1 Ocr., 1899 ] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. B47 
Mr. Soutter, Inspector of State Farms, adds the following particulars :— 
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The following exhibits came from the Hermitage State Farm, near Warwick 
(M. C. Ross, manager) ;— 
Thirty varieties of wheat in bags and bales, amonest which the best were 
Marshall’s No. 3, Marshall’s No. 8, Budd’s Early, Cobb’s Allora Spring: 
Sample bags of Amber Cane; also whole plants. 
Sample bags of Orange Cane; also whole plants 
Sample bags of Brown Douhra cane; also whole plants. 
Sample bags of White Kafir corn; also whole plants. 
Sample bags ‘of Red Kafir corn; also whole plants. 
Sample bags of Jerusalem corn ; also whole plants. 
Sample bags of cow pea; black and clay. 
Sample bags of various sorts of peas and beans. 
Sample bags of cow-pea chaff. 
Sample bags of lucerne chaff. 
Sample bags of wheaten chaff, 
Sample bags of mixed chaff. 
Twenty-five varieties of potatoes exhibited in boxes. 
A large display of mangolds, sugar beet, field carrots, and turnips of various 
sorts; a large collection of marrows, pumpkins, squash, gourds, and fine samples 
of the Turkish cucumber about 4 feet long ; cabbage and other veretables were 
also in evidence. A collection of 408 varieties of wheats, mounted on screens, 
showed clearly all the wheats grown on the Hermitage Farm. 
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE EXHIBITS. 
The products of the Queensland Agricultural College at Gatton were well 
represented, the exhibits being of excellent quality, well got up, and tastefully 
arranged. The farm, the market garden, the dairy and live stock were all 
represented, and were under the charge of two of the students, who carried out 
the work entrusted to them in a very complete manner. The dairy produce 
occupied a prominent position, and comprised over half-a-ton of well-made 
cheese and a large quantity of condensed milk and butter. These were shown 
in suitable tins, with neat labels, bearing the College brand. Several sides of 
bacon and some appetising-looking hams, cured at the College, were considered. 
to be very good samples of pig-products. In connection with the dairy may be 
taken the two kinds of ensilage which were shown. One of these samples was 
taken from a stack, and the other from the silo building. Both were made from 
green maize, and were in excellent condition. Quantities of this valuable fodder 
are made at the College.” Since the beginning of the year, some 327 tons have been 
“manufactured,” if such a term is permissible with respect to ensilage, and the 
dairy cattle are exceedingly fond of it. As may be supposed, much attention 
is paid to artificial grasses and cloyers. Of these there were shown, in small 
boxes, in which they had been placed some days prior to the exhibition, prairie- 
grass, several varieties of rye-grass, Paspalum dilatatum, and several kinds of 
clover. The vegetable garden of the College, which is superintended by Mr. 
Gorrie, is one of the show places which attract the visitor, Every variety of 
vegetable suited to the climate is produced here to perfection, and the students 
take a pride in keeping it up to highest pitch of intense cultivation. By means 
of irrigation, the crops are kept constantly growing, and being judiciously 
rotated the very best results are shown. This wag very much in evidence in 
the splendid exhibits of garden produce, which includéd peas, beans, rhubarb, 
carrots, cabbage, sweet potatoes, beetroot, cauliflower, leeks, and various kinds 
of herbs. From the farm, which is managed on true farming principles by Mr. 
A. Watt, came several varieties of maize, pumpkins h 
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corn, swedes, mangel wurtzels, wheat, beans, and a variety of other farm 
produce. A sample of tobacco was also noticeable. The dairy cattle shown 
included 10 young bulls bred at the College, which comprised one Jersey, five 
Ayrshives, three South Coast, and one Holstein. These animals were all old at 
the close of the Exhibition at prices which were considered satisfactory. 
