed to 
* discuss them. This would give delegates time to give some little consideration 
to the proposed resolutions. 
Mr. Hocaan, on behalf of the committee, then read out certain resolus 
tions which it was intended should be discussed at a future sitting. 
Mr. G. Stuckey (Maryborough) then read a paper on ‘ Notes on Farming 
in the Wide Bay and Burnett District,” in which he dealt shortly with the de~ 
scription of farm lands in those districts, and explained how farming operations 
should be conducted on serub lands, and what were the most profitable crops to 
grow. He recommended summer fallowing, and advised farmers to combine 
_ dairying and grazing with farming. He also supplied valuable information as 
to the land available for selection in the district. 
At the conclusion of his paper, Mr. Stuckry expressed his pleasure at 
being present at the Conterence—representative, as it was, of the bone and 
_ sinew of the colony. The place where the Conference was being held also. 
gratified him. ‘The College was only the beginning, The end would only be 
seen by their children. 
Mr. Movrpay (Allora) initiated an animated discussion, during whicly 
Mz. Stuckey described fully the method of draining as carried out by him, and 
its effect upon lucerne and other crops. 
_ Mr. P. McLean remarked that the scrub of the Wide Bay district was 
very light compared with that of some other localities. 
_ In reply to a question by Mr. Hoggan (Stanthorpe), Mr. McLran said 
_ Peccan nuts had been distributed by the Agricultural Department all over the 
colony, and: in many cases the young trees were doing remarkably well. 
Mr. Wurretry (Rockhampton) said some trees of the Peccan nut were 
growing wellin the Rockhampton district. Speaking on fallowing, as recom- 
“mended by Mr, Stuckey, he said the summer months were too hot in the 
tropics for the land to lie’fallow. 
Mr. Srvcxery said his own farming experience in Queensland was confined 
to the Wide Bay district. He had found fallowing in the summer months 
advantageous. On one occasion land so treated had given him 7 tons of 
__ hay tothe acre. Land alongside, not fallowed, had given comparatively a poor 
crop. 
is In conclusion, the Cirarraan said they had hada very interesting paper 
from Mr. Stuckey, which had provoked a most useful discussion. Mr. Stuckey 
had given his experiences as a farmer, and they could not be without some 
lessons applicable to many of the farmers present. 
Mr. E. Denar, of Mackay, then read a paper on 
«THE SUGAR INDUSTRY AND ITS REQUIREMENTS.” 
Arter a few preparatory remarks conveying a friendly greeting from the 
Northern to the Southern farmers, he said :— 
The interests of the cane farmersin the North and ihe gencral farmer in 
the South are identical. mt 
We have to-day three things which the Pioneer River Iarmers’ Associa- 
tion have long desired to see—yviz., a representative Conference, an Agricul- 
tural College, and a Minister for Agriculture. ‘The farming community has 
good cause to rejoice that their interests are in the keeping of a gentleman 
whose heart is in his work, whose sympathies are with the farmers, and whose 
chief aim and ambition, I am sure, is to lift agriculture to the high position it 
_ should hold in commerce, in society, and in polities, 
