372 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Ocr., 1901, 
The fertilisers were placed in a drill and covered with an inch of soil; the 
seeds were then planted. The barnyard manure was ploughed in. Mangel- 
wurtzel seed was sown in the above plots. E 
The principal work on the farm was harvesting the maize crop, which 
promises to yield about 25 bushels to the acre. 
Land was ploughed and prepared for planting Paspalum dilatatum erass. 
Five and three-quarter acres of old lucerne land were ploughed, harrowed, twice 
rolled, and planted with potatoes. Different methods in planting were adopted, 
some being ploughed in as a comparison with drilling. Manures were used on 
the various plots as follow :— 
Per Acre. 
. Wood ashes... ota ison «» LO cwt. 
2. Australian potash Hn om 
3. Kainit x: 
4. Superphosphate 
5. Ammonia sulphate 
6 
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HE OED oo 
3. Australian potash an = - 
Ammonia sulphate... op 
7. Superphosphate coe eee ate 3 
Ammonia sulphate... er th ay 
Australian potash Leer 
8. Superphosphate 2 og 
Ammonia sulphate... ees Ib 
Kainit By oy 
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Each plot contained 16 perches. 
The manure was placed in the drills, and a little soil put upon it before 
planting the potatoes. 
Chaff cutting for College horses occupied a large amount of time, as did 
also the haulage of material, &c., from Gatton, and the cartage and cutting of 
firewood. 
The rainfall for the month was 1°53 inches, the principal falls being as 
follows :—5th ‘28, and 6th 1:00. : 
Garden and Orchard.—A. great deal of work has been done in this depart- 
ment in the way of clearing the ground of weeds, cultivating, planting vegetable 
seeds, and pruning fruit trees and vines. Two teams have been kept going 
regularly during the month, and the garden generally may be considered in 
very good condition, especially as regards cultivation. 
Dairy.—The average number of cows milked daily was 51 head, the ayerage 
yield being 17°41b. One thousand eight hundred and three gallons of milk were 
treated in the factory, 780 gallons being converted into cheese for a yield of 
743 lb., and 1,073 gallons gave a return of 448 lb. of butter. The cows during 
the month were fed on green lucerne and barley and Paspalum dilatatwm grass. 
The purebreds and crossbreds in full milk were rugged during the month. The 
purebred Holstein cow, Dairymaid, died from hoven after haying been grazed 
on a lucerne plot ; one crossbred calf also died. 
The increase of dairy stock was as follows:—Jerseys, 1 male; Shorthorns, 
83 females; Guernsey-Shorthorn, 1 male, 1 female; Ayrshire-Shorthorn, 1 
male. 
Piggery.—Increase: Berkshires, 3 boars, 7 gilts; Berkshire-Tamworth, 6. 
Sales: Berkshires, 5 boars, 7 gilts; Middle Yorkshires, 1 boar; Berkshire 
grade, 4: weaners. 
Mechanical Department.—The principal work in this department was as 
follows :—Additions were made to the horticulturist’s residence, a room being 
built at one end of the back veranda and the other end was partly boarded 
up. Alterations and repairs were effected in the case of one of the farm drays 
