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64 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. {1 Jury, 1901. — 
Mr. Maynard: I am quite in accord with Mr. Corrie’s suggestion 
ronnie to having papers printed, for the benefit of delegates, before they are 
read. | 
Mr. J. A. Haves (Brisbane): I think we are under a distinct obligation 
to Mr. Corrie for his very able paper. One remark in particular struck me 
very forcibly, and that was his reference to single judging. We have tried the 
single judge system in Brisbane, and I am pleased to say that it has met with 
universal sympathy from all classes of exhibitors. Certainly there may be a 
few who do not fall in with single judging, but otherwise it gives the greatest 
satisfaction amongst exhibitors. | 
Mr. W. R. Rozrnson (Toowoomba): Mr. Corrie’s paper is certainly a 
good one, although toa certain extent it might be looked upon as a sort of. 
instruction to the Chairman. It will not, I think, be taken that way, however, 
J agree with what Mr. Corrie says about single judging. Judges should give 
their reasons in points, but not publicly. Breeders and men like myself are 
not going into the ring to give our experience away for nothing. Government 
experts, like Mr. Mahon, may be perhaps in a position so to do. I believe the 
payment of judges is coming, and I also consider the points system is the best, 
All stock should be judged by points. Then there is the stewarding of shows. 
In a show badly stewarded it is very difficult for a judge to do his work, and at 
a great many shows the stewarding is disgraceful. Hxhibits get into their 
wrong classes, and judges get the blame for giving wrong decisions. Instruction 
for stewards for agricultural societies is a matter worthy of attention, and a 
paper on the subject at our next Conference would be very useful. A show 
well stewarded will nearly always run smoothly. | 
Mr. F. W. Peex (Loganholme): Being at the last three or four Con- 
ferences, I have learned a great deai, and what I have learned I have always 
been willing to impart to anyone else. It is not so much in the debates in this 
room, however, that our knowledge is gained. Itis by the private talk we have 
with each other in our hotels and in the streets. It is by the imparting of 
views one to another that the greatest amount of good is done. I have found 
out that, although I had got certain impressions relative to the sugar industry, 
it was only by going to the Mackay Conference and going about the district, 
seeing the condition of the industry for myself, that 1 really got a clear idea of 
its wants and prospects. This impressed upon my mind the real value of these- 
gatherings, and I take it that they are the greatest educational factors that have 
yet been introduced by the Department. 
Mr. T. Burgess (Forest Hill): This is the second Conference I have had 
the opportunity of attending, and I want to give you just briefly an outline of 
some of the advantages that I have received, because I take it that no person — 
is interested singly. What advantages me, I take it, advantages other people. 
The popular opinion of people who have not attended these Conferences is that 
they make a jolly fine holiday. You get a free pass over the railways, and you~ 
have a week’s flare up. I have not got that opinion after attending a couple. 
As an educational factor, I cannot find words to express what I believe these | 
Conferences are capable of. Some of us never saw a canefield before we came 
to this Conference. We never saw a kanaka. I came to Bundaberg for the 
express purpose of inquiring into this black labour business, and I shall have 
something to bring back. ‘lhe Hederal Parliament are dealing with a matter of 
the greatest importance to one of Queensland’s industries. I take it that a 
resolution from the 150 men now here assembled would not be without weight 
on the Parliament sitting in Melbourne. We all know perfectly well 
that we want to come together, that we want to meet each other, and— 
that we want to exchange ideas to understand the difficulties under 
which we labour, and become interested in each other as _ brother 
farmers ought to. These Conferences bring us together. We get ideas 
of what we are living under—the conditions under which we work. We 
thought a few years ago that all you Northern fellows were slave-drivers; that 
there was hardly a white man among you that would not delight in getting at _ 
his “boys” with a 6-foot stockwhip; that there was a lower grade of | 
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