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civilisation in the North than in the South. The Agricultural Conferences and 
the meeting together of the farmers are going to be amongst the best factors 
towards a higher grade of civilisation than we have as yet experienced. I 
agree with the idea of the discussions taking place immediately after a paper is 
read. Three papers are, perhaps, read consecutively. The first is eclipsed by 
the last, and is lost sight of: ‘lo adopt such a system with the present numbor 
of papers would, however, necessitate the Conference extending over a 
fortnight. The number of papers could be reduced, however, and then each 
could be discussed by itself. 
Mr. L. G. Corrie (Brisbane): I would like to say a word of apology to 
the Chairman. The paper I read was prefaced with the remark that it was not 
to be considered didactic, and I would have liked it to have been the last paper 
read. It simply contained a number of ideas that had come to me, and I know 
our Chairman will not consider that they were given as a series of instructions 
to him. In reply to the kindly remarks that have been made I shall only 
reiterate one thing, and that is the desirability of fewer papers and short 
papers. I myself am guilty of having a rather long paper. If I had gone 
through it no doubt I could have made it considerably shorter, but lack of time 
to do so must be my plea. Short papers, few papers, and long discussions are, 
I think, what is required. 
The Hon. D. H. Danrymere: It seems to be almost a work of 
supererogation .to sum up a discussion which has almost been on one side. 
However, I shall ask Mr. McLean to set his watch, and if I take more than 
five minutes to pull me up. With regard to the paper read, there is 
a general consensus that it is a very good one, and a very exhaustive one, and 
with that opinion I fully coincide. It is of value in many ways; and if Mr. 
Corrie has given me advice, all I can say is that in all probability it is good 
advice, and a man who is not fit to take advice is not fit to be a delegate, much 
less a chairman. I hold if a man is ever going to bein a position to give advice 
he can only do so by listening and taking advice. It was said by Mr. Burgess 
that a notion had got abroad that Conferences might be of use, but that in all 
probability the main object was to give the gentlemen who attended a holiday. 
J am not prepared to say that there would be anything wrong in taking a 
holiday if you remember the original significance of that word, which means a 
holy day. And if you spend the time here in the service of your fellow-men 
and spread abroad knowledge, then it is a holy day in the best possible sense. 
Attention has been drawn to the advisability of dealing with every question 
separately. To a large extent I concur with that recommendation, but 
Mr. Burgess has pointed out the difficulty. it is a weakness of mine 
that I like to have some given matter to discuss. I do not like to digress 
-more than I can help. My mind is so constituted that I like to have a 
given objective point to hammer at. Therefore, I agree it is quite undesirable 
to have two or three subjects up for discussion at the one time. At 
this Conference, however, our time is limited, and we endeavoured 
to arrive at a compromise. Moreover, I think that substantially, 
in the debates, we have stuck to the same subjects. That is the 
main issue. If time allowed, perhaps we might also deal with every paper 
separately, although, as a matter of fact, you will observe that the subjects 
have been brought in under different heads, which practically involve the same 
issues, and have, therefore, been taken for what they really are. With regard 
to the suggestion, or opinion, that it would be a great advantage were the papers 
that are to be read, printed, I may say that in that opinion I again concur; but, 
unfortunately, it is not practicable, and we find not only that the papers are not 
sent in in time to be printed, but we find applications made by members to read. 
papers even after the programme has been printed, and therefore it appears to 
be—doubtless trom the fact you are busy men—impracticable to expect that 
members who have to read papers at these Conferences will be able to send 
them in beforehand so that they may be printed. If that course could be 
followed, undoubtedly it would be an advantage. I think Mr. Corrie also said 
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