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exceeded £5,000. Mr. Murray brought down with him samples of the 
irrigated and unirrigated crops, and the difference between them was most 
marked. The cost of flooding the land was about 3s. an acre, and the value 
of the wheat from the irrigated land will be from £5 to £8 an acre; while on 
the unirrigated it will not come to more than £1 or £210s. Notwithstanding, 
however, that the farmers in the district will reap upwards of £20,000 from 
their produce this year, mainly through the water being brought to their 
holdings, they will not pay sufficient for the water to enable the trust to pay 
anything towards the interest on the money which it borrowed from the 
Government to carry out the irrigation.” 
AMOUNT OF BARBED WIRE REQUIRED FOR FENCES. 
Tire estimated number of pounds of barbed wire required to fence the spaces 
or distances mentioned with one, two, or three lines of wire, based upon each 
pound of wire measuring one rod (163 feet), is as under :— 
1 Line. 2 Lines. 3 Lines. 
J square acre ...°  «.. 502 Ib. 1014 Ib. 1525 lbs 
1 side of a square acre WES op DE BES 
1 square half-acre .., 36) 3; WD esas OStaaees 
1 square mile Fe KAO” 3) aH je BY gy 
1 side of a square mile BY 640 ,, JOU memes 
1 rod in length me Laat Dem 3a 
100 rods in length ... OO Raeees 200iars BWO ap 
100 feet in length” eee 625 ” 124 ” 184, ” 
VICTORIAN GRAPES. 
By the s.s. ‘Bothnia”’ the record shipment of grapes from the Bendigo district 
was sent to London from the vineyard of Mr. G. W. Knight, Epsom. Among 
the varieties included are Knight’s Centennial, Raisins des Dames, White 
Neurillon, Muscat Hambro, Waltham Cross, and Red Prince. 
HOW TO MEASURE AN ACRE. — 
Farmers would often be glad to know the area of oddly-shaped fields without 
having recourse to a surveyor. The following may prove of some use :—Five 
yards wide by 988 yards long contains one acre; 10 yards wide by 484 yards 
long contains one acre; 40 yards wide by 121 yards long contains one acre; 
70 -yards wide by 69% yards long contains one acre; 80 yards wide by 605 
yards long contains one acre; 60 feet wide by 726 feet long contains one acre; 
110 feet wide by 397 feet long contains one acre; 180 feet wide by 363 feet 
long contains one acre; 220 feet wide by 1813 feet long contains one acre ; 
440 feet wide by 99 feet long contains one acre. 
BEE-KEEPING IN NEW SOUTH WALES. 
Tue Statistical Register gives some interesting information concerning 
agriculture in the neighbouring colony. The statistics are given up to the 
year ending 31st March, 1896. The number of hives in New South Wales for 
the year ending 81st March, 1896, is returned as 27,392 productive, 10,350 
unproductive ; yield of honey, 1,123,209 lb.; average per hive, 41 1b. ; yield of 
beeswax, 27,520 lb. The hives are distributed thus:—Northern division: 
Productive, 10,101; unproductive, 2,986. Central: Productive, 10,956; 
unproductive, 4,787. Southern : Productive, 6,824; unproductive, 2,625. 
Western: Productive, 11; unproductive, 2. The average market price per 
month in Sydney throughout the year has been uniform, at 24d. per lb. 
PRESERVING FRUIT. 
Tr is perhaps not widely known that fruit may be preserved without boiling, heat- 
ing, or drying. All that is necessary is to alternate the fruit between layers of 
sugar. ‘The sugar, however, must exceed the weight of the fruit by one-half. 
