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458 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. {1 JUNE, 1900. 
The root crops, above referred to, are distributed as follow :— 
Planted 6th April— 
Acres 
Carrots, White Belgian We 
Carrots, other varieties s 
Swedes, Kangaroo Purple is cab aie a ee 
Mangels, Mammoth Long Red... oe wb a |! 
Onions, Brown Spanish ... a% et oy on 2 
G3 
Onions, Giant 
Planted ‘17th April— 
Sugar Beet, Vilmorin’s Improved ay ro, He al 
Mangels, Champion Yellow Globe + 
Imperial Prize-winner (Mangels) y 
Chicory, Large Rooted Magdeburg + 
Planted 20th April— 
Flax er on + 
Buckwheat ... wi ss Sr rey + 
Turnips, Aberdeen Purple Top ... $y + 
Swedes... - ory: ne ly 
Total area under miscellaneous crops... an tees , 
‘hese root crops were treated with manures, &c., on experimental lines— 
éy., 4 load of stable manure, a load of ashes, and a chemical fertiliser wer? 
applied to the drills respectively in the order given : for purposes of comparisons 
some drills were left without any manure. The fertiliser consisted ? 
superphosphate (400 Ib.), and kainit, common salt, ammonia sulphate, each 
lb. per acre. A combination of ashes and fertiliser was applied to the Brow 
Spanish onion plot. 
The following additions have been made to the live stock at the College= 
A handsome bright bay Clydesdale stallion, Black Watch, 24 years old, recent ¥ 
obtained from New South Wales. He is adapting himself to the climate, dons 
_ remarkably well, and is very much admired by those competent to judge. d 
silver-grey Jersey bull and Guernsey bull and heifer have also been importe 
from New South Wales, and are looking well. A Romney Marsh ram, pure rays 
from the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, has arrived, and a selected floc 
of ewes will be here shortly. Two young Large Yorkshire pigs have arrive me 
first-class condition, and will prove a valuable acquisition to the fine herd 0 
pigs at the College. f 
The results obtained from the different breeds and crosses should be ° 
interest to the farming public of Queensland, as there are now the follow 
breeds dealt with experimentally:—Tamworths; Large, Middle, and pase : 
Yorkshires ; also some of the best Berkshires procurable in Australia. Recot™™ 
of results obtained will appear from time to time in the Jowraal. : 
An officer from the Stock Department has inoculated the College dauy 
herd for tick fever, and has also subjected it to the tuberculin test. There ae 
about 18 very fine young bulls, of various breeds, for sale; these will 
sent to the Brisbane Exhibition in August next, and intending purchasers re 
rest assured that the College cattle are quite free from disease of any kind. 
In the mechanical department progress is being made. A calfpen buil re 
(30 feet by 22 feety has been erected: it contains five small pens (6 feet 6 INC 
by 6 feet), also two large ones (10 feet by 15 feet), with a feeding gang 
down the middle. It is a weatherboard structure with an iron roof. ie h 
and ventilation are secured by sliding shutters. In connection with oe 
lean-to shed has been built (30 feet by 8 feet) for housing small calves. Dury a 
the month, the weighbridge has been removed and refixed in a muc ras 
conyenient position on level ground, and adjacent to the recently erected we 
buildings. It has been placed in thorough repair ; the whole of the LOD as 
painted and set in brick walls to support it. A considerable amount of fences 
