1 Man., 1898.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 237 
At the invitation of the council, through their chairman (Mr. John 
Stodart, M.L.A.), Mr. Mahon read a most instructive and interesting paper on 
“Dairying” to an audience, who, by the questions asked and answered, showed 
their appreciation of the matters dealt with in Mr. Mahon’s address. 
Mr. Sroparr, in introducing the lecturer, said he did so with great 
pleasure, and he was pleased to see the farmers of the Logan taking such a 
lively interest in the questions of the day as to all matters relating to agricul- 
ture, especially dairying, for which the district was pre-eminently suitable. 
He was pleased to see that, out of the number on the association roll, 
upwards of fifty members were bond jide farmers, and the balance more or 
less directly interested in agriculture. He was sure that associated bodies 
of farmers meeting together, discussing the various matters in which they 
were interested, such as dairy matters, pests, and noxious weeds, markets 
for produce, &c., and turning their attention to a subject that had been 
considered by them on one or two occasions—namely, co-operation—would 
be followed by good results. He would like to see a central butter and 
bacon factory established in the Logan district. He felt sure that, if the 
farmers would only work together, they would be enabled to achieve great 
things. He wished the association every success, and said that the best thanks 
of the meeting were due to the council and their general secretary (Mr. F. W. 
Peek) for such good work done, and for the credit balance in hand with which 
to commence another year of useful work. 
Mr. J. Manon, before commencing his address, said he was pleased to 
meet with those present that evening. It being his first visit to the 
Logan, he was not in the position to criticise or to speak upon the 
capabilities of the district; but in his capacity of being an expert 
(appointed by the Government) on dairying matters, he would be pleased 
to give any information or answer any questions those present might 
think fit. He stated the experiences of dairy farmers in the southern colonies, 
which he was sure could not compare with Queensland either for quantity or 
quality of production in proportion to the number of dairy stock or returns. 
He was pleased to hear, from what the chairman had said, that the Logan 
district was most suitable for dairying, and he would like to mention that not 
only butter and bacon factories ought to be established here, but likewise, he 
thought, a condensed milk factory should have good results, seeing the 
enormous amount of money sent away annually for that article alone. He 
stated that the old ery of “climate being too hot’ was being rapidly wiped out 
—as he had in the North recently given a demonstration of butter-making, by 
chilling or cooling the cream in a simple canvas bag filled with water and 
standing the cream therein till of a sufficient temperature, and the results had 
been a splendid sample of good firm butter. He dwelt at some length on 
cleanliness in the dairy and the after manufacture, pointing out the 
impossibility of securing a first-class article if every kind of produce 
such as meat, onions, and general goods of that description were allowed 
to be placed in the dairy. He was perfectly in accord with legislation 
compelling the cleanliness of dairies, inspection, and grading of all 
kinds of dairy and other produce, as it would tend to a better class of 
production, and with which the Queensland farmer need not fear competition. 
He was pleased to meet with so many dairy farmers, and he hoped that he 
should be enabled to spend a little time in going about amongst them on some 
future occasion. In answer to a question by Mr. 'T. Armstrong (Loganlea) 
as to the best breed of cows in the stud at the Agricultural College, Gatton, 
and what results had been obtained, Mr. Manon stated that, up to the present 
time, the dairy arrangements were not quite completed. A thorough test had 
not been made of the returns, but he hoped shortly to see perfect arrange- 
ments made for testing, and then the results would be published. As to the 
best breed, he said it was undoubtedly the Shorthorn cows crossed with Jersey 
or Ayrshire bulls. In reply to Mr. F. Peek (Loganholme), “Will the feed 
supplied to a cow—say, lucerne—communicate its flavour to the cream and 
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