1 May, 1900.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 435 
TIMBER FROM THE UNITED STATES. 
Tite ship “Shenandoah,” which left ‘San Francisco on the 15th March last, 
brought 1,500,000 feet of timber to Sydney, in addition to 8,000 tons of general 
DANISH EXPORT METHODS. 
Constprrine the limited agricultural resources of their country, the Danes 
ave developed a wonderful export trade in some of the products of the farm. 
_the seeret of their success hes chiefly in the great pains they take to cater to 
the particular requirements of the foreign consumer and the care they 
fargo, 
| xercise to maintain the uniformly high standard of their products. Not only 
| WS every precaution taken to prevent the exportation of an inferior or damaged 
article, but sufficient attention is always devoted to the packing and the methods 
_ of shipment to insure the arrival in good condition of the articles exported. By 
years of faithful adherence to such a policy, the Danes have built up for their 
Products a reputation that gives them a great advantage in the British market, 
Where their export trade is chiefly centred. 
TO BANISH COCKROACHES. 
Tn is said that naphthaline is detested by cockroaches. Therefore a suggested 
Temedy for the pest is to spend a few pence on some cakes of naphthaline, and 
place them either whole or broken in pieces in the places infested by these 
jibe insects. They will all disappear. This is vouched for by a 
amaican resident. 
THE FARMER WHO HAS NO TIME TO READ. 
An the Kansas Experiment Station, the question was put to the patrons of the 
eriden Creamery: ‘What farm or dairy paper do you take?” Out of 
Seventy-five patrons who answered the question, fifty-three took no farm or 
' dairy paper. In looking up the details of the records of the patrons, it was 
interesting to note that the highest yield was made by a man who takes both 
iry and farm papers. The man with a “farm paper” was getting from 60 
dollars to 80 dollars’ worth of dairy products from one cow, while the man who 
ad no time to read was getting from 20 dollars to 30 dollars. Secretary 
Coburn, of Kansas, very well said: “Muscle, to win, must be lubricated with 
rains.’ —Hoard’s Dairyman. 
A FRUIT GATHERER. 
Paurr intended for the market requires to be gathered with care. When fruit 
falls to the ground, or is knocked in the course of picking it, it becomes bruised, 
| and decays far more rapidly than the sound article. Owners of orchards are 
‘always chary of letting inexperienced hands gather their stock, and, as a conse- 
(uence, expense and delay is often entailed. By the adoption of a device such 
4s is shown in the accompanying illustration, anyone, from a mere child 
- Upwards, may collect a crop of fruit without the risk of damage. The steel 
gers of the gatherer are either rag-covered or coated with rubber, and when 
e instrument is pushed up among the foliage of the tree, and the claws have 
Surrounded the particular apple, pear, or plum desired, it is only necessary to 
_ Push up the curved handle to make the claws contract round the fruit. Slight 
' pressure then disengages the fruit from the stem, and it is withdrawn without 
the least damage. 
