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ae are often recorded. Yet how easy it is to prevent such a calamity. It is 
Ps whilst the horse is working that the animal suffers, but it is when it is shut 
Pima treeless, waterless paddock that its trouble begins. 
at ome time ago, the horses at the Queensland Agricultural College, when 
( ne, were turned into a large paddock in which the trees had all been 
ae a There was no shade of any description. The Principal of the College, 
ral ohn Mahon, did not wait for the slow action following an application for 
d 8 wherewith to erect shelters. He put on a few men and a wagon, 
of w % couple of days he had three fine sheds erected. They were built 
tense bush posts, plates, and ties. Saplings were laid across the 
of *,°8 these were placed green bushes, and over all a layer or thatch 
lay 7, couple of feet of old hay. During the hot part of the 
ee horses not required for immediate work gladly availed themselves 
€ grateful shade, as did the bulls, and calves, and pigs in their respective 
oa Water was always near the animals in long troughs kept filled by 
keen: mill, The cost of these sheds was a mere trifle, but their value in 
ineg Mg the animals in comfort and consequently in good fettle for work was 
ie culable. _ They were also of great advantage on cold, frosty nights. 
ls tee of shivering on the low flats which are always much colder than the 
Sides, the cattle could spend a comfortable night under these sheds. 
uila tofessor Georgeson (Kansas) said: —“‘If I had to feed in the open, I would 
1 hale & cheap but ample shelter of poles and wheat straw in the form of a 
emaecle on the north side of the lot. If possible, I would locate it on the 
j auth Side of a hill, well above the hollow.” ‘This is precisely what Mr. Mahon 
» and probably he never saw the above remark of the professor. If our 
anne would only take a little more trouble to shelter their horses and. dairy 
tes tom blazing sun, cutting westerlies, and driving rains, they would find 
Selves recouped for their labour in increase of milk yield and retention of 
er. 
SY 12 cows and horses so cared for. 
HARVEST OF 1899. 
. 
ae Zeatany has produced over 7,000,000 bushels of wheat and over 
™Y9,000 bushels of oats this season. 
n Vietoria the oat harvest is estimated at 5,200,000 bushels (5,523,000 
(ao Year) for 260,000 acres (253,000 last year), giving an average of 20 bushels 
} ~c%nst 21-7 ast year). 
| aig: © barley yield estimates are :—For malting barley, 35,000 acres (33,561) 
ae bushels (23), 677,000 bushels (776,000) ; and for feed barleys, 13,000 
(14,200) at 24 bushels (23°5), 312,000 bushels (835,000). 
ae € area cut for hay is estimated at about 500,000 acres, from which an 
8° yield of 1 ton per acre is expected. 
HARVEST WAGES IN ENGLAND. 
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nag ftvest of 1899 in England (says the Journal of the Board of Agriculture) 
| uplo 800d one both for the employers and the men who were employed. The 
| bi Wo owing to the crops not being beaten down, were able to use self- 
| Yerg SMachines and thus save labour, and also, owing to the fine weather, 
Tony le to get the harvest in very rapidly ; while the men who were paid a 
| &et ‘ea for the harvest and those engaged at piecework were also able to 
| Sing ‘ough the work quickly and without interruption. Consequently they 
| Yor their harvest money in a short time, and were free to go on with other 
trent the current rate of weekly wages. The harvest lasted from sixteen to 
ty Working days, and in some cases less. In the great corn (wheat) 
