1 Jan., 1899.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 7 
It had been suggested that the class of young men they had there were larrikins 
and blackguards, but he emphatically denied that that was the case. They had 
in the College, as he had said, a class of young men who were a credit to the 
colony. A great deal of work had been done during the six months, and at 
the start they had a great deal of labour in preparing the land for seed owing 
to the amount of weeds with which they had to contend. All the land was 
ploughed three times, thus entailing an expenditure of about 35s. an acre. 
Next season they hoped to plant the seed at half the cost. The land at 
present under cultivation cost about £300 to prepare it, that amount including 
ploughing, harrowing, sowing, and keeping clean. The work of the half-year 
in farming, dairying, and gardening was as follows:—61 acres maize, 65 
acres wheat, 6} acres oats, 16 acres cowpea, 21 acres sorghum, 4 acres imphee, 
lacre field peas, 14 acre tobacco, 4 acres panicum, 2 acres haricot beans, 4 
acres sorghum, amber cane, panicum, 35 acres pumpkins (sown with late corn), 
1 acre mangold, 3-acre carrots, }-acre .turnips, 13 acres potatoes (fifteen 
varieties), 14 acres strawberries, 4-acre pineapples, 4 acres general garden, 5 
acres fruit trees and grape vines, thirty varieties grasses and clovers; total 
under cultivation, 1544 acres; 35 acres fallowed, 101 acres being cleared for 
next year. It might be a bold assertion to make, but he was satisfied that 
within the next eighteen months the College would be made self-supporting ; 
and that would be done without in any way detracting from the tuition of ‘the _ 
students. (Applause.) Coming now to the dairy, he regarded the branch of 
industry which it represented as one of the most important industries of the 
colony. (Hear, hear.) The dairy, including pigs, had shown a net profit of 
£168 6s. 10d. for four months and one week. (Applause.) At the present 
time they were netting £2 ls. 10d. per day from fifty cows, that amount 
being exclusive of the return from pigs, which were fed from whey 
and separated milk. He did not think it was the desire of the Govern- 
ment to make the College self-supporting, but what he maintained was that 
if they could show to the students that they were making a profit from 
the farm and dairy they would be more anxious to goin for the business them- 
selves. (Applause.) They had seen the dairy, and he thought they would 
all admit that, when: completed, it would be one of the most perfect little 
dairies in Australia. They were now making their own butter and cheese, and 
next term they would make their own bacon. They also intended to manu- 
facture butter and cheese on the most improved methods for export. In his 
opinion, the tuition of the College could be made more beneficial to students if 
more practical work was done. Under the present system it would require 
many years to turn out a practical farmer or dairyman, unless students were 
allowed to take up special subjects. For instance, under their system, or the 
system set down in the College calendar, a student only got three days’ practical 
farm work in each month, or eighteen days in six months. Now, every 
practical man knew very well that very little could be taught in eighteen days, 
yet some of the students, and, indeed, parents also, had an idea that six montis 
tuition should be sufficient to turn out practical farmers and dairymen, He 
considered that better arrangements could be made for carrying on the 
scholastic and practical duties, and he further thought that parents should 
have the privilege of sending their sons to take special courses in any of the 
subjects taught at the College. He had had letters from, he supposed, 45 per 
cent. of the parents of the students, asking that their sons might be allowed 
to take up practical subjects, such as farming and dairying, but under the 
present system they were unable to comply with their requests. 
The Hon. A. H. Bartow: How is it they get so little outdoor work? 
Mr. Manon said that students, in the first place, were sent to the 
mechanical master for three days in one week, the next week they were sent 
to the dairy, the third to the horticulturist, and the fourth week to the farm 
foreman. ‘The rest of the time was occupied by the other tuition given in the 
College, so that practically the students only got three days’ practical instruc- 
tion in farming in each month. 
