500 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Junn, 1902. 
New Publications. 
THE DAIRYMWAN. 
We have received the first number of a very neatly got up_ periodical 
entitled The Dairyman. It is published in Sydney and, as the editor says, is 
devoted to the dairying industry, dairy stock interests, and the trade. The 
publication is replete with useful and varied information in concise and 
readable form, and should be a valuable aid to dairy farmers. We take from 
it the following article on 
Epvucation tx Darryrnc. 
A representative of one of Sydney’s largest butter exporting firms, in the 
course of conversation, said that, while the prospects in connection with the 
butter industry are most encouraging, the absolute necessity for improvement 
in quality must be kept steadily in mind by producers. He says that the 
output of leading factories is probably better this season than ever it was 
previously, but it is unfortunately only too true that an immense quantity of 
inferior butter is made and exported to the home market, where, doubtless, its 
presence adversely affects the reputation of the Australian product. It is of 
the utmost importance to bring up the ayerage standard of quality, and this 
can, he urges, best be done by educating the producers. And to be effective, 
the instruction must be brought to the farms, for the farmers have no time to. 
leave home to seek it. While he thinks that the establishment of a dairy 
school or college may be desirable enough from some points of view, yet the 
influence of such an institution will be so limited, and so slow in its effects, 
that we cannot afford to wait until its value has been demonstrated. The 
great body of producers must be reached through the medium of itinerant 
instructors, who should be men competent to impart valuable information, 
and capable of gaining the confidence of those with whom they have to deal. 
Work that has already been done in this direction by some of the experts of 
the Department should, he urges, be followed up, and so systematised that 
every district in the State, where dairying is a staple industry, would be 
reached, and producers educated up to a knowledge of the principles which 
govern the production of high-class butter for oversea markets. 
SEED CATALOGUES. 
We have received from Mr. 8. H. Eaves, Seedsman and Florist, Brisbane, 
“Sutton’s Abridged List of Flower Seeds, Reading, England,” and ‘“ Eaves” 
General Catalogue of Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, Shrubs, Trees, &c.” The former is. 
especially compiled to meet the requirements of amateurs and gardeners, and 
details varieties and prices of seed, &e. The latter offers the same advantages, 
with the addition of a calendar of operations for the year, with instructions to 
gardeners as to general garden work, useful tables, &c. These catalogues are 
profusely illustrated, and are issued free of cost. They should prove of great 
value to both professional and amateur gardeners. : 
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