388 . QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL, [1 Jury, 1898. 
Mr. W. R. Twrye (Wallumbilla) mentioned that in one case, in the 
Maranoa district, a committee had been appointed to receive and store wheat 
at a very low rate of storage. A certificate was given on receipt of the grain, 
and the bill was negotiable at the bank, which advanced up to 12s. per bag on 
it. This was a purely private enterprise, and had no connection with the 
Government. 
Mr. W. Deacon (Allora), in reply to Mr. Hudson, said wheat would not 
deteriorate in elevators. In bags, of course, it did deteriorate, although a good 
deal depended on the kind of wheat. Some wheats would keep twelve months 
without the sign of a weevil—that was, of course, if they were well harvested 
and got no rain when in the stook. Defiance and Ward’s Prolific were 
varieties that did not take the weevil so much as the soft sorts. 
Mr. W. R. Rozgrysoy (Toowoomba) pointed out that the elevators could 
be used for other grain besides wheat, and in a big maize season they would 
be very useful. Malting barley could be also stored in them. He understood 
the elevators were weevil-proof. In the American system the elevators graded 
the wheat into three different classes, and issued certificates accordingly, which 
rendered their negotiation simpler. The whole system was well worthy of a, ° 
trial in Queensland, and he (Mr. Robinson) said he would like to see a small 
co-operative company started in Allora, say, to test it. 
Mr. IF. W. Puex (Loganholme) said the Wallumbilla people had given 
an example of what could be done in the matter, and he also advised farmers 
to try the system. He also wished to know whether it was intended the 
Government should control the elevators. 
Mr. G. F. Saxprock (Rockhampton) gave some very iuteresting 
particulars in connection with his experiments in the keeping of maize. He 
had soldered maize down in kerosene tins, and although ou opening some time 
afterwards the seed looked perfectly good, yet on planting not a grain of it 
would germinate. ' : 
Mr. Cuaraway thought Mr. Scholefield’s suggestions deserved every 
consideration, and stated that he believed that, as soon as there was sufficient 
wheat to guarantee the erection of an elevator, one would doubtless follow. 
However, before putting one up, it would be well to know whether there was 
a certainty of its being patronised, as farmers, in the present state of the 
wheat production of the colony, might not care to use it, especially if it was 
charged for. 
FOURTH SESSION. 
YInurspay Evrentne, 120H May, 1898. 
The following three papers were read by their writers :— 
THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY AND ITS VITAL POINTS. 
[By Mr. Joun Manon, Department of Agriculture,] 
In dealing with the above industry, I am sure all persons, directly or indirectly 
interested, must admit that this branch of farming is a great help to settlement, is of 
the greatest importance to Queensland, and fully demands the co-operation and 
assistance of ali who have the welfare of this great colony at heart. The dairying 
industry has brought prosperity to the homes of thousands of struggling farmers in 
the southern colonies, who, before dairy produce was exported, were barely making a 
living by growing grain on impoverished lands, and selling it at starvation prices, 
but now that the farmers have adopted a more remunerative method of obtaining 
wealth from the soil—by growing cereals, putting them into the cow, taking them out 
in the form of milk, and then marketing them in a more condensed form as butter, 
cheese, bacon, &¢.—I am quite positive that the same state of things will become general 
here before long. The phenomenal rapidity at which the industry has developed in 
the Southern parts of Queensland has surpassed the expectations of the most san- 
guine person, and should give confidence to those about to invest in a business that 
it is a profitable and everlasting industry. The Singleton Argus (New South Wales) 
