: May, 1900.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 349 
n The following implements have been tried by us with about equal success :— 
“tseythe, a reaping hook, a sharp hoe, and an adze. By means of any of them 
800d man who has got the knack can cut about one acre a day, which is not 
bad after all. , 
We left the crop to dry for from three to four days on the ground. 
f As Thad to stack them out of doors, I found it advisable to let them get 
horoughly dry, which caused the loss of a good many leaves—unfortunately, 
Chest part of the plant for chaff. Could I have stacked them in a shed, I 
Youd have had no eee in getting them in in a less dry state. In that 
“ase the fermentation of the stack would have been more intense, without risk 
™ mouldiness, as is the case when a stack composed of highly absorbent 
cr! is exposed to the full effect of an air sometimes heavily saturated with 
Isture, 
The other two acres were sown in a similar manner immediately after the 
| Mheat had been harvested on land freshly ploughed 6 inches deep, but not 
| “tbsoiled. They were subsequently treated in the same manner as the above 
€@ acres, EN KA 
]_,, Half of them, sown on the 22nd November, had the benefit of a few points 
} o rain, They developed well, and gave a fair crop of both vines and beans, 
‘though the field was far from being entirely covered. The other half, sown 
1 ® week afterwards (1st December), had no moisture to assist germination. 
or over five weeks the seed remained dormant in the ground, and came up 
mi in January, very unevenly. From this patch we had barely a load of hay 
| ,20ut any beans worth mentioning. Thus our stock of from 8 to 10 tons is 
return of the first four acres. ae 
ve Notwithstanding the adverse season, I expect a return of from 10 to 15 
"shels of beans per acre, which at 9s. to 10s. a bushel should prove remune- 
| “He, without counting a good provision of excellent chaff for our horses. 
7 na subsequent report I intend to give full cost of production of crop 
‘td of its marketable return. But already it can be safely affirmed that it is 
Ne of our surest and most profitable crops. 
| May Of maize, we had about three acres sown with Golden King and Early 
} .'stodon. The rows were 4 feet 6 inches apart, and the plants about 18 
| Mches apart in the row. ‘Hyery fifth row was left empty to receive pumpkins 
i other Cucurbitacex. It has been objected that our corn was too far apart. 
1; ® result has, however, given us ample justification. A few fields, not far 
| ae here, situated on very similar land and raat carefully planted and well 
| illea, gave a return by half less than ours, although the plants are there twice 
humerous as in our field. It must never be forgotten that a good well-grown 
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“b is worth half-a-dozen starved nubbins. 
h We have also other varieties sown on a small scale, such as Ninety Day, 
Rly Yellow Flint, Early French, Red Nibbed, Silver Mine, &. They did 
tll, too, but. none equalled the Golden King and the Karly Mastodon—in 
tha those two last varieties did so well, notwithstanding the adverse season, 
| tT intend to exhibit them against any grown in Queensland for both excel- 
“tee of grain and perfection of cobs. 
As to the pumpkins grown between the rows, they were not numerous, but 
wt 4 pretty large size, many turning the scale at from 40 to 60 Ib. 
CARE OF IMPLEMENTS. 
By 8. C. VOLLER 
may safely be said that the main object of the fruitgrower or fatiner is to 
“Take as much as he can off his place. 
“of Tt may also be safely said that one of the best aids to the accomplishment 
this object is the avoidance of loss or waste. Tt is not always what a man 
tkes that tells up in the long run, but what he saves. He may make 
a 
sands, but he may waste thousands, and thus be no better off. I often. 
