62 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Jury, 1902. 
any part of the world, and as well made, as cheap and as light. We ought to 
know more about the machines on our farms, however, and my advice is to get 
the mastery of every piece of machinery that comes on to your farm and to learn 
to use it. Goto some trouble to understand the working of the machine 
yourself, and then if you get a raw recruit on the farm you can teach him how 
to use it ; and I venture to say that you will get better work out of that raw 
recruit than out of many so-called experts that you would otherwise have to 
employ, the more so because you would probably be able to trust the pupil you 
had trained yourself. 
Mr. V. C. Rupwoop (Toowoomba) endorsed the remarks made by Mr. 
Lamb on the necessity of greater attention being paid by Queensland farmers 
to the care of their machinery, and also laid stress on the desirability of farmers 
acquiring a thorough knowledge of the use and working parts of every machine 
they buy. 
(Lo be concluded.) 
Statistics. 
RAINFALL IN THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS. 
TasLE SHOWING THE TOTAL RAINFALL FOR EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR IN THE AGRICULTURAL 
DISTRICTS OF QUEENSLAND. 
1901. 1902. 
STATIONS, 
May. | June.| July. | Aug.| Sept.; Oc |} Nov. Dec. | Jan, | Feb. | Mar. | April.| May. 
North. 
Bowen ... eos «| 0°94] 0°19] 0:10} 6:36] 0°18] 0°93) 0:92] 0:71 ]| 0°19] 2°19] 2°01} 0°68) Nik. 
Cairns ... a .. | 13°18} 0°57] 0:89} 2°53] 1°82] 2°34] 6°23] 2°78]! 3°79] 12:90] 11°43) 3:48) 2-34 
Geraldton cath w | 26°72 | 1:21] 2°68|11°77| 3°37} 3°85] 6°45] 1°60 || 3°78 | 16°87] 7°55 | 12°83] 5-39 
Herberton.... wee | 3°80} 0°18} 0°64} 2°53] 1°04) 4°92] 1:13] 1:30|| 0°57] 5:77) 3°86] 1:54) 1-07 
Hughenden .., «| 3°48} 0°03} Nil.| 0°33] Nil. | 0°31] 0°29] 1:43 || 1:57] 2°02) 0°53 * | Nil. 
Kamerunga ... ee | 13°18] 2°09] 2°60} 1°94) 1:72} 1:19] 5:74] 2°16 |/ 2°58] 10°59] 14-24] 3:40) 2°63 
Longreach to .. | 5°95] 0:09] Nil.| 0°37) 0°58] Nil. | Nil, | 1:71 || 0°87] 0°27] 0:18) 0:03] 0°03 
Lucinda (2: | 8°63] 2°89] 2:17] 5:89] 0°30] 2°59] Nil. | 0°32 || 3°55] 11°38] 2°67] 1:78 * 
Mackay te wee | 1:32] 0:25] 1:07] 5:14] 2:29} 1:35] 1°85] 0°71 || 3°78] 8°43] 441] 6:73) 1-26 
Rockhampton... we | 0°79] 0°24] 2:29] 3:04] 1:78] 0°51] 0-41] 0:19 }|| 4°79] 1:36) 1°68} 0-21] Nil, 
Townsville... ...| 0°74] 0°32] 0°19] 1:87] O-14| 0°90] 0°16] 0°61 || 2°24] 3°14] 1°61} 0°35] 0-04 
South. 
Barcaldine... {| 2°21] 0°82] 0°63] 0°25} O-51| 0°54! 0°55] 0:09 || 2°39] 0°07} 0°37) 0°02] Nil, 
Beenleigh it a. | 465] 4°15] 1:34] 4°49} 0°70| 3°35} 1°35| O-14|) 2°41] 1°82] 0°68) 0°42) Nil, 
Biggenden ¢ we | 1:°47{ 1:56] 0°74] 2°81] 2°11] 1°35] 0°47] 0°92 |] 2°12] 0°83] 1°80] 0°65] Nil, 
Blackall aa ... | 3°80] 0:90] 0°55] 0°44] 0:88| 0°60} 0:97} 0°32 || 1°68] 0°34} 0°34} 0°05 | Nik. 
Brisbane be «| 2°29] 3:29] 1:31] 3:71] 1:30] 3:25} 1°41] 0°75 |} 1°38] 2°67] 0°76} 0°17) 0-47 
Bundaberg Ps w.. | 1:14] 0°74] 2°01] 5:59] 1°80| 2°18] 1:28] Nil. |} 6°33] 0°75] 1:99] 0-43) 0-02 
Caboolture... .| 8:34] 2°27] 3:70} 3:18] 1:55} 5:01] 3:17| 3:45 || 2°29] 2°66) 1:29] 1:99) Nik, 
Charleville... w. | 3°28} 0:93} 1:27] 0°92] 0°32} 0:04] 0°65] 0:96 |] 0°47] 0:22] 0:42] 0:23] Nil. 
Dalby ca «| 1:12] 3°59] 2°83] 166] 1°11} 4:09] 0°15] 0-42 |} 1°65] 0:20} 0°30] 2°00) Nil. 
Emerald : | 1:31] 0°63] 0:90] 1:74] 1:11] Nil. | 0°09] 0°63 |} 3:28] 1:11] 0°97] 0°30] Nik, 
Esk sth oh ws | 1°78] 2°45} 3:01] 3°03] 1:72] 4°67] 1:08] 2°20]/ 1°81] 1:06] 0°75) 1:25) Nil. 
Gatton College vw. | 1°55} 2°93] 1:53] 3:23| 1:06} 3:02}, 0°86] 0°26 || 2°27] 1:58} 0°26 * | 0°04 
Gayndah ee ... | 0°97} 2°32] 2:29] Nil. | 1°91] 2°39] 0°04] 0°38 || 2°54] O51) 0:99} 0:81] 0-29 
Gindie ... w. {| 1:21] 0°84] 1:34] 1:77] 1:81] 0°53) 0:027 0°57 || 1:35] 1:46) 0°78] 0-47) Nil. 
Goondiwindi | 1:90} 1:73] 2:30] 1:55] 0-67} 2°83} 0-21] 0-20 }| 2°06} 0:75] 1:20] 0:06]; 0°02 
Gympie .. | 3°38] 2°82] 3-40] 3:39] 1:34] 191] 1:34] 1:25 || 1:49) 1°65) 2°33) 1°09] j 0-23 
Ipswich ag w.| 143] 316] 0:97} 2:47| 3:54) 3°98] 1:17] 0:35 || 1-45] 2°80] 0°32) 0:03} {0°02 
Laidley ... ate w. | 1:47] 2°54] 2°00] 5:32] 1:22) 3:37] 1:10] 1:65 || 1:79| 1:94] 0°39] 0°10 |] 0°20 
Maryborough .., {| 4°09] 2:22] 3:07] 5°02| 1:05] 154] 1:84] 1-54 /| 1:29] 0°75) 0°96] 1°57 "36 
Nambour .. | 7:25] 3°33] 6:80] 4:42] 0°98] 3:89] 2°85] 3:89}} 1°30] 2°06] 1°61 + 0°26 
Nerang ... er) .. | 642] 5°34] 0:79] 5°41] 0°88| 4°57] 2°70] 0:46]| 3:98] 4°54) 0°65) 0°65) 0°35 
Roma ... aD w.| 1:11} 2°66} 2:26] 0°98| 0°43] 0:71} 0:54] 0°83|| 2°72] 1:11, 0°54) 0-15] Nil, 
Stanthorpe... we | 0°77| 2°74] 1:52] 4°22] 1:42) 2°93] 2°22] 1°67 |! 3:17] 0°51) 0°56) 0:10} 0:87 
Tambo ... ay) wu. | 2°85} 1:47} 0:73) 0°74] 1:47} 0°51} Nil. | 016 |) 1:73] 0°35) 0°68; 0:04) Nil, 
Taroom ay) | 1:70] 2:19} 2:74] 2°34] 2°11] 0°92] 0:42] 0°31 |] 0°53] 182) 1°30} 0°33} Nil, 
Tewantin vei ... 11220] 5:45} 8:34] 4°61} 2°71] 3:26] 1°66] 2°70]! 3:09] 1:18] 3:44] 2°84] 0-80 
Texas... eed ... | 1:10} 1:87{ 1:00] 3:06} 1:47] 1:47{ 0:26] 0°43 |] 1:95] 1°62} 0°42) Nil. | Nil. 
Toowoomba ... .. | 1:04] 3°57] 2:22] 5°57] 1:85] 4:45] 1:10} 0°87 || 3-46} 1:20} Nil.| 0:79] 0°03 
Warwick at) .. | 0°82 | 3:47] 1:57] 5:74] 2°05| 3:12] 1:19] 0-71 || 3-48] 0°65} 0°55) Nil. | 0°15 
Westbrook... ... | 0°74! 3:48} 164} 650] 1:75| 2:27] 0°69] 0°31 |] 3°21] 1°04] 0°06} 0-41] Nil. 
* Returns not yet received. . + Data unreliable. 
CLEMENT L. WRAGGE, 
Government Meteorologist. 
