242 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL gouRNA!. [1 Apri, 1902. 
BREEDER’S TABLE FOR MAY, 1902—31 Days. 
| Date on which an Animal served or an Egg set on any day of the present Month is due 
to give Birth or Hatch. 
: Name of % ; 2 ; ab = | 2h i | eb Bg 
= | Animal, Hen,| © EY Bad s 2. |3 S|} ss iss | 
B &e, Selb re Wis Pat tee 4) fetes aie I Ep ices Nicset 
pi ea a Rhee la ro as Pad ot aa) rare tp | Remarks. 
y ~: S | #7 1,28 SN SS ht nl ey |p ese 
= S ce wees ‘ a S7 |aSel 2 | 86 pees] 
> a a hee E 2 s BAS! 5 | tot | SGA} 
a a <a z mq | so te ee | ee Ome 
April.} Feb. | Sept. | Aug. | July. | May. | May. | May. May. | May | 
1 1 5 | 26 | 20 eS 29 Dyk 3, aK) 14 | 
| June. 
2 2 oe il et 3 rs) RO 1) OSE I hai) 
3 3 (| BA Be 4 bd | ORI 24°71" 91 16 
June 
4 4 RE |) Or jy OR 5 3 1 25 22 17 | 
5 1) Gel Bay ip 6 4 phy || hy) PRY Al tkey | 
| Oct. | 
6 Cane! OMe Lig 25 7 5 3} 27) 4) 24),) 199 
7 7 1 ieee? ee OG 8 6 4 28 25 | 200M 
8 8 12 Spe Dy 9 i ay 26 21 
9 he) Be | he) By dh alt EL ye a ete ah Se Lp) 
10 10 | 14 sy) oak | a 9 (SL oe Tey 
June. | 
11 ft, 11 | 15 (oo Be 4) @RA I) ai 8 ih) Gh a} be 
12 he Te |) as Teel ies |} am j) 2) | «30: | 225.4 
f Sept | 
13 13 17 8 1 14 12 10 | 3 31 26 
June | 
14 14 18 9 py lt ati ap iby, Gal 4 a ih af 
15 1 | 19 | 10 By) ig > et 7) 5 PA} Ds 
16 itis! ORS Porn oe ae ai TES ip G 3 | 29 
7 ibe | gt) ab: ay ih ibe {| aligy fore! 7 4 1} 30, 
18 iky |) 9} || 7B} (i Ml) Ye |) ais 8 5 | 31 
| , June. 
19 19 | 298 | 14 Tanle20. el Samet 6 9 6 1 
20 20 24 15 8 21 19 17 10 7 a 
21 PAL |) Psy || ats i) i) Pol | fork) ib Th 8 3 
22 22 pry ae 10 23 21 19 12 9 4...) 
23 PRs |) Oyp sharky | Tih |) SR |) Spe) Dy 13 | 10 5 4 
24 DES AN Pep Niet TEE | py | PRD yh gp Tee IT ah 6 
Mar. | : 
25 25 1 | 20 | 13 |.96 | 24 | 92 | 15 | 19 74 
26 26 2 | 21 pet il By? He Phy SB i IGE |) ABS 8 
27 yap | BL | ed Ab aly os 1 a) aye |) oP 9 | 
28 28 Tay PE) ae i Sy fe: 25 | 18 | 15 | 10 | : 
29 29 Big 24 eae S0IF OSL OG Oe a6 11 | : 
30 G | 25 | 18 | 31 | 29 27 | 20° | 47 |= 129 
May Aug. f 
31 Tn an e200 | LO 1 str jf gay I) oR 18 | 18 
WHEAT V. LUCERNE IN SOUTH AFRICA. 
From a very interesting and instructive article inthe Agricultural Journal 
of the Cape of Good Hope, we make the following extracts, which deserve to 
be read with attention by those who propose to seek new homes in one of 
South African colonies :— 
To begin with, the rainy season of the bulk of the Karroo comes at the — 
wrong time of the year for the sowing and reaping of wheat. We propose to 
discuss wheat-growing principally, as it is the cereal most largely grown under — 
irrigation in the Karroo. The opinion expressed by many progressive farmers — 
in Victoria (Australia) is that “the man who grows wheat under irrigation is 
mad.” Of course what is meant by this is, that far better results can be got 
from good ground under irrigation than by growing wheat upon it. Crops such 
as potatoes, fruit trees, lucerne, vines, tobacco, &c., under irrigation on go 
