1 May, 1900.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 381 
‘| . The time is soon coming when we will have to place our citrus fruits on 
| the markets of the world in competition with those grown elsewhere, and unless 
3 we can reduce the cost of production by planting our trees on land that can be 
Worked at a minimum of expense, and produce the best results, we are likely to 
be left behind. 
There is also one other consideration in the selection of a site, and that is 
tts proximity to a shipping point, either a railway or seaport ; as no matter how 
Sood or suitable the soil, if the roads to it are so bad, or if it is so far removed 
tom a shipping point that the cost of cartage is a heavy item in the cost of the 
production of the fruit, it will not be able to compete with orchards which are 
More favourably situated. In addition to the extra cost of raising the fruit as 
Tepresented by the extra cartage, there is also a considerable loss owing to the 
extra knocking about that the fruit receives in transit from the orchard to the 
Shipping point. 
__ In selecting the site for the orange orchard, it is therefore advisable to 
_ | take the following points into consideration, providing, of course, that the soil 
| 38 suitable :— 
1. The question of shelter. 
2. The ease and cheapness with which the work of the orchard may be 
arried out. 
8. Accessibility to a shipping point. 
4. The condition of the roads. = 
When these conditions are satisfactory and the soil suitable, then, and not 
4ll then, should you decide on planting a citrus orchard if you wish to make it 
“ commercial success. 
THE CYCLONE SPRAY PUMP. 
Ovr illustration shows a new description of spray pump, patented, we believe, 
Dy Messrs. Anderson and Co., nurserymen, Sydney. It possesses the advan- 
tages of lightness, cleanliness, and effectiveness. It is especially adapted for 
ladies’ use in the bush or hot house, being easily worked. It delivers a fine 
Spray, which may be rendered heavier by working the plunger quickly. Used 
With a spraying fluid of lemon oil made thin, rose leaf, extract of tobacco, 
tobacco soap, whale-oil soap, it is effective in searching out green fly or mildew 
On delicate flowers and roses. For orchids and ferns the spray should consist 
of ammonia sulphate. It is also useful for spraying the walls and roosts of 
Poultry-houses. 
All information concerning this instrument may be obtained from Mr, Pink, 
of the Agricultural Department, who has used it with success. 
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