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value. Ax there are many tons of cobs annually thrown away or used instead 
of firewood in this colony, it becomes a matter of very great importance to 
farmers to know whether they are thus destroying a valuable fodder material, 
or whether the cobs are, as has been supposed, absolutely useless as feed for 
stock. 
To decide this question, the Department of Agriculture requested Mr. J. C. 
Briinnich, Chemist to the Department, to furnish an analysis of the corn-cob, 
and show its value and properties as a fodder. 
Mr. Briinnich accordingly supplies the following information, from which 
it will be seen that, taking the comparative food values; commencing with corn 
as 100, of certain food materials, lucerne hay comes second and corn-cobs 
third on the list, corn-stalks fourth, and potatoes fifth :— 
REPORT BY MR. J. C. BRUNNICH, AGRICULTURAL CHEMIST, ON THE 
VALUE OF CORN-COBS AS A FOOD. 
Corn-cobs, as well as corn-stalks, have a considerable value as -food, as 
shown by the following analysis :— 
Digest. Nutrients. 
Albuminoids, Carbo. hydr. Fat. Comparative value. 
Per cent, Per cent. Per cent. 
from Bs 6 41-7 2, 37 
Cloeeielisr seen { tO Marrtete exist 11 432 “4. 49 
Corn-stalks ... et) a4 Ll 37:0 3 36 
Corn %.. x ast #. 84 60°6 4°8 100 
Potatoes ws “ ite 2:0 21°8 2 26 
Lucerne hay ... wy <o 9-4 28% 1:0 65 
Professor E. W. Stewart, in his “Feeding Animals,” recommends strongly 
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to pass the whole corn crop, stalks, ears, and all through a large cutter ant 
reducing it to a fine chaff. 
Corn-cobs may be ground by themselves to a fine bran-like mass, but the 
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process is slow, and it is questionable if it would pay here. 
EXHIBITS AT THE PASTORAL AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S 
SHOW AT BOWEN, NORTH QUEENSLAND. 
Tue Bowen Pastoral and Agricultural Society was established in 1879, and its 
annual shows have been fairly successful, with the exception of one or two, 
when bad seasons have been encountered. The last show—held on 17th August, 
when 30 gold and 42 silver medals valued at £60 and cash amounting to £20 
were offered as prizes —was very successful, a good deal of credit being due to 
Messrs. Hildebrandt Bros., wh» took great interest in the competition, and were 
rewarded by securing 8 firsts and 1 second prize. Their farm and orchard 
is situated on the Don Riyér, about 8 miles from town, where they have 45 acres 
under irrigation, and planted with 3,000 fruit trees, an increasing number of 
which are producing fruit each season. Their collection of fruit included 42 
varieties, and in addition to farm produce they showed acollection of vegetables 
including cauliflowers oyer 50 inches in circumference. 
TO REDEEM ALKALI SPOTS ON A FARM. 
TuxreE are several ways in which it can be done if one is willing to make the 
expenditure of time and money. If water is available and an outlet for 
drainage can be secured, cut a ditch 3 or 4 feet deep from the centre of the 
spot to the point where the drainage water will escape. Put in drain tile, 
or, if these are not available, fill the bottom foot of the ditch with broken rock 
or cobbles,.cover with brush or straw, and fill up the ditch with earth. Throw 
up alittle levée a few inches high around the spot and fill with water. A® 
