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Mackay Coffee Estate Company’s Plantation, who says that numerous letters 
have reached him from India, Ceylon, and the Straits regarding the prospects 
of coffee in Queensland, “ which shows plainly that the Queensland Agricultural 
Journal is read by many and in very outlandish places.” 
There is 2 number of people now at Mackay on the lookout for coffee lands, 
and Mr. Dansey has no doubt that before long the neighbourhood will be a 
great district for its cultivation. ‘The last article of that gentleman’s series on 
coffee-growing appears in this issue. 
(ucensland Agricultural College. 
A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT. 
On Thursday, 6th October, at a ploughing match held at Forest Hill, Student 
Arthur Dyne, of Gympie, suceeeded in carrying off the first prize for ploughing 
in the match for youths under. eighteen. Mr. Dyne has up to the last six 
weeks had very little practice in any put the roughest ploughing, and his 
progress since he went into training at the College ten days before the match 
was remarkable. The Principal, Mr. Mahon, took great interest in his 
instruction, and placed him under the care of an experienced ploughman, Mr. 
J. Dowling, who coached his pupil to such good purpose that Dyne carried off 
first honours, out of three competitors, one of whom had taken the first prize 
last year. Competent judges declared that Dyne’s work was equal to that of 
such champion veteran ploughmen as Macalister, Tuckett, and Baulch. The 
judges awarded points to Dyne, 20; to Bowman, 14; to Beetham, 12. 
In the competition for the straightest furrow, Dyne did not enter, being 
satisfied with his honourable achievement. Young Bownan took the prize for 
this work, his furrow being as straight as if drawn by a rule. 
The horses used by Mr. Dyne were a splendidly matched pair of bays, 
very powerful and steady, and quite unconcerned about the crowd of people 
who were about. ‘They were entered for the competition for best pair of 
plough horses, although, of course, not for the purpose of taking any money or 
other prize against farmers’ horses. ‘These deservedly received honourable 
mention. 
The ploughing match was very successful, and attracted a large number 
of local visitors, as also many from Ipswich, Rosewood, and Toowoomba. 
Animal Pathology. 
THE APPLICATION OF THE TUBERCULIN TEST TO THE DAIRY 
CATTLE ON THE ISLAND OF ST. HELENA. 
Revort by Mr. C. J POUND, Director of the Queensland Stock Institute, to the 
Chief Inspector of Stock. 
HISTORY OF THE HERD. 
For upwards of twenty years the dairy cattle on the island of St. Helena 
were a mixture of the ordinary milking Shorthorns and the Illawarra breed. 
In 1892 steps were taken to improve the herd by the introduction of a 
number of pure-bred cows and a bull of the Ayrshire breed. Since then 
soveral fresh Ayrshire bulls from some of the best imported stock have from 
