1 Ava., 1898.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 95 
Captain A. Heyry (Lucinda Point) stated that for green manuring the 
Mauritius Bean was taking the place of the cow-pea in many districts in the 
North. At Macknade he had seen it yield as much as 14 tons to the acre. 
This bean was useless as a fodder, however, and in fact he believed it was 
poisonous for horses and cattle. 
Mr. W. R. Twrxe (Wallumbilla) said the late Mr. Joseph Fleming was 
the first man to erect a flour-mill in Queensland. It was put up at Ipswich, 
on the Bremer River. 
Mr. E. Swayne (Mackay) had sown half-a-ton of cow-pea seed last year, 
and had planted at the rate of 80 lb. to the acre, and a neighbour of his had 
used 60 lb. per acre. The object of both was largely to keep the weeds down, 
and in this the heavy sowings had been successtul. Cow-peas certainly 
smothered weeds, and he might mention that last year there were 2 acres on 
his cultivation which he did not plant with cow-pea. These 2 acres were now 
a mass of couch, but the land that had been planted to cow-pea was free from 
weeds of any description. In Mackay they had tried a South Sea Island bean 
for smothering nut-grass, but so far without any definite results. 
Mr. T. B. Counson (Rosewood) asked if it would be an advantage to turn 
milking cows in to cow-pea when it was half grown, and whether, if it was 
eaten down when half grown, would it shoot up again ? 
Mr. ADAms, in reply, said cows did not take to it readily. It would grow 
again if eaten down, but the second growth was not very good. 
Mr. Jos. Hupson (Rosewood) asked whether it could not be cut down 
when approaching the ripening stage ? 
Mr. Apams replied that if the cutting was left too near the maturing stage, 
the vines would shed all their leaves. 
Mr. Hupson said he could understand green cow-peas jamming up a 
harvesting machine. Green lucerne would do the same. 
Mr, Wurretry (Rockhampton) said that both Mr. Lamb and Mr. 
Hagenbach, in making out their estimates of the profits of maize and wheat, 
had allowed nothing for wet weather, and that was a serious omission, as in the 
harvesting operations dry weather was wanted. As for the question of rust in 
wheat, growers in Central Queensland would start with thirty years’ more experi- 
ence to work on than the farmers on the Darling Downs had started with. He 
would like to know whether Budd’s Early was a good milling wheat ; his reason 
for asking being that the representative of the milling company, which intended 
starting in Rockhampton, who saw a sample of the Budd’s Early that had been 
sent up to the district, had declared it was nota good milling wheat. Of course he 
(Mr. Whiteley) knew that the statements of such gentlemen were to be received 
with a good deal of caution, as they had their own objects in view. Mr. 
Hagenbach had given them an estimate of the profits of wheat at present 
prices, but if he had made his estimates on the prices afew years ago the 
profits might have been on the other side, and he would therefore like to know 
whether present prices were average prices. There was not the slightest 
doubt that cow-pea was one of the most valuable crops that could be 
grown in the Central district. With the greatest care it was impossible to get 
all the seed out of it, and the result was that stock fed on cow-pea chaff, 
mixed as it was with seed,.did as well on it as stock fed on oaten chaff mixed 
with maize. He believed the whole of the cow-pea that was now being grown 
in the Central district was the result of seed that was distributed in small 
packets by the Agricultural Department three or four years ago. 
Mr. Marks (Kolan) asked what difference there was in the several 
varieties of cow-peas ? 
Mr. Apams said, of the three varieties he had any experience of, the Clay 
Coloured and the Whip-poor-Will were the best. Personally, he found the 
Clay Coloured the most suitable for his requirements, as it had a more erect 
growth. In the matter of rich land for cow-pea, he stated that on such soil 
espleny lay on the ground, which rendered it extremely difficult to deal 
with. ; 
