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I'rll ,e'[la/ "lid Lecturer in A"ncu/ture: 1\Jr \Y R llIRKS, I3.~l· l Agm )

J10IlSlllwslcr, Sl('Telary, .tlccounlalll, and LC'c/IlI'lr III Bnok-kcepI1lO . MI'. W. H. COWPEH. LI.C A

Ltc/urer II! Chemical and PhYSIcal -:"·"'''·P.' Mr. A. R HICKINBOl IJA1\I. 13 Sc. Dip Ed

Llt/unr '" Bolallll lI"d Jlatfl~III(1tics : l\lr (; H CLARKE. B8c.

E:rpemllellta/u;t alld Demonstralor in A (JrtCltitlltr:

Mr. T. A. COLE. D D,A.

Farm Superintendent: l\.1r L. \\' BEA 1'1\lO:"\T H D .A

Lccl urer 17< Dairymg alld Superin tendent of Dairy :

l\11 H B.\ KER.. R DA.

SUJleT1ntenden/ of Poultry and Lecl1lrer in AVlculture:

Mr l' W GILBERT.

Gardener: Mr \\ G FAIRLIE.

Lecturer in SUTv.e yino: Mr. A. T (:REENSHmLDS.

Lulur{'fit, fo'u·/d Bll(lllleerino and BUllclwg ('oll s l ructioll:

M,'. T A MACADA:\l

LU'/urer '" 1'dtrmary H yqiene, Phl/sio/OOIl. Analomy, find Elllom%OIl:

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Sup/. of Vi1leyard, Orchard, alld Lecturer til l'iticuiture, Fnti/cultllre, and Oen%gll:

M 1'. J . L. \Y I LLIA1\lS. R .DA.

.11 (clwlllcal Engineer' 1\11'. H R ::\ OlTRSE.

,4.'81.,1 (I), t l£:rp"rwle1llahst: Mr " M FAIHBROTHER.

Ass,s/ ant M ( cflatuc: 1\lr \\' n. HAYDON

],o!>"ratory ASSlstOllt aud L,bmo'iall: l\11 J P EGAN

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Assis/a1lt Secretarll: 1\1r. H. (' PI1 II P

OLD COLLEGIAN S' ASSOCIATION. f'nlrrm. Ill S Ercelh-l1cy Ihe G01Jemor (Sir AI ·x. Horc-Rutll\'cn. Kl' ,i\I.G .. CB. DSO,).

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TfllRU SESSJU.l\, lY31-2.

III YEAH

Appl .. br, \Y F. M. Beckwith, A. R. Bell, W. L. B.

Brechin, R. F. Dar, G. P. HubblC', G. D. J 01ln80n, R. L.

.Kilgour. J. C. IGo~('. S. H. 1IlcCurier. L .

~IOJ'pllett, J . K Oppat t, L. A.

P('llgilly, A. Telfer. D. I. Torr. T . H.

DlmRIm STt:Dl.;NTS.

Hutton. E. M. McBain. X J.

II YEAR.

BenZIe, A. C. Charlick, J X. Cnsp, F. G. Dunn. R. V .

Eardle:', D.

Eardley. W.

Emery. R. E. Gee, B. R. Gibbins, D. S. Gibb~, H. C. Honey. H. M. W.

Hoop€'r. F. H . J ohu. 'tv-. C. Kelly. C. W.

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1IlcAliliffe, J. D. 1\Iilner. D. X.

Koonan, J.

Packer. R. Patterson, H. R. Pollitt, C.

Pownall. R A.

Sobels L. T.

I YEAR.

Allan, A. W

Ango\'p, P . C. Arnold, K A. Booth. B. L. S ('If g;lwrne-DliDD. J. G.

('ralil-CardinPI·. G. R. h",,·rll{'(·rdt. A W. / :i1t,(·rt. A (L

(~tl"df' , I> .J (~lIh 011 A W M. II .tllr y It I' . ,.

HaydoD, C. W. Hursthouse. J . V •.

Jones, R H.

Kewland, J. H. Nicholl, J. W. Richards. M. H. Richardson, R. T. H~'fln, II T. H~'flll, K T Hllrllll~. I{ II .

OFFICE.BEARERS, 1931-32. 1~rIJ311.11J1/1 oj ,lll CUlllmltlee<J' '1'11" "rl . - r nelp'

The I::!ludel/t Commitlee u, Manager; Mr A. R. llickinboth'LUI Editor: R. .F. Brcchin. Sub-Edllor: T. H. Torr. G. P. Day, C. Pollitt, A. W. M. Gtltl~l)ll

Coullcilmen and Vice-Council'lllenc-Third Y~ar: R. li'. Brechin and W. L Il. liill S;cond lear: It. V. Dunn and F. G. en . 1<lrsl Year: A. W. M. Gunson and ASP\\,

Feuerheel'dt.. .. .

The Sport.~ Unionl-Chairman: The Sporlsmastcr (MI'. 13ukl'IJ Secretary: A. R. Beckwith. Treasurer : MI' . B. C. Philp .

Dplegal(JI;'-Athletic.;: J. D. McAuliffe Cricket: vY. L. B. B ell, L. T. Sobela. Football.: R. F. Brcchin, G. P. Day GymntlSluDl: J . N. Charlick. Rifles . R. A. Pownall. Swimming: L. McCarter. Tennis: T H. TOIT.

Athlctics-Micluugcr: MI' T. A. Cole. Joj~t Secreturies: R.,1". Brechin, L. A. (lPlI,I!1

J. b. McAuhffe, R. v. Dunn, R. B. Stirllll~ ('ricket-

Manager: Mr. J. 1.. Williams. Captain: R. F. Brecllln. Vice-Captain: Mr. J. L. Williams. Secretary: L. T. Sobels. W. L. B. BeJl , J. C. Kilgour, R. V. Dunn, D J

Goode-. Football/-

Manager: Mr. Baker. Captain: R. F. Brechin. Vice-Captain: G. P. Day. Secretary: R. F. Brechin. R. V. Dunn, C . W. Kelly, A. W. FeuerhrNJI .

Gvmnasiumc-Manager: Mr. Gilbert. Secretary: J. N". Charlick. L. Oppatt. R. L. Johnson .

Rifles,-Manager: Mr. T. A. Cole. Secretary: R. A. Pownall • •

R. L. Johnson, J. E. Morphett. F. G. ell'i" A . W. M. Gunson.

S wi nI nI. i /I gl-Manal('£'l': Mr. Gilbert. Captain and Vice-Captnin: To bp elp('it,d Secretary: D. K. Milner. A. Pengill~', L. McCarter, R. V. Dunn. n .1

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M'[IHL!(f'r. Mr. Baker. Captain: R. Packl'r. VH'p-CaptaiJl: C W. {{('II" Sp('r<'llu,\,: T. n. 1'01'1'

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Each nation is characterized by its own peculiarities. 11abits, customs, and ideas. The Frenchman is renowned for his polish. the Engli,hman for his con~er\'atisl1l, the .\l11er­iean for his systematic business anc! speed, and the .-\ustralian for his laxity. tolerance,

and easy living.

Our good climate has no doubt played an important part in the development of this undesirable characte ristic. :;\Iild winters.

spring warmth, and bounteous fruits of summer will bring contentment and peace

in a land where there is always plenty. Uur relatively safe position in relation to

foreign powers, and freedom from external

inAuences may be other contributing fac­tors. These Utopian conditions have

lulled the growing nation into a position

of false security, and as lye ha\'e developed

the two catch-word~ " ~ear Enough" have

been indeliblv moulded into our character . -1£ anyone doubts thi~ simple statement,

let Ilim listen to any body of Australians at

work, no matter whether it is on the farm. or in the city, and he will not wait long

before these fatal words are spoken,

It i., not our politics that are mi sleading lVi; it i~ !lnt nul' adl11ini~t rativc hodies that are di reeting us the wrong way: our finance, are not at fault; hut it i", essentiallY ,

an attitude t()warcl~ our work, politics and hLhll1ess, The sla t'knes, of the individual hecoille., a bunlcn"ome handicap when applied nationwic1e. Tn agricullure we haye

lllJt iar til look til find l11al1: example" o(

t hi s.

(lur apples an.: rejJorted to land in L,"l­d'Jll, I-lallll>urg. and (;la"gow ill an Ullsat-• • Ist:Wliln c"l1riiti')Il. [1l111parl·ri with the pro-

ducts of other cuuntdes, lik\.: Calla,la. Buyers agree that there is a lack ()f finish in our article. A ftel' all the lahours of productioll, apple-growers throughout the C o\1lJ11,onweal th seem content to despatch their goods oversea:; incorrectly packed. poorly graded, and unattractively finished­that'~ near enough!

IL is well kno\\'n that graded selected seed hring the best return, that infertile fresh eggs command the highest prices, and that the ta te:, and requirements of our over­

seas customers must be careflllh' studied •

if our exported products are to receive their share of the buyers' attention. Yet man\'

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farmers indiscriminately so 1\' inferior seed,

gather up and sell month-old eggs with great pride, and disregard the snbtle demand' of London housewives. It's" near enough."

but ~uch practices inflict serious los e on the nation's income, and damage our good­wilJ and prestige overseas, The people of Denmark, for example, know hetter than

commit the e grave errors. for they appear to possess a keen realization of the cash value of attention to detail.

III one phase of OUf national life. it i refreshing to obsen-e, that we haye not per­mi tted these slack methods to cleyelop, All ~port recei I es serious attention. The Aus­tralian Eleven is not a body Clj[ "neal­

enough" expert!:>; the Davis Cup Team plays in g-ra I'e seriousness to uphold our prestige in France and England. In sport it i" our ambition to lead the world.

i\ ear cnollgh is not good enongh, and if we are to gain high honor and Sllccess with the other peoples arollnd us, our national attllucle tOII"ards work and methods reCJl1in''; somc chang-e, \ new education ami an" .;lltIming (If ideas may bring ahpl1t this

ha PP\ result.

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....... urrent XEWS ."\ND CO~n.LENTS .

The current season opened with excellent rains , and to the end of August there was only a few points difference in this year's rainfall and the annual average to that month. Ploughing and seeding operations were held up at times through the ground being in uch a soft and moist condition . These r:lins, together with fayourable con­ditions. were responsible for an abundance o f greenfeed, and during the winter and early spring it wa in e., cess of require­ments.

It is pleasing to see such a large number of students here this year despite the depression, and, indeed, it should be in a country like ours, so dependent on prim­ary industries.

Operations on the farm are becoming more numerous and diversified each ses­sion. One of the latest projects under­taken on the farm is making soap in the boiling-down coppers, and on the last day of the second session, about 120 lb. were made.

The manufacture of cheese at the dairy is increasing in importance, and batches of cheese are quite frequently turned out. During the second term several hundred pounds of cheese were made, and are now undergoing the maturation process . ( It is a quick maturing variety, and it is not in­tended to aIlO\v it to become "livestock cheese.") Last term quite a number of pigs were slaughtered, and a quantity of bacon processed. The new concrete vats with steam heating, have been found much mc,re convenient than the older type, when hl,t water had to be carried to them .

'I h(· activity in conducting pi/; feeding t'xpc'rillll'nl s has not ahated, and last term tWI' It'sts Wl'I'l' c'arri"d out. The tests con­{('rned IIlI' fl'('din!! 1)( inf('rior qnality rai liins a n,I furmnt • hut OW'l(' food s 1"'ovl'd to III'

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1..0 vents. of low feeding \'alue. Another eX\Jerimt

h' hi ' nt W IC conc uded WIth satisfactory re~l1lt was the feeding of whole grain in com: parison with crushed grain.

This year one a f the irrigation plots \\'as planted with potatoes, which are enjoyin the ach 'antages of irrigation. This i~ making the College more self-contained. In this district it is not generally considered p rofitable to grow potatoes, but in these times it will mean a certain amount of saving in the food bill.

A n excellent sample of fat lamb was pro­duced this season, and those sold at the Abattoi rs reali zed good prices. A good pro­portion of the fat lambs sold were suitable for the export trade. Some lambs were so ld direct from the College to the export­ers. It is in teresting to see how favourably the College lam bs are received in the City, and on some occasions, meat was especially adverti sed as being a product of R.A.C. In almost all breeds the lambing percentage was very satisfactory . The cross-bred, Southdown-Border Leicester-Merino proved the best in thi s respect, with a percentage of 107.27. The lamb breeding experiments conducted here some years ago have come in f or much f avourable comment, and in recent years interest in these results has been r enewed, and in many papers 00 fat lamb production , these results are often quoted.

The general shearing took place in Octo­ber, and the sheep were put through the sheds in good time. Prior to this a few ration sheep were shorn in the second tenJl. also some of the show stock. Crll tchitl)! was al so done prior to the main shcanIll" Several prizes were obtained at the \ ,kl;tilk Show for Southdowl1 sheep. TIll' t "lk!! also took fir ~ t and sl'cond 1" i l'~ 11 1 hI

{'xport lalllb ~l'rtilllt 'I'l l<' fir,,1 \,,1 I ' ,' I'

to a SUlIllulo\\,11 11' 1\"''; ( 1' 1 .'.1 "111'" , h'

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I II ' 'I'Hlt' valuahle work Oil the soursoil \ \1 l ..

H(>\llM .• IUt! htl ve (lbtained some excellent 1t,~ tl l(:,. Their work will be carried on next

, . I· \\ hen the soursobs again make their , l.1 1

al'pearnncc. \1 1' . R. B. P ostle , an Old Student, has •

b~et1 appoi nted ass istant to Mr. Baker on the da iry. A t present he is undertaking a

,peci,d dai ry course. , \ t rhe R oyal S how this year the College

was successf ul in obtaining the Champion Prize fo r both Tam worth boar and sow. In the senior stock j udging competitions, R.A.C. held its own, and claimed practically el'ery pri ze. It was pleasing to see an Old Student. F. H. \Vheaton , well among the prize-winners. R. F. B rechin gave evi­dence of his judging ability, and did well to win the medal presented for the best all­round judge of stock. G. P . Day, last year's winner of the medal, made a name ,

for himself a[ the Melbourne Royal Show , in a competition of this kind . He secured three first prizes and a second . Students took a big interest in the A delaide Show this year , and many rendered h elp <~s assi s· tant stewards.

This year the T hird Year students have had several int eresting education a l trip. The first three clays o f the second t erm were spent at th e Government Experimen tal Orchard , at Blackwood, wher e pruning demonstrati ons, and an inspection of the orcbard and co ld stores were arranged by \fr . Fuwler. Studen ts t r avell ed to and from the city each day, som e eve n going to tbe extent of hi ring a car fo r one morn in g. ( , Jlle of the recent t ri p:; was to 1\[ urra \'

B . I ' I'I( ge. This was the best trip [or the

year, and a very intel'esting and educatillil a l 1)11~ , too. At M urray B ridge the Flour \[ 111 and Farmers ' U nion Milk Factory Were in .,pected, followed by a hoat trip to \\ lJod's P oint, the dairying settl ement. The lllrrht was spent at M o ullt Barker, most of the fellc)ws sleeping' out ill the open. The

[UlitlWIIlJ..: day jJruv('d a filII I,II(! , :111,1 hve plan's of int'rest wen' visited, including thl' Twecclvale ,\1 ills aud !'rJggitl JrJtle~, lit

Litllehamptol1. Un other uccasions the Ahattuirs w(;n:

visited , and much interest wa:; attached to

the speedy methods of killing, especially tbe cattle and sheep.

At the commencement of the second term all Third Years' entered for pruning com­petitions , either at Angaston or Light's Pass, and a large percentage were successful in gaining certificates in the various sections. The students' pruning was fa\'ourably com­mented upon at a dil1ner held by the Light's. Pass Bureau at ;,: uriootpa, after the com­petitions. Klose scored well in the "ine sections at Angaston, and also competed for the district championship held at Tanunda, At Light's Pas Beckwith took top place in the peach section .

This year again sa \Y the sheaf -tossing record broken, and this time Crisp ,;yas successful. X ine inches wa added to the preyious record , and now it stands at 35 ft. 9 in. This is the fourth year ill successi.on that it has been broken. It is interesting­to note that the world's record was al 0

broken at the Melbourne Royal Show this ,

year. •

A t the annual sports this year titling put up a good show and won the Cup with a safe margin, with Crisp as runner-up. Competition was keen, and of the eleyen Cup competitors, nine gained points. The clay turnecl out a wonderful success, even though the turf was very heavy, especiall)" fo r the bike riders.

Following the sports was the annual ball, which also was au ulIquali fied success. The lI snal large crowd was present, necessitating three sittings for the supper. Two a.m. was the time set fm the last dance, hut everybody was sorry to see that dance comt'. as things were moving along with a gond swil1g by then, including decorations, whie-h were considerablv moved. ,

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~)n the 31st. \.ugust the return dance was held at Gawler, and "'a5 very 11luch appre­ciated hy the large number of sturlenu, who

.lttended.

\ \' ork 011 the sallclhill ha~ been completed,

<lud a large number of vines and fruit-trees were planted out this year. after subsoiling '\\'as cOlllpleted. The pipes for irrigation

have just recently been set into position, and are ready for supplying a summer irrigation.

La:,t session a Debating Society was formed. and met with success at its Ii rst

meetin"·. The proceedings were opened by the Principal, and then followed the debate

concerning J r urses v. Tractors. The

speeches \"ere very entertaining to the audience, and 1 am sure part of the humour

was quite unintentional.

• \ boxing tournament was conducted

during the winter, and the audience was

fortunate in obtaining some " close-ups" of

the noble art; including unorthodox and

original methods. The B.B. combination

was "ery exhilarating, and most certainly employed original methods. During the colder months the Gymnasium was very pop­:ular. and 1\11'. Fairbrother spent a good

<leal of time giving instruction, which was much appreciated.

This year a neat little College badg-e has heen adopted, and has proved very popular. It 'eems strange that a College badge has 110t been in use before, considering that the College has nearly half a century's stancl-,

mg.

The annual meeting and playiJlg of matches between the Australian Agricul­tural Colleges did not take place tbis year, owing tf) the ecunomic conditions. H 0'0'1'­

('Yer, crJmpetition for the shield was not <lhr,gl'lller cut flut, and the various College 1< i 0" T"allJ~ shot on neigh houring ranges.

0( ,atllJlI (',,1It'J,:(' was su('('essful in winning 1111" hit·ld, with n'H,l-i(· 11111\ 1\\,11 points 11('­

hint!. (.att'JII ~l'lIlI'd 57(, pili II I-. , I lIJl,kil'

~74. with 1<" I w',rlhv III' t witll !i I"

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-\. tractOJ~ trial \\ as c.onducted un ( tJllLg. property thiS !:>eason, WIth a .\l ercedes Ikllz crmle oil tractor, in the padcll)('k known a "George'!:>." Students did. not mind driving the tr~ctor, even though It was a cold job sometlllles.

The crup area thi s ) ear is consitlerabh smaller than las l: year, but the yields promi;e to be much heavier, and thi s season there will

be some very fine crops. The self-sown crops in Ebsary's and Day's C have been

cnt for hay and stacked in the paddocks.

This will prove very useful as a fodder reserve.

On Labour Day a party of Prince Alfred

College boys paid their annual visit to the College. The cricket team from the Taxa, tion Department was al so here on that day, the match ending in a draw .

During the last few w eeks Cjuite a number of , \gricultural Bureaux have been here and

inspected the Yarious parts of interest. Onl)' recently, the Advisory B oard were here on

their annual visit , and commented iayOttr­ably on the work being done.

The harvest opened up well this year wi th ensilage cutting, and this work was com­pleted in a very short time. The quality

of the ensilage this year is very good, and the yields obtained with some , 'arieties were very high. The ensilage cut from White Tuscan wheat gave the highe t returns. averaging over nine tons per acre. )Io,t of the hay bas been cut by no\\'o and 3

large quantity should be stacked. The oats so far are yielding well , and han'esting of this cereal is well under way.

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.. St ll' WIth the b1l1cler, also th'" ha If test s. ,I,

. d' . f I I " llI""t p1l1g an WlI11l0Wl\1U 0 t 1(.' eal' I ' ":lnt " • 1 1 1\1 11

oats has :lIsa ('ol1ll1l'I\t'<:'d. :\1111 \Il' \ ,

over fori." htl~Ill'1s 1)('1' acre 11:1\ (' 1",<'1\ "I>

I aill('d. '1'1 1 I 1 . I\' ).\h 1(' 1:lrll'~1 IIItll ~ t lIS ""11 ,11\ '

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II I :--tlt,'s\' plots arc tlndcr ia llow , tu a llo w t he ",il tn recuperate, S ummer sports a rc in iull S\\'Ing now , a nd several ma tches haye been pIa \"(~d hy hoth cl' icket team s , a nd the tennis teal11 'I he sll'i l11l1ling dam has been

cleared of weeds, a nd is very popular on

warl11 nights aiter work. Hrechin, the Captain of the foo tball team .

is to be congratu lated on w inn ing the B r od ­erick and Bruce Kerr ~ I eda l s in the Ga\\' le r

Football . \s~ociation thi~ year. T hi s i ~ the

second ti11le that I3rechin has \\'on the l3 rod­

erick ;\fedal. and the third time in succe~si on that this medal has gone to a College ~tl1dent.

The herbarium collection of weed~ has

been largely increased, a nd should be o f

considerable value to students, ~I r. Clarke

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structed to the pa\"iliol1, making il l11uch more c!1nYenient in wet weather, IldcJI"1;: this roadway was laid down, car, al1(\ truck,

fo und it d ifficult to neg otiate the , tick\ c1a\, . ,

( )n one occasion this year ho rse ," had to he •

broug ht to the r escue , to pull out a Illrry s tuck axle-deep in the mud , ( )n that oc· casion the lorrv was aba ndone(1 fur the • 'l ig ht , and the \' i ~itin g foo thalle rs taken to

Gawle r on the drag,

R ecently , the \' e te rinary a nd Ccr eal L ah-• •

0ra tories changed hands, ami thi 111Uye

should make it m o re conyeni ent for buth

parti es concerned ,

Dollman's Farmers' Friend has proved to he marvel­lously effective as a fungi­cide, and non-injurious to seed wheat. An advance upon other methods the Dollman treatment defi-nitely prevents smut and protects against soil

reinfection.

From a ll Coun t ry S t o res.

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--t )"ing" to the depression the LtlJr<ll')

C;rallt ha~ ueen reduced. and will need l'are­j ul llIanagement to see the year through. HoweYer. it has not been found nece~~ar) ttl reduce anI' of the agricultural journals

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H.ed Comb As:;ociation, for disposing 0 r the eggs. and benefit:; should accrue through this move. . \t the poultry yards an eagle, and e,-pecially the peacocks, are a source of admiration to \' i5itor5. Their peculiar call i:, often to be heard during the morning and

• eyenmg.

During the wlIlter dances were held fre­quently at the Guide and Scout Hall, often (lId-time dances being included in the pro­g-ramme. ,\ Shell Dance was held at the <

hall ane night I a wireless set being fitted lIjl

for Lhe purpo~e.

Economies haye been exercised bv the •

various sports ane! dance committees thi s year. and it is hoped that a refund of portion of the sports i ee~ wi 11 be possible.

Recently the citrus trees in the Principal's garden were treated for Red Scale. Large tents were erected over the trees, which were then fumigated with prussic acid. This treatment proved very effecti\-e in eradica­ting the pest, and the outbreak gave us some valuable practical experience of this treat­ment.

Hay carting has commenced, and the stack~ are being built rapidly_ There should he ample hay this year to carry through tn next harvest, as well as providing a reserve.

The l''(al11~ ".re very close now, and soon tht' " midnight oil" will he hurning freely . 'llil·f(· is, how(·\,cr. a break of a fe\\' eta) ~ at II,"; tlll;'~. I', hc f,,jl!lw('c\ 111 ahou! fiv" wl'd • tillll" I,) S!,('('1'1l I lal 1111 tl1('III, (If h IJlIIHIV. l'I.I.!.III,d tlll'lI IIII' \\\'''''1111' 1.(lI1:~

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It i ~ Ililh much greater peace of Imud that we go to print thi~ issue, since nl)

further amputation 0 f members has oc­curred .

In tact, tile population of tbe College ha~ actually increasecl. We take this 0Pvor-tunity of tendering our hearty congratula­tions to :\[es~rs. \V1l1iams and Philp, who ha\'e beclJme the proud father s of a son and daughter respediYely. To date we have not ubser\'ed any of the symptoms conse­quent 011 ~leepless nights, so. knowing that the paternal relatives are not addicted to nights out, the proof of hereditary tenden­cies is obvious.

vV c also wish to congratulate 1\11'. vVhicker on his recent enrolment in the noble order of benedicts, and extend a cordial welcome to his wife. It is rumoured that one 0 f ou r two remaining "hardshells" is contemplating double harness, but the "Fruit Garden" remains aclamant . One would think that with all the evidence of COIl­

nubial bliss arouncl him he would hesitate

no longer.

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THIRD-YEAR.

What of the Future? •

The song, .. In a hundred years from noW, probably overestimates the capacity of most o,f us but. say. twenty or thirty years hence ' H ow can South Australia be anything but a most prosperoliS State when the present poten­tialities of sixteen practical and theoretical farmers have been realized .

• • In the year 1950 I had the pleasure of tot1nll~

this State, and it was then that 1 realizer! wh"t work the Old 1nstitution had done.

A t Renmark i\Ir. Appleuy dro,'':' me in Ius bi,~ limousine into his \' and 0 ., whidl 1.><)I<,'r! t ' me like a big fortre~s with ib lar~l' (',l1b.\llk

lnents, but thi$ far·:;:t;'eing little \'t.'ttlf.\l1 Inl\'I1\\\11

me that hi , wlft' c,'utdn'l ~ \\I\1l .• Hld tI\I'\ ,\!of\

itt"t about dul' fnr all,)III,·,. til '''.! It, · I' ,\"

hl)\ls,' whi,'" I,,· 11,," ,','\1 .Ih!> Itlt".! 1,.1\ W;ll', 1\1 ... 1 till'll linisillllg, illS ~\'· hp~\"tt t· \\1\\1\ \\ '

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\It'hllt h'.n 1 ilL: ,1IHI IIll" '\Il' , who paraded hi .... 1'1\.tI~t~S l Hhl poil\tt~d out H YlJUllg stalwart

"h., """ ,'hnmpIIHl of hi~ weiglH·lifting squad. 1'Il1' ,,·,ltTit'S illld responsibilities of thi~ large ,rh",,1 f\\U~t h~ too Illuch for Mc he's not look-1111[ ;It (111 well, and i ~ losing weight fast, only \\",'i~ hing about sixteen s tone now.

Down the line, at Alawoona, Mr. Pengilly is "en' proud of his 2,000 acres. I caught him in a very elated mood, as the night before the district had had two points of rain, which. he said. would ensure a heavy crop this season. He'. still mad on the Big E .

At Elwompal I expect ed to meet Mr. Oppatt , but was disappointed, as the Government had offered him the position of Farm Manager at R.A C .. and he had accepted, leaving his son onl\" eighteen yea rs old, to manage the farm .

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his father . They haye fat·lamb production nown to a fine art. Th ey won't look at any· thing but Southdown rams. and then advocate u,ing only Johnson st rain . .T ohnnie's place i3 between N arracoorte and Bordertown, and here in this ideal climate he has made a specialty of his stud breeding. But after a11! he had a good grounding, and was in a better position than outsiders to take up this work.

At Murray Bridge Ray Beckwith took me out in his private yacht to inspect his fleet of river·hoats, most of them milk·carriers . It is rumoured that he has a big interest in Wood'~ Point Dairy.

I arrived at R.A.C. at seven o'clock, just in time to see about a hundred students doing a very fast finish through the farm gate in a vain endeavour to be earlv for work. As I turned •

the corner at the farm office the farm manager wa~ saying, "Telfer and Klose, you give them a hand out with teams, then go on the chaff· cutter." r was very interested in this young Telfer who is a real dinkum chip off the olrl ~Iock-slim , sleek and silent. with his hair parterl 111 the mirlcJle. and a real wretell with the girls.

Over the farm road Mr Hubble, Experimen· t J' t . a IS , J ~ ~encling his students out to hoe weeds in the hand p10ts, and another to chase birds out of the birdcage, George ha.~ proved his 1V0rth to the State, eyen if it is only in the pro­:~llCtion of thi~ one new variety, which he calls . Roseworthy \Vonder," the pedigree of which ~. Pree Gallipoli by Sunri se Crossbred, by ,arh· DUlln Roseworth v 'Yonder.

Up drives a big Buick, out steps the Principal and In Rnrl behold I "IIII'. Kilgour. He has 'Ur, h 'I til j tlP a wonrierful future in front of

him, (ll1d WIth hi. Il[('rca 'r! ,limen ICJn I "l'art'ely rccoJ.:l1izl:d th" "nne marl. He had toured the continent extensively, 5turlyinl.( a"ri cultural p.-actices, and on return waf! appointed to R.A.C.

I was unable to see Tom Torr. but met several of the younger generation at Redhill. who spoke of him in terms of the greate.;t admiration he is evidently regarded as th~ "big noise" of the locality. I understand that he is to address an audience of ten or twelve thousand at the next Convention in the District, his subject being. I am told, "The Scientific application of Science to Scientific Agricultural Science." Good old Tom! That's what the country needs. May your voice carrv to the -farthest corners of the land!

Hundreds of admiring eyes view the pranc­ing Clydesdales as they are paraded before the tall iudge, slightly stoutened by age. " Who is that man?" enquired a feminine voice "Why, don't you know, that's Mr. G, P. Da\·. best man at the Melbourne Royal this vear. He's from lIlyponga, S. Aus., where I believe he has a remarkable stud farm of horses. sheep. pigs, and fowls. That's what Roseworthv Co11ege makes of young men."

While in town I visited Teachers' College, where Dr. J\Iorphett was lecturing his thousand potential teachers on the needs of agricultural education. "\Ve must incorporate agriculture in all our s tudies, giving all our educational subjects a rural flavour . Our latin tran~la­tions . . . J'

That night, as I lay in bed. my ear phones on, I recognized a familiar voice. " 1 YZ Yorke 's Peninsu1a calling. Ladies and gentle· men, South Australia is an agricultural State. The significance of this fact has not been fully realized. . " I've got faint suspicions that Councillor Brechin has been nominated to com­petc for the Yorke's Peninsula District seat in the forthcoming elections.

In memOriU1l11-South i\ustralia sadly mourns the los. of

a verv able dairyman, who is now managing • •

a rubber plantation in the Malay States.

* * * * * SECOND·YEAR.

After a short sojourn from Roseworthy atmos­phere we gathered together with high hopes for the coming term. 'Ve are all eagerly looking forward to the swimming carnival. hoping to give a good account of ourseh-es and keep both the Cup anft the Shield in our posses .. ion.

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!lunng the \'aca tion four of our far· seelllg members embarked in a car of doubtful reb· ablhty, searched the greater part of South . \nstraha for likely farms upon which to model theIr farm essays next year, Gee, we believe, IS interes ted 111 the growmg of mallee root ;; , suitable for export, while Milner 's interests are centred on intensiYe stumpy-tailed lizard and goanna ralsmg.

Fal'11I classes this term ha\'e been very pleas­ant afternoons. 'Ye haye had wonderful times scrambltng about dirty drills and harvesters, pulling portiolls to pieces, and lea\'ing it for someone else to put together correctly. By far the most lllteresting, howeyer, are our s taklllg lllstructor's historical lectures. appreciate them .-ery much- but who is Riddle ?

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It IS clear to us that Conkey can't know much about women Of course we are always willing to sympathize with a stricken Romeo, but what can one do when told that all women are doves? Just .. coo," I suppose.

The old organ passed away this term , deeply regretted by alL It has had an eventfu'l life and we had hoped that it would still be good for at least one more New Year's eve. We had not been long without it when Fish pro­duced an accordeon, capable of a noise similar to that of several screach owls, and all the neighbouring cats in chorus. This contraption may now be heard any hour of the day or night, the commencement of a session being generally greeted with groans and followed b y the "movement " of all the old boots handy.

As this may be looked on as a Chri stmas issue, the Second-year join together in wishing all readers a good harvest and the Compliment; of the Season.

* * * * * FIRST·YEAR.

Thanks to Stirling our year gave a very good account of itself in the athletic sports held one wet day in August. We tied with the Second·Years' for the Shield so far lfor three y<cars} the First-Year has not had its name on the Shield. The Cup for the best athlete went tn Stirling, and the First·Years' extend to him th"i r hNlrties t congra tulations.

J, "ll(,willl{ the sports was the big dance. (Jh !,"YS! till' fair mai,lens arrived from town

,(, 1':1 H thr(lIIgh th" SHerer! pL,rtals of Oll rhome, t .. l,r .. lH' 111\" il M <I" 'f(·ts, tn ltoav!! tIlt' hnllnting frIIKU""c "I (,('~ h IlI,wI'" ill tJII' )1I'cis, IV"

Itll""ht WI hl,d !,,,'ttv W",ci hili, oil, 1'111 w,' h It ,h,"1<-1I II"" tl ... UlrlR' lI"wd,·, ('\"'" 1"'111

-them . Dance! we dancecl the whok 11Igh, (and a good bit 01 the l110fllll1g ) Some pre fened the cold, cold haystack, managing tI,

look resp ectable enough to creep mto supper, !Jut give m e the da nce

Talking of dances, there was one held 111 ea.', •

reach of the College once a nd a good muster of students presen ted them selves, but the Stir.

prise of the n ight was only about four girl, arrived. This, of courSe, made the chap, fi ct itious, no- fact itious (l m ean want to fight l. They must have ha d a good time! ! I

Summer is nearly here; swimming, cricket a nd tennis we h ave som e "dark fish " for th~

swimming carnival. F irst -Years ' can do some. thing at sp ort a t a ny ra t e, but we have some yellow·bellied lizards (sleep ing) in our m idst.

W e know R ich y likes sm oking expensive cigarettes, but we t hink £3 9s. is a bit too much for one. Although he is still rather juvenile it is hoped that in the future he wit! not try t o celebrate 5th N ovem ber while in bed, :\11 look forward to the Swimming Dance with great enthusiasm. Ca ctus has m ade all arrangements already ; while it is rumoured that even Richy and little Cas. are already at a rms about a certain fairy. \V e grea t ly appreciate t he instal­m ent of the loud speaker in the common room (not Fitz in N o, 4 ), b ut the wireless. It is hard to t ell which is the more unpleas·

ant, dOing prac, chern . next t o B .P . (due apolo· gies to 0 1d N ick ), or d odging members of the reaching club in action (Fitz, please note ', but Big Cas. claims that a st umpy· tail for a b edmate takes som e b eating, R e the twittering twins, the following tale , told of them ;-

A. twin when ordered to p it ch, Said , " Be dl- -- . it'll give me the itch

So Buller the b01d , Laid him st one cold.

So ended the ladd\' called Snitch

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SOCIAL NOTES.

The Annua'] Ball held last term was \Ill '

dotlhtedly the premier function of the W[II , ,Itl l i

contrary to the law of ave rages, it \\' ~s .l ",, 11 1'

pa ratively dry night (meaning, r:ll tl dill ",'I falli .

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hIve of in<itlstn wilh it s add.' d pn pll l.ltH'" 11'" upf:itnir~ . In C\'l'r\' nllH\l \\ ll t' h\\lk{d 1ht " Set'nll'c1 tn I)l~ two s ll1d~' l1t s "IHI, '. \\ \\ \ 1\ n t t\ h'" illll! lit., """" 111111111 \\ ' illl Ih • .(,,1 "I th. ' \ ' 1"' \ ' IIhli~lllg \',Ikl \ ~\,tl111 1\ 1' ,,1 1'111 f ". r ,Ill ill 11l 1', dlllll II lith 1,\1 .I 1,II'\d fo il" \,1" ,

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U Farmers are not exploiting to the full the possibilities of soluble phos-phates ...... "

"Experiments show that an applica­tion of two cwt. of Super per acre not only gives the best financial re­turns from the wheat crop, but enhances the grazing value of the herbage when the land is in pasture. Statistics show that over the State the average application of Super is 82 lb. to the acre, and in no district does the average exceed one cwt. to the acre . . . . "

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W ALLA ROO ",MOUNT LYELL FERTILISERS we a re pleased to read this parag raph in the Agricultural Se ttle me nt Committee's Re port. for it confirms our own continual

insistence that the liberal use of

w.- M. L. Extra High - grade SUPER ' s all important part in Scientific Farming.

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I tango at 8.15 p.m. This wa~ ra ther remarkable considering the difficulties to he sur­mounted in donning a freshly stiffener! shirt and collar. hut is exp'lained when it is realized that in a "am endea,'our to become accustomed to this unusual form of dress the young sheiks had heen wearing this armour without a break [or a t least a fortnight_

Dancing' opened up with a onestep. anrl every person in the room seemed to leap from the barrier at the same time. packing the floor , E,-en in the midst of this densely compacted cro,,<l. one pair. piloted by that weB-known person, :\[1'. Chateau. danced without hindrance. The young c~'Clone whirled down the floor clearing- e\"erything before it, and lea\"ing be­hind a <tring of broken hearts (no! broken leg;; )

The committee \"ery generousl,- reshuffled the programme during the night (and morn­ing'l adding "extras" at inten'als . The object was to give late comers an oppor­tunity to dance with guests whose programmes were already full. the extras not being recorded.

An comers (and non-competitors \ greatly appreriatee! the inclusion in the supper menu of the fruit salad and cream. which were exclunecl from the last dance owing to financial stringency' .

Thanks are again due to l\Irs . Birks and her assistants who SO successfully hid the bones aml skeletons residing in the Museum cases, the exqui<ite decorations being much appreciated.

In conclusion. let us offer oursympa thies to those permanent residents of the corridor who so gallantly shared their single beds with those less fortunate students who sacrificecl their bedg for our lady friends.

* * * * * LIGHT HORSE NOTES.

TJ nder the able leadership of Sergeant Gurnee we ha\"e spent many ,'ery pleasant and instruc­tive hour, imprO\-ing in the various branches of training in which the Troop engages.

In se\"eral machine gun matches ancl rifle tmphy shonts members have been successful, Scf~(,"nt (',unler succeeded on one occasion in winninJ.( the aggregate shoot. Several of our mt'rn},r'rs wh" tonk part in the Military Revi"w had mtl' h ttl \,·11 Oil their return.

'/ hI n·,·""t w,·,·k-Cllrl pamp heir! at Gawler WII t·lIj"y,·rI bv 1111 Half (If our part\" "[Wilt

Htllurch" Hlld l'llllld:. y unrl",. "'UWrt", till' n' m wrlu r"lillv III 'III t hI' Stll1d:,,' nighl, Hilt!

tun if I( lh. ("II.,Wlliv. lIiv,11I 1',,11 "r ""I

time was spent practising vanous field n . lan· oeu\'~cs, the remainder in machine gUll anri rifle' practIce on the Ga wier range. Here a f~w completed their machine glU1 training "nd

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take this opportunity o[ congratulating S . er geant Gurner and Corporal Beaumont On he. coming First Class Machine Gunners.

During the year seYcral new members han joined OUf ranks. We have to welcome A . W. i\f . Gunson, D. N. Milner. J. Noonan, C Pollitt. R. C. Emerv. and A. W. Gilbert

In conclusion, we should like to know the answers to the following; The distinguishing characteristics of "a good heeler?" " How to hit the target with a ' ric' ( " " V\'hat's wrong' ., " \\'ha t ane! where is Parld v? " -

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" Goodness me! my dear, look at that motley crowd." Hush , my dear! they are the voung gentlemen from Roseworthy College, about to embark on an educational tour.

Such remarks as these have often delighted our ears during this. our third and final year of studious application to Agricultural Practice.

Our " trips" are the occasional glorious bursts of sunshine on the dul1 grey sea of monotony. which constitutes our well ordered lives.

V\Te are willing to "trip" anywhere, for an" thing In order to broaden our somewhat nar­rowed minds. we are periodically sent afar off to learn of foreign customs.

During this year we have visited Seppeitsfielrl, Angaston. N uriootpa and Blackwood for instruC­tion in Oenology. Fruitculture and Viticu1ture. In addition we have visited various sheep and cattle studs owned bv prominent local breeders, - , including the Para Stud, Mr. A. E . Thomas· Merino Stud. Mr. C. H. Moca tto's Border Leicester Stud . All of these gentlemen gave us much va1uable information, which we nOW deeply appreciate.

Recentl,- we set out to visit the Newbold and - n Para ,Virra Studs. ownecl b,- Messrs. W J. ~n Howard Dawkins. This trip is looked ftlrWn rf! to each year as something above (he e)!"llill~)'\' as these gentlemen besides being' Oltl Sl'iw[;tr:-' have ah"avs been interested in the \\)11<'"., .)11,1

its prngre~s This \'1'111- th~" """'Il,'.! th,'''' sph-es, if that is pl1~sibk \\", ill,' ,i<','l'h ~r,lt" fill for the tlnsrlJlsh 11\;11111"1 ill "hi"h \1\11 th st, itllPUrtl'd ktlowh·dgl\ g:\it\c\d 11\ '\'.\t· \~t ,p," "111'1', :llItl whie'h I h.,\" Illl;ttll ""11 h.\\' h I

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\'I':'lt " ttl t he ~t(\l' l, s.llt's. T' h p l'(~ is n ce rt ~till

fl' \I\lIH ;dltHl t these trips. , \ 1 ·;:10 iI .Ill .... Soife r," the b.-ll boy, opens

hi."!: c\ (' s, t.'nfS :.tnd mouth t o the accompani· ,t1I' ,l! "I " Flm·1111 jamboree from h is e nglll e-of­\I' "kefulne~s . Carefully closing h is epiglottis . he th~Jl swall ows. Up he jumps, a nd t ripping ligthly through the corridor , h e gen tly (?)

seduces other trippers [rom t he a rm s of

l\lorpheus. Then follows a loud noise. Feet scamper

across the floor. razors scrap e v a inly acro~s

schoolgirl complexions, and showers a re tran. formed to thunde r-cataracts, under which sylp ), like form s are seen to glid e_

After carefully equalizing in ternal and ex ter nal pressures with a carefully selected bala ncer! ra tion, the "sons of the soil" assemble on th~

front steps and await the full-to ned roar 'Jf .. i\[orose M orris." With a sn ort of d efianci! the " m echa n ic's night mare" rumbles up the­village road to Roseworthy, where a tl the young gentlemen descend and board a r a il car . On the jou rney to the sales the studen ts peruse daily pa pers, and clip out item s of in ter est for

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I1It ) Jl s trc)slti(~~ H ~ gifts (or ("V"IB. ,r! F.I "(lUd Y, If

s lll(il'nls (Jthers frc)w llI"J.(I \' _1.ll<l y w"I~lJl tCllllCS l '0J11plied llY ("(Jlnhl' r or , '1:I1'H' '' ,

The procedure on oen"IOKY ~""lIr ' I')J\ dill, r ~omewhat . All the learner! gentlem"n Ih'Juj(ht fully sample the country's best wines, whll t

.. Soife r " re,:olutely fixes his eyes on hl< C 1)1'

of t he Pledge , and tu rns ahou t, and _\llah "V ooner lovingly smell s the glasses and brow,es over the corks.

Le t m e lead you through the penod of ecsta<y . wbich is ex peri enced every year, known a s the Murray Bridge trip _

L eaving tbe College in cars_ etc., we proceed t o t he r h-e r village, whilst the splendour of tbe morn still o'er glamours the ugly reality of dust y roads and dirty fences.

Arrived at the rive r, we browse at leisure over flour mills. or daintily dany over a visit to the bu t ter factory . At noon . ente ring a beautiful li ttle launch we wo rk m ost gastronomically for sev eral m inutes whilst our fairy craft dances over the sparkling waves. After an intef\-al of digestive retrospection, we disembark a t W ood 's P oint, a nd fo r several hours exclaim d elightedly at the b eautiful forms of dairy cows and maids. W e sniff with relish the pungent

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ouour <If ripe Idel ensilagL I will Illit attempt to tell (If the Illten,eI~ I11ter~,;tillg experimental \vllrk and other actl\'il\1~s in progress on the mClrn·llousl,. "ertlle piece of ground. "[sit \Yuo<l\ POlllt "ourself. dear reader, \"{)U'li not

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reg-ret it

Teanllg our~elyes reluctantl~ away we thell proceed to :\lount Barker for the purpose III ohtaining' a '1uiet e\eI11ng's repose Pel haps the .. patch~ " ~cot('hll1an anrl hiS bilious boy friend may proceed to enJoy what pleasure~ the \ tllage atIorcb The rcmall1ing ,'earning yeo· men seek solace in ,lumber, until awakened at 4.30 a.m. by the carollIng of feathered choristers

df! I .. 't " all e~ 1\" ..-:nons er~. -RILing we prnceeci to the nearest creek and

deposit the pre"ious day's salvagings as a cal· careous precipitate in Its clear and sparkli ng

waters.

nnua The ,\thletic Club held its .Annual meeting

this year on 14th August, and unluckil,- the dar cho~en for the eyent prayed to be ('olrl with an intermittent dt·izzle . The pre\'iol1 ~

hea\T rains had also made the track Yery heavy for tho~e taking part in the eyents. The adverse conditions, howeyer. did not dampen the ardour of most of the competitors, and a large field started in practically every event.

The number of spectators present was much greater than last "ear and the\- took a keen - -interest 111 all eyents. One event in particular

cau<ed much excitement among the onlookers

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-Theil IJIl\\arrl, through hacon factfHl'!<, Cider

laclorie<, pasture plots. etc, ulltll at Ia,t \\" -reach '1 weech'ale. Here we are caught 1I1 the romantic wInd of the IUOll1 and carried through the \'ariou< proceRses or textile manufactur' Theil on again back til "Farm Essays," rlalr

and ohli vion,

* * * * * EXCHANGES.

\Ye acknuwlege with thanh the receipt ')f copies of the following magazines - " Prince Alfred L'ullege Chronicle," "Gatton Colleg< ~lagazine." "Adelaide High School :\[agazine," "The Longerenong Collegian," "The Hawkes. bury Agricultural College Jou rna'!, " "The M uresk College :\I.agazine,'· " The Dookie CollegIan," "8.1\ Teachers' College :'vlagazine," "St. Peter', College }[agazine," "The Sheaf," N arrogin School of Agriculture. 'The Scotch College Magazine ."

orts. and that was the bicycle race, which has onl,' been added to the li st of events this year Judging by the interest taken in it there will be no doubt about it becoming a permanent eyent for future meetings.

The Championship Cup was won by R. B. Stirling, and he is to be congratulated on his fine exhibition. He gained 21 points in the Cup e\'(,~nts, F. G . Crisp was runner· up with J5 points, and C. W. Kelly third with 11 points

There was keen competition for the Inter· Year Shie'ld between the Second and First­

~Years, which ended with both these Years' being

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,'IWt II-! 1111 " IH' \\ 1l.'l'\)ld was cru.lled 111 thl! \ ll'\ 1\ ~lH , It l\)ssing t.."'l'l1l. ThH .. yc"u F, G , \ 11'1' il'S'I'd Ill<' sh,';11 ;l,; kd 9 Illchcti. break· IIlg • \ R I led" '\I I h" record uy 9 lI1e hes.

• \ 1ll'\I rccnClI \la, abo set up 111 the lJ Ilder·l!> \' e;II", Sheal TosslIlg by R G. Packer. who to,,,,d the sheaf :l6 feet. 1[rs. Birks kll1dly pre'Lllted the pnzes at the close of the events alld thanks were tendered on behalf of the stulknts and committee by R F. Brechin

Results -Sheaf TosslI1g (Open)-F. G. Crisp, 1, A . R

Height, 35 feet BeckWith. 2, 1\ J i\[cBam, 3. n inches. (Recordl.

Yearsl-R Hubble, 3.

Packer, Height,

Sheaf Tossing (U nder·18 1. .I 0 :'lc.\uliffe.2, G. D . 36 feet (Record l.

Klckmg for Di~tance· ·A :'kBain . 2 L :'[c( 'arter, 3.

I loot 3 tIlches. Kicki ng for Goal-G P

Booth, 2 ,\. R Gilbert. 3.

R . Gilbert, 1 ; N. J. Di~tance, 53 yard~

Da\' 1 . , , B. L. S.

Throwing the Cricket Ball B. L. S, Booth. I L. :'lcCarter. 2. ,\ R Gilbert, 3. Distance, ~,j "ards 2 feet 8 inches.

Hop, Step and Jump (Handicap) A R . ("Ibert, l. L. W. Haydon, 2; R. Packer, 3.

1:3,,) Yards Handicap-C. ,,- Haydon 1, G. P Da,', 2 A. R. Beckwith, 3.

Inter-\ ear Tug o'War-Third·Year. 1 ; Second· Year 2, First·Year.3,

220 Yards Handicap- oj. W. Hursth ouse, 1;

L. Sohe!s, 2, Gee and Goodes (equal). 3. 100 Yards Fir.it·Year IIandicap- R. B . Stirlinb,

I , l' II' Hayrlon, 2, D, T Goodes, 3. 100 Yards Second·Year Handicap-C. II'

Kelly, 1 J . D. :'[c'\ultffe, 2, J N. Charlick, 3. 100 Yard, Third \' ear Handicap A R. Beck with I G. D DaY,2, R F Brechin, 3.

Long .lump (Cup Eycntl- R B . Stirling, I R, F Brechin. 2; F. G, Crisp, 3. Dis tance, IS feet 3 mcheR.

r. Putllllg the Wel!:ht (CuP Eventl ~.

:'lcBain. I . F G . CriSp, 2; ;\ R. nilhert 3, L :0. Ie I 'arter, 4 Distance, 31 feet I inches.

l(JO Yards ChampIOnship (Cup Event)-R. B Stirling, 1, R F. Iln'chin, 2, A. R Beckwith, :). TlI1k 12 I ·,,) seconr[s.

120 Van!, Hurdles (Cup ThenO -C. W . :_ ,·11 I , R Il , Sti rling , 2, R P Brechin, ,l j l'lc, :.lO sec"nrls.

Ihli \lilt· Ilanril"ap K T R"an i , W L. H 1Iell ~ I i) .\i, .\ulorte , 3

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High Jump . \ R. Gilbert, feet 11 incheS

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Kelly I Height, I

Old Students' alld Staft Race--K. Orchard, I . T. ,\. Cole, 2; S. E . \\'hlcker. 3.

HO Yards (Cup Eyellt) F G. Crisp, I; R. B. Stirling,2, R. F . Brechin, 3.

One ~lile Bicycle Race- R .\ Pownall. I . \\' Eardley, 2, E ~l. Hutton. 3.

One ~hle (Cup E\'entl-K. Ryan, 1; W . L Bell, 2 , T . H. Torr, 3.

Inter·Year Rela y Race - Second· Year, 1: Third· Year, 2, First· Year, 3.

SHiELD E\"EXTS.

L ong Jump Pu ttll1g the 100 Yards

First· Year.

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Tug o'IYar R elay Race

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ontrt . \ TIUP LUNCH.

- The ldeal -

No sign of dust, a cloUdless day, • \nd c\ erybody bright and gay; A shady ::,pot beneath some tree~, Spring's :,unshinc tempered by the breeze,

;-\. hearty spread upon the ground,

Delicious food is handed round; A sandwich, fruit, and ample cream,

And cakes too good for any dream;

.\ crackling fire to make our tea,

The billy boiling merrily.

-The Real -

,\ parching ",ind, a glaring sun That makes us savage, everyone.

\ \ ' e reach the chosen spot at last, Unpack our lunch; the dust flies fast, And wood is scarce, it will not light, Our dreams of steaming tea take flight.

The milk, alas! we cannot find , Of course, it has been left behind! \\'e've bread like stone, and cold bewhisker'd

beef,

Thank God our stay out here will be but hl'ief! T. T.

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Calt. The following contJ-ibution in continua-

. ' tJon of our series on the early days of the College, is from nIr. Carl F . Heyne, now of 41 East Parade, Kensington, where he is conducting a nursery garden. Mr. Heyne was a student during the years 1893-94.

. Te) me, College life was particu larly of IlIlerc:~t. Born and bred in the city, I had III'VC'r hcf (,re seen I)road acres or farm il11-

)lll'IlI/'1I1 e,f allY variety; stock to me was ),lIt a !lall1(', : ht·lic·v(' I knew tbe difference IJllwcl'lI .. III'hl' alld a \"ow, and was awan' thaI till' laltl" wa l> rc'''I)I'II ~ i l ,I(' fllr th .. ('halk\' It'lllitl 111:.1 WII Ic-ft "II rill' 1'111111 '\'''11 stp;,

-• uttons.

in the early hours of the morning, but 1 certainly did not know how to dres" a 11 . ~ \il ,t

priur to working it in cart or implement , fur on ll1y second day 1 m anaged to PUt a cullar on a h orse upside down , and so took it out to the fi eld , w here old Pro, Lowrie was waiting tu start me cultivating . I can

s l ill sec lJ r o.' s look and hear his sarcastic remarks when he attempted to adjust the chains .

Arri ving at R oseworthy 1 t ramped

th e dusty road from the sta tion, arr ived at the College shortly ue£ore lunch, and after

an interview with " P ro " was ushered into the Conll10n H.oom , where I made the

acquaintance uf m y class-mates, all begin­ners like myself, but as they had the advan­tage of having already been at College three

days they treated me as a veritable ;.;'ew Chum . Walter, the " Slushy" shortly ap­

peared at the head of the stairs with the big bell, and alJ ru shed t o the Dining-room

two long tahles, junior s. right, seniors leit, and at the top a smaller table for t he staff.

l , the wee small stranger, felt lost.

Dinner over, and shortly the Farm Bell sent us all across to the farm buildings and

Pro. allotted the work to each.

My mate was" Streak " P layford, and he and 1 for four solid hours hoed stinkwort

from a crop. Sore feet , pa rched throat. and blistered hands, the sweetest music in the world I have ever heard was the " knock­off" bell. Tea, study (? ) , and then No. 3 for me, and my troubles started Inil ia-tion.

The next few clays were highly iut en,,:I-• II1g til m e 1 made the acqua int:tI1l.'t' I" <'1)\\ ' .

h(lrse~, s heep, and pigs. and \\ , l ~ t i lt' hut! of everybocl~ . ~I.\ total ig ll\1LlI lI'l' l.t ,til thing'S pcrtainil1g til falillin g \\.I ~ \"l'h lll, ,' b~ all alld ~lIl1dl \ , 11\1\\ l'\ , ' I , I ,\III \ \,,1 alld ;,flt't t('11 d.l\ ~ , wit"11 n t' \\, '111 I,' II t It \ ttl III, ' :--;1111\\ , I II." ,dd, ttl 11 1111,11 1 !-II"\\

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hi,:.' hI I hI' 1i''oIlI'';'1 II IiI,k"Il'd 1.111111',"

1111'/"1 Iht' g\ll\l~ ,II Iii,' "id ,hll\\'gr0l111J~, 111l1'knH'lll, lh,'ll wnc crlluc to th()~(; ()j

I,. "it Y . Several b j ngk-l l1 rruw pluughs 0 f. •

.hlh-reot pattern, one two-f urruw plough, ,ttl lll!, ' JlllllP l'ultl\'aturs much preferred by ,tIldellts because Olle could sit, a heavy ruller, and several sets of harrows.

Ploughing was all done with the single­furruw plough. '1 he soil was then har­rowed two or three times to jJulverise well, seed was broadcasted and harrowed in, and at times, if lumpy, the ground was rolled.

l'lost farmers around broadcasted by hand, but the College was the proud poss­essor of a seed sower (Martin 's, 1 believe), This was a hopper fixed to the side of a dray and manipulated by the revolving wheel

with cogs. The paddock between the College and the

farm LUildings, elevated to experi m,ental plots, was choked with stll1kwort and other weeds and these had to be hand-pulled be-

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fore Farmers' Day. Field peas were cut with horse mower,

stouked, and sent through the thresher when .dry. The thresher, I believe, was the first one ever worked in South A ustralia. The " Superiur " drill , 1 believe, was also worked that year for the first time in South A us­tralia. If my memory serves it had 1+ drills, and peas, wheat, barley, and oats were sown, but manure was broadcasted prior to drilling. The combined drill only appeared the next year. Two horses were u~ed,

Bloom and Bloss, J arman"s favourite team, did sOllle wonder{ ully straight work I ami the .5traight rows o[ wheat when gruwing were the talk of the district.

Threshing corn and peag was dreaued b} liS, but enjoyed all the same. r\ very early start was made ill the morning, an extra lUllcheoll was provided. and there was no !>Iurly. The \l'orst jolJ \nlS at the hack, ('arting- away the straw.

The dairy was in charge of old Jack Ilock-1Il~, the slocl(ll1an , and the separator was

\\Olh'd iJy 1)11' "Id illlr~CWLJI k~. Nugget. lhl' old velcrall burse, had to l,e wbip\Jcu aroLllld ulltil Ihl' cream was 11111shed. '1 he hutter was churned by hand, awl WhCll the butter would not come, how we (Jll stock duty envied our fellows on dray or team.

Stable duty meant earlier rising, groom­ing, and feeding, to have the teal11~ ready by work bell, but it had its compensations­the rest of the morning free and how the birds suffered in consequence at nesting-

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tIme. The binder was a new implement in thuse

days. I believe we owned two Massey­Harris (?), always ~oing wrong at a critical time, especially ,\'hen a student droye. How­ever, Jarman, our genial 6 ft. 5 in. giant farmhand, co ulc! always be relied upon to efiecl repairs. 'Wheat was stripped with a header and had to be cleaned afterward~, rather an arduous job On a hot day, those handles felt red hot after a little while. The slIlpper appeared III my second year.

Une paddock, at northern boundarY was - , full of c1aypans and difficult to plough, so a disc plough appeared on the farm. For a vineyard we had a fe\\' grape \'ines near Pro's hOllse and harvest was neyer had, for stud ents in those clays also relished f mit.

_ \pricot - and peaches. also grow1l1g at Pro's house, bore plenty of green fruit, but 1 alll afraid little ever ripened. ProlessOl I'erkins arrived all the Staff in m\- second -terJ1l, ancl commenced the Yllleyard pruper. the first new planting being' aronnd the big dam (In the sHlld. This was extended the fol­lowing ,vear, and a small \rine cellar was punched in the ground near the kitchen . Some students raided thIS and we saw them nn 11l0re.

\ hath room. with une bath, and olle ~h(Jwer was upstairs , water for this being )lllll1pecl int" a tallk on the nl,Ji. If Olll'

\\ 'a nled n Ilath the lank was gcne"alh empty. for \\'e sluc\l'nh har! to pUI1lP our \1\\'11 water. n nd til force to stich a height was by nil means sport. ])"inking water was nhtained

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il'llill an underground rai1l\\ater tank, tJld thi~ ill\'ariabh' rail dn' in summer. ~(I \n~ , ,

de]><.'llded on the \\'ell water for supl'lil'~ . Thi" had to be drawn up and carted [( 1

College. It was very brackish, and \\ hen

jirst drawn the colour of weak coflec. , \

glass filled and allowed to stand ,,'auld de­

po,.,it fully half an inch of sediment. Tea

made i!'(llll thi~ had a tlayour of its own. hut

lye hUIYen:,r lllalla <red to su n'j \'e. • 1 b

This water was drawn from the deep well , at the then (~a\y]er Houlldan' of the farm.

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but since then, 1 helieve , the College has

aClluired all the property around. It wa,.,

a g(1od depth. and the water \I'a:, dra\\ n hy

pulle.\ tackle. a horse on one ene! and. 1 think. a 50-gallon bucket at the other. It Jlossibly was much smaller, but my recollec­

tion" of it are horrible and it was a monster,

One ,;tudent led the horse down the walk

and another stood 011 the platform to land

the hucket on its arrival at the surface. . \

chain operated a valve and allowed the \I'ater

to finw into the large tank in the dray, or

another circular tank fitted on wheels. The

horse \\'as then reversed and led back a

Yery interesting job? One day ~icol was

on the platform and " Strauss " was leading

the horse. The hucket handle appeared.

XicoJ made a grab and yelled, for a big

browl1 snake was coiled around the handle.

" Strauss" turned ronnd at the yell , and jerked •. Prince" the horse round the bucket , slipped. and catching Prince unawares, jerked him off hi feet, and he was dragged

right to the edge of the well, one foot in, and we though 1 he was gone. but somehow he n:c(}\'ered his halance, and the danger was

averted. J have heen told that the same W(-1I is now operating with a molal'. I know ~IIlJH' ,~O yea rs hack when passing the ~pot 1I11 ;, I,il'yrlf', 1 noticed a windmill we had ,

ll<'itlJl't, I)" tl,(· 111(,1111'" ,Iill gmw 011 I(angar(l(}

1 Iii! ,l1ll1lllg I 11,(, pill('s? c" is Ihis IIOW thl' I' Ield, II 1 kllllWIl a I )ah"~? \1 ('IClI1~ w .. ( d I', 'I"" \11,\ 1111'11. 1'1'1 I()~, IIC' c'lltild fill

the r ann dnt \, and oh! the l11ornll1g whell they ll1ade

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poor ma id, lIe Xl

11i' the >!llrl1lit_

It wa::. in my junior year tha t the g-reat

College Strike was on, Butter, in tht

(lPinion (If some, was too limited . A fe w hogged the lot and the rest got n one. The 111enu, too, was monotonOL1S plenty of farn!

ll1utton, hut mostly shoulde rs and neck stews,

our ~heelJ app~rently had no hinclquarter"

Theil a bea~t was killed, an d for a long

period beef would appear in various gl1i se~, fillj~bing up with veritabl e salt hor,e.

"Samp;,on ," om giant pedigree Berkshi re

hog. produced wonderful p rogeny, and thi ,

well f cd \\' ith kitchen slu~h . peas and corn,

made yery f::tt pork t hi s was often served

up only partially cooked , J am also wa,

~cant\'. Plenty of food was available for , -

all, hut Illi management somewhere had dire

results.

Combined meetings of Junio r s and Seniors

,,,ere held, and the Pro. was approached,

vl'ith ilO re~ults, so a genera l stri ke wa,

declared. N a work on farm unti l tucker

improved! Lectures went on as usual. but

alJ work all farm was suspen ded, It la, ted ,

three clay, On the third day, 011 entenng

the dining-room, in front o f eyery student

\\'a" a plate with a pat of butter and a ticket

with his name. 'liVe were informed that nn allowance of half a pound p e r w eek would

he served to each and it was fUI111\ ' to "ee ,

the plates with particles of butter at each

meal va rying in size according to the appe­

tite of the owner.

Pro. promised to look into the matter , and we decided to declare the ·trike n fT, Tn the meantime the papers were full (Ii ill!' stl'ike. and Parliament took up til\' 1l!;It( l'I .

and a few da"s later' l\1()rtin1t'r'~ Drag" ir,,!!1 • •

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H. H. Ruhs(}l1. a pre\ IOUS sLudeul. was a bee clILhusla:;t and a fe,,' lIi\"e~ \"ere at Lhe , College. i\o one, after hi~ departure, had the pluck to tackle them. 1 begged per-11lls~ioll to look Lo them and was placed in charge. A hand [ul of bee~ in a small box were alJ"tracted by someone, and that night were liberated in the Science l\la::.Ler's room with woeful results. 0 f course, 1 got Lhe blame, and though 1 denied it, was threat­ened wilh expulsion. The culprit would not admit it until the Captain of our Class, shrewdly gue:.sing who it was, dragged him to the oflicc. and I was informed that I need not pack. But we never saw the other man again he e\'en was not allowed to say good-bye.

The original chemical laboratory was built in m)' time, and 1 had a full year's use of it. Having a natural aptitude for Chemistry I was granted permission to work extra time on practical chemistry. Had I taken thi s up as a profession my experience gained there would haye given me a wonderful start. Mr. S. Hughes, our ~laster, was a clever teacher, and mallY of our farm lad who had not the slightest h.-n ov.-ledge of any sciences , took to " Chem." at once under his tuition.

:'II y eagerness in practical \\'ork nearly caused disaster. In attempting to precipitate Hg in the ,. Stink Pot" I wa s overcome \\ ith H 2S fumes , and but for the timely arrival oi a clas~l11ate. thi s might have haci serious re ults.

The 11 r~t death at Roseworthy uccurred in Ill) Junior Yea r ] am not sure of the date, hut believe it to be 1894 the year before , -my diploma year. Bruce Gile::. , ::'011 of a wealthy pastoralist at ~It. Pleasant , Olle of Itly partic11lar chul11s, was accidentally hit in tlic' [',relwarl b) a shovel whilst loaciing limc­"1',11l' 11) mal·a' the rnaclleading fr011l College t., fan'l "l1ilr1il1g~ . " This is good enough f"r III<' 11) klll,c'k (,fT. I",\s.'· Sa~' iJlg this. he walkl'" II> (.,llc 'g(·, \1;111 Iii ... hl';lrI I'andaged, '111\ <I',WII fIJI iI whill'. :IlId Ilil'll IIl'nl "lIl

t/, '"tk,\ 1'111(11<", OJl'pnH'lIlh II"'''' III!'

-wurse . .-\ tler tea , he iJecame Silk, and h'

J

Luwrle ~enL Uill lJay, hl ~ general factrJlllnJ' pust-haste tu Ca wl cr (ur the doctor ~n~ t e l epboll e~ in th ose days). Un hi~ arnval he pronuunced it CU ll CUS~lon and, Bruce Inter on becoming wurse , advised sending for hi, fath e r. Kylh n Birks. a COUSl11, 1 believe of your prebenl Chie r, rode in darkness ove: ullkllOWIl roads tu Mt . P leasant to Sllmmon ~lr. Giles . Driving two pouies at break­neck slJeed M r. G il e~ arrived just in time to see his boy. T hi s is one of my saddest

• mcm on es .

Once started on these recollections I could go on fo r an indefinite period, but ~pace

forbid s. In closing, 1 bcg present students to make the best po Sible use of facilities a t their command, and to acquire all the kn owledge possible, for even if in after years their walk in lif e is not connected with A griculture, the knowledge gained is never wasted, and will o ften be of great sen·ice.

* * * * * A STUDENT ABROAD.

The following is extract ed from a letter to the Secretary of the R.O.C.A. from Wallis V. Ludbrooke (Dip., 1926) , who wrote from the Department of Plant Pathology, University, ilIadison, "Vis ., U .S.A. ;-

1 was very pleased to receive a copy of " The Student " r ecently, and it reminded me that j

ha\'e not written you a s Secretary of the R.O.C.r\.. since coming to America, t hough 1 have been intending to do it for a long time. My bnef experience as secreta ry made me r eali ze how hard it is t o get informat ion from old m embers, though i t is very interesting to most of them t o read of the dO ll1gs of their contemporaries.

I am afraid career of my

• I cannot equal the me teonC

old friend Kidman COJ', a .. reported in the last issue of "The Studen t .

1 '1' t I am still just a student 111},seli, 11 n (1 \\' l1' th e University is in session J spend prartl,·.,Hr all my time at e1a ~~ \I'ork alld le'c'n'll \\ ,\1'1;.

However. in he tween t1l11<' S I il:IYl' 1l\.1I1.I,~('d "

see mor .. of ,\ll1t' ril'a ,han \\1\1s t \1\ \('11<'.11\' h,I'

SPt'll, and I h.lYl' l~llit)\ ' {'d l 'Yl' t ' d;\\ \It 111\ ~"'\ l11'l'l' tWl'I1l, ' 111Pllth ~ ttl (I.ll p,

I iIlVt' h tf'iI III it I!'·,'d 11.1,1, 1\ 1 \ 11\ ,d ., 11l \\hll\\

(,,,,'ll' '-l!JOI th .dt"t lin IIlli,.\I h\'" tutl I \,\1'

'l'1I1~ S'l'lJl II"j'\'I , II

htl 1'111\1 rIll Itl;l'lI ~l'\'t'lid !IIlW U\'j'l'

\1\'''1 I,t till' tn.tin l'IH\ds hl're lll'l' uf

,,,Hh'n 'h' .Hld ~.lsnti1\l\ is :-::i'Lt.\t~t1 10 t\vcnlv cents

.1 ~.lihlll , \I 11",11 1.lkl'~ 111<' I!lrly or lifl,· miles, so 1t,'n'lIllI~ ill I}",( \\'~, i, \'l'1'y cheap and reason· .d'l\ "l"nfnrlahle . Nevertheless. very few "",1M l',"cks <lrf' ridrlen here as cars are so

"',eap , The main places I have visted so far include

the following. [visited Chicago about three days after I acquired the motor cycle, mainh' to 'see the Uni,'ersity, lavishly endowed by.T D. Rockefeller. ancl with fine new Botany re­search laboratories. I was a1so much impressed by the Field Museum. with its exceeclingly realistic habitat groups of American animal< and birds. ancl the Art Institute. The city itself did not impress me very much. but cities never do My allegiance to the country, which began at Roseworthy, has lasted eyer since.

In the au t um n of 1930, after Summer·school at the University was over . I spent four week­on a motor cycle t rip through the East. going ria JIilwa ukee. M uskegan ann Port Huron (Michigan I. Sarnia. L ondon. Hamilton ancl Niagara Fa lls (Ontario)' Geneva (New York). \,here I ,-isited the Stat e Agricultural Experi ment Sta tion. which h a5 such distinguished men as Conn . Van Slvke. a nd others on its staff: at Cornell Un ,,,ersity I v isited the largest p1ant patholog" school in U.S.A .

F rom there 1 tnl\'ersed the Catskil1 Moun tain< to Poughkeepsie. on the Hudson. where a branch st ation of Geneva is operated during the summer. H ere I stayecl with a recent gradu3 te of Wisconsin. whom 1 knew before he left, and who verv kindly motored me down the Hudson t o th e Bovce·Thompson Institute for plant research one day. an (I to Yale U ni­versity at New Haven. Conn .. the next clav. My next stay was at Boston . a city full of his· toric and literary associations. The homes of Longfellow ancl Emerson. and of the original of the "Village Blacksmith" are within a few doors of the lodging.hotlse in which 1 stave I at Cambridge. adjacent to Boston. and the ~ite of Han'ard University.

From the \'iewpoint of general cultural facili­ties. I think Harvard is foremost among Ameri-can . . . . unIverSItIes It 15 of great interest trJ hot . anlsts on account of the Grey Herharium. the Parlow m"cological library. and the Arnold ~rborettlm 3ssociaterl with it'- The la.st-named IS the loveliest piet'e of landscape-gardening I have seen as well as of outstanrl,ng sc ien tific value

fI,.,,1I II" ,.,11 ( ";lVI'II'd 11I"th tl1l',UI(I1 th. Wh,l,' \(olllllllll' " III N,·w 1I'"n" tille, lind th GrCll1 i\luuntallls in V,·rnH1I1t. , "11th },fautHu( <cenic regions, to OurlingtrJll ann th,· UIlIvcr81Ly uf \'ermont. thence "ia the Arlir'>I1'lw'k MlIl1n tains to ~Iontreal (Quebec), where I visit",] Macrlonalrl . \gricultural Col'lege. prtJc~erlil1t;'

do" n the River St. Lawrence to Quebec I;,ty, I was surprised to find how thoroughly French is the Province of Quebec. French is the everyday language of the people-ne,vspapers, shop signs. traffic signs. etc., are all in French. i\Iost of the husiness people can speak English if necessan·. It is entire)" different from the . -rest of :\' orth America. which as far as I have seen. is all much the same in regard to th" people and towns. except the negro and Mexican sections in the South.

On the return journe'- I visited Ottowa. and the Dominion Experiment Farm there. which is an exceptionally large and spick-and·span establishment. At Toronto I saw the Canadian National Exposition. and a little further on I rejoined my outward route.

At Christmas I attendecl the Annual Con· gress of the Phytopathological Society at CIe,·e. land. Ohio. also visiting the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. Before Summer·schuol this summer 1 rocle up the ~Iississippi \' alley to ~[inn~apolis and Saint Paul. :.\Il11nesota. mainly to see the schools of plant pathology and ph)'~iolog)' at University Fann. St Patti. where oe\'era1 Australians. including Drs. :-roble ancl Waterhouse, and :OIr. H'-nes. of X.S ,V .. ha ,'f' studied cereal·hreeding associ a tes.

Here I sa\\' the Yen­plot~ of St:lkman

extensive and his

After Summer-school I purchased a second· hand siclecar, loaded it up to overflowing wi tll camping equipment. ancl set off for Colorarlo I particularly wished to see the Rock,- ;}loun· tains. but also passed through much intf'restin,: agricultural country. devoted chiefly to maize in Iowa . and tu growing sugar-beets. ancl lucerne uncler irrigation in the Platte Rivel valley of :\' ebraska. and the plains close to the Rockies in Colorado 1 visited 10"'a and Colorado . \gricultural Colleg-es. ancl stayed a few days in Rocky Mountain • ational Park - -and in the Pike's Peak Region. T ascended Pike'F Long's and Hallett', Peaks. and "is.ited tw" glaciers an,l 111311\' heautiful mountain lakes in these places.

I am now back at work again. but under more favourable conditions than preyiousiy: Wt"

huve just mn\'cd into a new huilding, an[1 werl' verv much overcrowded in the old one.

I ) -- '1'111': S'1'ClJEi\T, 1Jl'1I II ilK'!" 21, I 'JJ 1

I t h." been pleasant to meet several AU -4-Irall<lns ,,·ho han' "isterl MadI son s in ce 111\

aITI\'al, especIally ;'Ir Samuel, of the "Taite InstItute whu spent abuut four months here 1 ncyer feel lone'!y , howey!:'r, a s 1 get on "ery \\'dl wIth the staff and students, many of whom -I ha , ·e come to regard very highly. The country around ;'Iadison is charming, WIth three heautlful lakes within ten minutes' wail, of my residence, and many pretty country road ~

WIthin a few llllles, I enjoy the winter almos t as well as the mIlder seasons, though my efforts at Ekating sO far ha\-e been more painful than graceful.

The State Universities here are much larger and bette'r equipped than those in Aus traltn, but 1 think that in yiew of the much greate r population and wealth of U .S .. our universities make a very favourable showing. The ,,\meri ­can University , I bclie"e, is much more dosel:.­bound up with the people as a whole : it is yery common for students to be partly self supporting while at "college" as it is called , and thus students are drawn from a wide r range of social status, I think, than in Aus­tralIa . Inter-uniyersitv football takes th ,)

FOOTBALL. Early 1I1 the year the prospects for a succe s~­

flll football season appeared to b e very promis· ing. as we had most of the players from the previous team a vaila ble , as wel'l a s several new ones . Our first match was won very easily, bllt we lost the second and third b y un satisfac· tory margins, and it became ob"iollS th'lt ,

though we had the player s, the ser\'lces of a competent coach to build the team together would be highly desirable . .-\t a meeting of the practice team it was decided to apprnac~1

\fr. Hickinbotham. who kindly agreed to ass i ~ t m During the season he carried out his ta.;k in f ttl I in time and enthusiasm, and in spite of mt1ch phy~ical incom'enience, and 'W take this oppnrtunitv of thanking him for his a~si stance.

whIch was highly appreciated. 'I hrJUgh we onl\' succeeded in winning four

\ (lI'i<lI:(11l lIli\.tchc~, t.he malority of our defeats, "Ptcially II,wanl, thl' !'nd of the ~eason , were hv '1lIly IIl:dl l\."lr~lns, th(, team lIsually being 111 II", p(,, ·;tl"" "f III,t iai"n); til overtake ~

!'IV 1I,Id wIll'" It Ii;," pt'lnlittv" its nppnnelHs '" 1(1111 tlllh' III till 1Ilat .. 11. Of 11111 1"'1 lilli'" 'flut"If. tW(, Wt n° aKHill'ol.t thl' IIltilllil!I'

,

place here whIch Lea!;;ue [(Jotl,a ll occuPIes In

.. hlstraha, and thIS is duubtless a factur in kte ' Ing the UniversIties 111 the l'ubl ic eye. I

The system of agricultural educatHJIl is difftr "nt from ours. The S tate Agricultu ral CuI. leges here are mostly of UniverSIty status granting the bachelor 's degree for a four.yea: course, and the master 's and doctor's degree. for subsequent tra ining and research. The. give, as a side line , a "sh ort course" in agricJ. ture I the students of which are colloquIally known a s Shorthorns) h eld mainlv during the winter months, of which the curnculum corre~ ~ponds more nearly to that of our agricul tural colleges.

1 t is interesting to read of t he many changes a nd innoyat ions at R .A .C., but I am very sorry you haye had to part with Messrs. Adamf. i\forro w, Oldham, and Squire, all of whom 1 r emember well. I have been granted six months ' additional stay here, half on salary and hali at m y own expense, to finish the research problem on which I am working, viz., ve rticil· limn wilt of \-ege table crops, and am due to return to Australia next June (932).

ort. prem iers, Souths, in Ga wIe r, and both were close!},' contest ed.

The fi rst of these was by far the most spec· t acular and exciting match of t he season, there belll g seldom m ore than a goal between the team s afte r half-time, and College was beaten by the na rrow margin of one point. We found o ursel\'es once more in the final fou r. again meet·

•

ing Souths , and after a very even game 111

whIch we h elel a small lead from the start, we: failed to stay the distance and were bea ten bl 10 points.

'''hen the yotes for the Broderick Medal •

(awardeCl to the best and fai re~ t player III the Association ) were counted It was fou nd that , Rrel'h1l1 had agall1 W On the coydeCl l1l1t1ll\l' :!I1(~ that our \ ' lc('·Captalll , D:n had t il'd t", : el:olld place. As a fittIng elm: .. tl) t\\ I) Vt':u< ,'I t1ll sl'lll sh service tn all ;ll,ti"itlt's Ill' tilt' I,<,n.'" ~spel:ially football , Our l'apLlIll , l{ F HI,,'I,," w,,~ also awarded the K,,1'1 TlllT'h\ I'h" I'

lIlt' Iirs1 ""';lrd "f tbis I'mph\ \\ It l\'h IS h' I' pn' ~ 1 ' 1l1l\d nllll\l~lll\ 11\' ~II ltl\"'c\ l\\ ,tl h\ rI, 11HIst

" 'l'.1 1111

tit

I ,\\l\lh I 'I. 1'I,lI

\\ 1 \\\IUhl hid' til t plt' S~ IHIt .111)111'1 '1111101\ III

11h \h '~' ~ l'i,, "tl W~l\ III \\'llIl'lt Ihl'ehul, Ill" t '"pt;lIll,

1111 1 \1 ,'\' Il S \il.'c.,I('npt.Hltl, hllYt' cHilled out

t lWl 1 ,]111",". rhl' fl .IIt.",,,I).: pl.lIL'd in onc or more matche ; '

R II I1rcdlin (Captain), G. P. Day (vice· l ,IIlI ,ll(\ ). ~I r. J. L. Williams. Mr. . E Whicker, \\ L . Il . Bell , A C Benzie, F. G. Crisp, E. W. L . 1 1<1 \\'k ill S. R. \ ' Dunn, S. R . Klosc, '~T. C. John, l' \r . Kel"', A L Oppatt , N J . ~IcBain , T. H . Torr, J. E . Morphett, L . McCarter, J. Wallach . • \ . B Rugless , R. B . Stirling, B. L . Booth, K. T . Ryan. ,\ . W. Feuerheerdt, A. W . Gilbert , J . W )-1 ursthouse.

Results-F irst R ound .

Salisbury, 8 goals 5 behinds : College, li goal,; 18 behinds. W on by 67 points W ilJas ton . 19 goals 13 behl11ds. College, 3 goal s 6 behinds Lost by 103 points Souths, 19 goals 11 be· hinds, Conege, II goals, 11 behinds. L os t b y 48 points Rovers, 11 goals 7 behinds: College , S goals 3 beh inds. Lost by 22 points. Centrals , 7 goals 9 behinds: College, 12 goa ls 11 behinds \\'011 by 32 points.

LI

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~,di ,hllrv. a gOIlI· j) l".hilJd I f (Ill, w. " K'I<41 ,~ hI hind" W<ln I)y I:; 1)(lil1l. . H,,\., 1:1 g(J(lls II Iwhi'lrls, ( .oll .. ge, I) Il,>,ti' II )" tll",1

Le,,; l hy 2U pOInts Centrol'.)j Wlal" If; be hlllds. College, 11 goals 7 bclll IIrl , Wo .. by 9 pOll1l" Souths, 8 goals 13 behind,. ,'011"1:", b goals 12 behInds. Lost by 1 pomt. WJlla. (on . 12 goals 14 behInds, CUllege. Ii g,)als 111 behind s. Lost by 10 points.

Semi· final. Souths. 9 goals 13 behinds 67 POlJlts. ('allege 9 goals 3 behinds .~7 p"int~

* * * * * CRICKET NOTES.

COLLEGE A TEAM. College ha \'e two teams In the newly·formed

Gawler and DIs tri c t Cricket Association, one in the Al D i\'ISIOll , which plays two·day matches and the other in the ",-\2 Diyision, playing one­day matches

The season upened with high prospects of Sttccess, a s many of last vear's team are ayatl·

• •

able and ottr new members show much promi<e.

FOOTB.\LL TEA]\[, 1981. ~ta ll dlng iJ Eardley, F. C" Cri sp .. 1. E . ~lllTphct( , 11 L. Booth . "fr J L \\,ill ",ms. ~ T

"kRain , L . ~Icl' artcr, L . . \. Oppatt , l' \\' Kell:. T If Tnrr. II . l' (;,111" S,ttIl1K S . R Klu,,:, W C. John R F Brcehll1 (l'ap(ain). ~[r \y R Hir"'" (PrlJ1L·ipalJ. n J>

Day (\' lt Ll ' ''plailli .. \ C !len/Ie. \\'. L, Il. ]le'll hClllt K T R"nn, R . V . Dunn , ,\ . \Y. Feuel heerrlt.

24 'I'll E STULJl'., ''I'

Officer~ elected in the .\ I team are , L'aplalll , R. F. Brt'l'hin; \,ice·l'aptall1. :\\" I L . \\"tlltat11~ Selection L'ommi I tee. Captain, "ice ·L'aptai'l and W. L, R, Rell. ~el'retary L T ~ohels.

l'{)LLEGE Y. T.\X.\TION DEP .. \RT:\IR:\,T I'land on the College O,'al on 11th October,

Eight Hours Day, Thi~ annual fixture wa~

our first match, but we were not at full strength, Our "i,itor~ batted tirst Their runs came slowly, and at lunch hacl 3 for 1)< Wi('ket~

fell ~teadih' afterwards. and they tinally declared . ,.

with " for lfl6. ,Yhen ~tump, were drawn we ha.d lost 1< for 144, the SIde ba ttin~ in rl ifferen th'

Taxation Department S fM 106 {declarerl l

(RYan. H , 3 for 23; Kilgour, 2 for 30 , Ryan , K .. I fM 16 :\kCarter, 1 far I~ , Gaorles, 1 for 24).

College· -8 for 14.4 McCarter, 21, Williams, ~[atch drawn.

(KlosE'. retired , 23; Rell . 20 )

COLLEGE Y . EUDUNDA FARMERS.

,")0 .

Pla\ ed on the College Oval on 17th and 24th October This was the first Association match. We lost the to<;s and were sent to the wicket . but Ol1r batsmen collapsed under adverse condi· tions Eudunda Farmers had no difficulty in ,coring required number of runs in perfect conrlitions

Eudunrla Farmers 251 (~lcCarter, 2 for 23 Day 2 for 44 ; Goodes, 1 for 22; Kilgour, 1 for ~6. Williams, 1 for 48l.

College-i2 {Kilgour, 22; Day. 13; Brechin, 13 1 'Von b,' Eudunda Farmers by 179 runs on , ,

the first innings.

COLLEGE " . SOUTH GAWLER. Played on the Gaw'ler O\'al on 31 s t October

and ith :> o\'em ber Brechin won the toss and batted under favourable conditions, and w~

made a lair ,:how, runs being harrl to get, the total finalh' reach 123. Souths had lost 4 for ,

,59 at stumps. rlay was ahandoned the fol· lowtn~ Saturday, 7th :>ovember, on account of heavy rain.

South-4 for 89 (Kilgour, 3 for 21. Williams, 1 (or 71 ,

,'c,llege 12:{ ( C\IcCarter, W,lliam". 22, Sobels. 13)

35, Brechtll,

Match drawn.

'()I.L1,:(;g \' nnDIERCI.\LS I'hYl:,1 '11) th· (',,\legL' ("'al Oil 11th alld 21 st I tn], r W Welt) th to

" I II K rlllt ( 11In f r 2

atld batte,l, Illlc\ arteor" "lid fret lv , tl1<' illlllllg 1111,,11\'

()ur '''<ttor, were rIi , tnl sscri for 169 the f'JI lOWIng- Saturri.11' Our tielrlll1g' was P'JlH

Comnwn'lals 109 (GtlIJl.'rt, 4 for 37. Gllllrl. 3 for 30, Va" , 2 for 17, '\!cL'arter 1 for ~I I ..

College 2H." (Brcch,n , 71, Da,' ,'j~, RYall , fI 35 not out, Sohcls, 26, Klose, 20 I

College wnn on tirst ttlnings by 119 rutl~

* * * * ,\2 CRI CKET,

Thl ' "ear with the alteration in the grouping of teall1~ in the .\ ssociatlon the Second Eleven play in Grade A2 of the "Gawler and District Cricket Association," comprising five teams drawn from surrounding districts. They differ from the- matches in Grade A, in tha t the,' are deciderl 011 the play during one af ternoon only. whIch a rrallgement~ is work,ng q UI te satisfac. torily from all accounts. We are enjoying the trips whic h the matches hring : but miss the cOllveniellce of our own lorry, as procuring R

drag gets more diffie-ult even' Saturday thank' . . , 11 0 doubt , tu the great enthUSiasm for work shown by students engaged on Saturday after· noons,

The office bearers are Captain. A L, Oppatt, "ice·Captain , D L. Telfer, Secretary, F H. Hooper. The Selection Committee compri' e< Captain, " ice,Captain and .T, D , :\[cAuliffe

R esu lts '-

COL LEGE A2 y. Ol\'ETREE HILL

Played at Onetree Ifill on 17th October. Onetree ITill- 97 {Gilbe rt, 6 for 29 , Telfer.

2 for 10. College-i fo r 8.5 (rlec1ared) (John. 3j,

Gilbert, 22 ) \\'on b~' Onetree Hill bv 12 runs.

COLLEGE A2 v . L YNDOCII

Pla"ed at L,'ndoch all 2.Jth October. , '

Lyndoch 9 for 183 (Cleghorne·Dunn , 3 fvl 18 , Houper, 1 for 8, BenZie, I for:!3 Telter. 1 for 40).

College \Yon hI'

52 \Bel1l.ie , 16 : l ohll . 13 ) . •

, Lnldoch IH' I wickel anrl 1:1 1 ,lIl1; • •

L'()LLE(;E ,\2 " R \ll \\' \ \ ~

PJared 011 till' (,,,II,,!:,, Rail",;!," :\ fur 101

20; B,'nzil' , I fell' II I

ll\'.lI \111 ;th \ \\\d lll \,

11'1,').:111" III 1)\1,," 1 (,

l'Clllc'~" I:.! (1'I.),h,lIlIc' 1)\11111 1 I 1~' H'

I I II eI. JIII"I'" I. I I tI,, )

\\' "n 11\ 1'.11111 1\

\" t"'I"'" lilt \ldl 1"11t III tltl 1111111\ III lilt! I HIli I ludn 11\ til :--;'1\\111\ . \\I ~II" la" I. II'in-h"d

I ,)',' "hl'H till \dl'I,lIdl' l ht'llIlt'nt ,\ I'." "" II \ it" 'It 1 hi, ",-1",111"111,' thl'il JUlIt'.· t'at. tl ~I t\ \t'.\lS .,~u " ~Indll l'heulu',d \Vurks was .. l.tI,It,I",.! 11\ 11ll' 1:'lc R Burtls Cumin!: .'\1 \\\\ I'lwh.nh'll 11ll' '"ll~lun' startc,d with

• IIH'1\ hut grc .. 'i.\1 l>pportlll1lttCS were dIscerned 11" , d 'l 1900 ' .1\\",,1 ~tlld :-;t4.'.\d~ pr\lgTl"~~ Ina e Hlltl . ,Slllce "hlll remarkable de\'t~lopment and extenSIon h.lS tot kl'll plnl't:> .,. . l\H1)\ncncin~ 111 1~2 wIth the manufacture of

"niou, chemIcals, It was not long before Bone <;uper ""'t' numbered among the products of the 'l') npan". This was the first Superphosphate

l I , I ' , 1 lade In South ,\ustra la on a commerCIa l~c~le ,mel was us~d principally b~~ ,the i\larket Gardener", although a few enterpnslJ1g farmers carried out e'Xperiments on wheat lands beh>re Profe" or Lowrie adyocated the gen~ral apphca, tlOl1 of Superphosphate for Cereal Crops, The manufacture of Bone Super was followed by that of ~lil1 e ral Supe r, and , thus ~he gre~" ~uperpho,pha t(' ind us try came tt1to eXistence tt1

South -\u<tmlta . The Compnn ) is i n ~t1y pro ud of the fact that

Ihe" are pionee rs of the Superphosphate indus, tn' in South Aust ra lia, a n indus try which has been p ro\'ed to be of extrem e importance to the priman' p roducers of the S t a te, The wealth of the State dep('nds ma inly on crop productIOn and the \\'001 clip, which are la rgely determined and controlled 11\' the :wailabiJity of plant food gi,'en to the soil as Superphosphate, Expert, ments ;n which the Compan y haYe assisted largeh', hot h in gifts of F ert ili ze r and expert ad\'ice, h,, \'e been carried ou t, pro\' ing that the appli ca tlnn of Superphosphate from 8~ tb to 1.50 to to the acre considerabl ~' inc reases the return of a ll classps of cereals at han'est, also that the ,'a lue of pa <tUff; land s can he mnre than doubled and trehled by t he :tpplica tion of Superphosphate in the spring,

The ma in products manufactured at the ('ompal1\''s preSent extensi\'e " 'o rks at Port Adel~.ide ami Torrcn syille a re S upe rphosphates, Fertilizers of all ki n ds, and Acids

Sulphuric, rr ,'drochloric, 'l: it rt l' (pure an 1 commercial I , Sulphu ro us a nd .\ ce ti l' .\cids are produced in up- tn,date pla nts a nd supply the bulk of the requ iremen ts of thE tradc in South Australia , all cl' stom e n; realizing the dependa, hility of tlw good s purcha fC cl , . The Fertilizer sirle IS, howeye r, the greatest In theIr In(iustry, ('onttnuous manufacture of Superphosphates rtght throughout the year is neees,ar\' to mee t the heayy demands of farmers, marle pnneipally from Februarv to ;\la\' , and when delinri" , are at their p~al, oyer I,OOIl Ions lIre dl s patch~(l dalh into the countrY, eaeh bag hearing the f:ltnnus TI)p Ilranrl" - Traclt. ,\1 ark ,

The !Jrodut'linn of Superphosphate 1< Yer\, I lltere!'. t1ng, tht.: 111[\1)) ingrt!ciients lIsed in its manufal ' ture lteing SulphurIC .\"Id and Phus philtl' RI ... k

::;ulphurw . \('iri is produced In " "pecial plant thl lar~t' SUlphur ltufl1l'rs lteing fed with Sul[Jhur III p"rtert in largoe l'onsignments from (,al 'c t"l1 (,\meri,,, I The Su\phuril' .\cirl Plant It elf ('nil i,t~ coi large leartl'll l'hatllltl' rs ,,1 t .\t. r I

Limited 1>'lIldlllg. II I

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'I he Phu phatt' I{IJI'k IIscd I.y the ( 'JIIIVOIi Imported fr"m :\'auftl illld (Ie all I Ian I ;\Iakalea aurl ~lurlH'{,o, au,l i I.f u I",rllcu\arl high g-rade, ranging (rom al.out 7;' vcr cent, tAo 8,5 per cent. Phosphate, I t i. the c hIgh gfRcl rocks which ha,'e made Jlo<~IJ,lc the mallufa ture of 4;) per cent. and IX per f'I.:nt. \\'at r Soluble Superphosphates, I n the earl)' ria,s the lower·grarle rocks then a","1able resultcrl in the 30 per cent, and 36 per cent Supt'r, which were the standards [or many "ear Phosphate Ruck IS made reaciy for mixlIIg With Sulphurtc ,\cld by intense grinding, the lump' hemg fed into a -eries of rock breakers an(i grinders, which reciuce the rock to a dCSlred degree of fineness, resultmg ttl

the Company's high'grade "Top Brand" pro, ducts, Eleyators and cOln-eyors carry this finel} ground rock from the ~lill to-the Bins OYer the Super-mIxers, From these Bins the rock is accurately weighed and deposited in the ;\lixers with a carefully measured quantity of Sulphuric Acid, After a thorough and con' plete mixing' process , the contents are discharger; into a Bin, capable of holding a large tonnagt> of freshly acidulated rock. From the e Bin­the material. as SuperphLlsphates, is eyentualh taken automatically to the Super Storage Shed', where Immense mountall1s of .. Top Brand" Super are matured ready for deliyery at the farmers' call

When the super IS required, it is automahcally taken from the Dumps, screened to ensure per· fect ph"sical condition, weighed, bagged. anr< dispatched to the eountry

An important section of the industry, which cannot be oyerlooked, are the up,to,date Laboratories, equipped with a competent stan of analytical and research chemists, who ket'p a c'lo"e' check on all manufactures and dis, patches , In addition to inye, tigating and con· trolling the chemical problems and processes connected with I11clustn', a good deal of time l~ glYt!'n tll re,earch work in conn~c .. .'tl0n with the man \' agricultural problems which are con· tinualh' presenting themseh'es to farmers and procluc'el s, and the Com pan: pride themsel"es that the" ha\'e been of assistance to a great number ufgr"",ers in many different ways,

" TllP Ilrand" Fertilizers are knuwn, recog, nlzed, and sought after the length aml breadth of South\u~tralia, and hundreds of farmers to,da \' realIze the tremendous part the .. Top .. , has played in their progress and success

.. GI\'~ it a Spin," is the slllgan uf the Com· p:u)\' , ,'N" "pplicable, for the ",,'dlen! ph,'sical condition of .. Top Brand" SlIpers send them spinning through the drill, <,y<'n],' distribu,tl'rl and :1\""laltl, fur the plant nght Inan germltn

, tlun to Inatunty,

The l'lH11pan,: HIm at making th .. ir Jubilee 1

recorcl year, Their old and "alued client.;, IlIh\

1)0 c\OUllt man" nl'\\ Ol)eS, will ralh' r<lund thl'lll (or tht' l'onc1it;on and quality u( :, Tup Hran.I' 111"" remh' for rItspatl h 'lI~~ests th(lu<.lnrl , wl'll·satisfied purc'ha~er.; and maint.lillt'd .UI \ increased primary pro(\uetiotl 'T,p 1\1'. n I S s ,'all al\l'[(\" 1", n'\i('ri \\ II ------- --

. (. -' THE S rUDENT . j)pcember 21 , 1~!J1.

COLLEGE y SllIlTHl~lELD .

Pla",!<l at Smithfield on LIth Noyember. C'lllege- 94 (Ryan, K .. 17 ; John, 16; Telfer.

:!6 Emery, 14 n .o.). SmithfieldS f<'l' 95 (Emery. 2 lor 2S; T elfer,

2 for 20 ; Hoope r , 2 [or 7; IIagley, 2 [or 'i )

" 'on by Snl1thl-ield by 1 run .

COLLEGE v. OKETREE HILL. , \ t College all 21st Noyember. College - 73 (Benzie, 9; Ryall, K ., 18 : Hoop",r.

12 : . \llall,9, Hagley, 141. Onetree Hill 54 (Emery, 4- for 1-1 ; T elfer, 3

for 10 ; RYan. K ., 1 for 9 ; Hagle)', 1 for 10 ;

13el17ie . 1 for 5). n' on by College by 19 runs.

* * * * * RIFLE NOTES.

Since the last issue of the magazine the most notable incident was the sh oot for the Inter­Collegiate Shield. which was held on the

- '-.. H ome and Il ume" prmclplc. The (;u1!e~e

team tired for the Sh Ield in COll]W1CticJIl WIth a match against \\' asleys on the Wasley's Range, The indinclllal scores over three ranges Were ,_,

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F. G. Crisp R. A. Pownall A. L. Gunson n. R. Gee .. I H . N ewlancl

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Of the possible aggregate of 630 points. the scores obtained by the competing College. were: Gatton, 576 points. Dookic, 574 points' Roseworthy, 546 points; Hawkesbury, 49.1 p oints.

The College team would like to congratulate E . Baird. of Gatton, all obtaining top Rcore

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~ li lt' \Y. l ~ .\g . till~ t \Y;\ skvs (won by 22 pOill~SJ,

tllt' ht's i l \ )Ileg t' Sl'ores being .i\Ir ".. Fairll1!. - ,' \ I ( ~ UIlSOIl , 71 , and Mr n. R ~our5e , " - f) .Hl t of " possible SO pomts, The other , , <11-:, \111 « (" ,odwood United was also \\'on by ~2 p~1I11 S, (he best scores being :-A. Pengilly, 59, R. L. J ohnson. 69 , i\[r W . Fairlie. 69, and Mr W ilaydon, 69. from a possible of 75 points.

In conclusion the Club wishes to tha nk :'IIr T ,\ , Cole fo r having generously donated a Trophy, which was wa ll by B. R Gee, an(~ alsl) to t hank those staff members who ha \-e acted as Range Officers and coaches during the pa;;(

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* * * * * TENNIS ·OT ES.

\\' e are looking forward to a nother successful season in this branch of sport , The lawn courts are now promising well after an applica t lon of ammonium sulphate earh- in the spring -Though so far they have not had yery much use the\' are playing true and shou'ld stand up well to the heayv wear that t he fo rthcoming . -tournament will soon place upon them . This will begin in the early part of Decem ber , and it is hoped to complete it in time fo r the prizes t o be presented at the Swimming D a nce.

The asphalt courts are once again in need of repair This term we propose to kill the couch grass which is {or('ing through t he cracks \\'Jth sD(b ~ml eh lorate. amI t hen fi ll in the crack · ,Inc! Cover up with a light bitum inous dressing This. we hope, will re111m-e the ea use of the t ro uble and prOYt: more permanent and sati s· fac tory than the preYlons trea tments with tar

osewort -,,0 F\i'E ' ''I' C ... .... ... '\ . , ."1.

The . \nllu a l C;cnl' ral ~I ~eting ilnd l~el1nioll

" f the _ \ ~sociall(J11 was held thi" \'em- at •

'\olJnan \, Sont hern Crnss 11 otel, King \\,il -

llal11 Street. \hout thlrtl'·l;ve Old Students -\l el'e present, alltl an l'njnyahle l'\'cnin,g was

' I ,til( The same "flicC'!"i Wl're elected j il l' the l'nsuing twelye munths \I itb the ad­IlIl ioli oi \Tr . T. (l ~Titchl'll as a C(lll1ll1itiee-

111;(11 \ pl,'_hln).!' feature 111' this \'car'"

\ ... \C--t. th .. , \ (/lad,· lC1I11 Il,t (,Ill 1)1" ,1

IIItir Illdtl:hl alld till' Ii (~Ia'il .,11'. 'ItuJuSCh w( ha\'(' lx"_'n rll'f('it\'(.·d Oil {':!e h .,11 cL 1"11 1hr

rlt·ff,'Ul.S were b\" Ollt" a ~lnall 1T1aq,{lrt Ul (,::\1 h

l'a~e.

Results: -,\ Grade.

Rose\\,orth," 7 sets. 8·1 games, ('olJe);c • oj 'ct

Hl games. Todd St, 8 sets. 87 games, College -7 sets.

S3 games. East Gawler- 6 sets. 91 game" College-:l

~ets, 6 ' games. St. George's- lO sets, 83 games; College-2

se ts. 37 games B Grade.

Roseworthy 9 sets, 109 games; College, (j

set s, 49 games, Office bearers for the season (A Grade ) are -

Captain, R. Packer ; "ice-Captrun, C. "-. Kelly These and the following haye represented the ('ollege in competition matches: A R. Beck­With, G. D. Hubble, A. Feuerheerdt. R \- Dunn and T . H . Torr.

* * * * * S"IM:'IIING KOTES.

Dllring the winter months the opportunity was taken to clear the dam of weeds. which again cause trouble to swimmers.

t'nfOrhll1ately. owing to lack of fllnels. it wu;

not p O$sihle to pump the pool clear and deepen those parts under the high board and the lower, as was anticipated at the end of last ~eason .

The Annllal Carni\'al and Dance is to be held on 10th December. and it i~ hoped that it will he eYen a greater success than that of las t year.

.\c1yer<t' weather conditions h:\\'" preYented a n\' tr:lining to date .

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functiun \\'a~ tht' attellllancl' (l[

the jml1l~d1ille l'a~t ~t\llkllt,;

Sl'Yeral of abu the

unofficial lIaturc lli the Dinner added tn

thl' cvcning', entl'rtainment.

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t lId student s al'pen l' t(1 be ligllring l11(1rL'

l'nlillil)entl.\ each .'ear in tht' li,t .. i a\\·;1r.] ... al lhl' Rmal Sho\\', l'nrticularh ill tilt' ,t(1l'l-; 'l'Clill1l:-, - Ik,idc, the fig'tHt', gil'l'll ill tIll'

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m:1n) prizes E. A. Wilcox -

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E . A . Wilcox- South Down : 1 Reserve Cham. pion . T otal award, 1.

"'. J. Dawkins South Down: 1 First, 1 Second. Total awards. 2.

Apart from the Royal Show we fi nd old students figuring prominently at va rious country centres, and gene rally taking a leading part in the rural life of the community. ane!

+ - - _ , _ ,''- ''''-''''_.''_In_~''_II'I_ftll_ll"_~''_.II_lIn_lnl_I!II_U"_!I1I_U"_IIII_111\_ h_''''_''''_III'_ ItIl_In>_~"_I'''_ •• _ ''_'+ i i • I • I ! " " i ! . · I ! I

I Large Gloucester Border I • I ~ Whites Old Spots Leicesters i ! Boars and Sows for Sale. Rams fOT Sale. i ! I

• I I . i " Bridge Park" Pigs have been Awarded over JOO Prizes incl udillg ! j Champion Ribbons in three States. ! • I ! Sires at Stud: i ! WOODBURNE BRADl''lAN I. -First under 15 months lind Rese n 'e Champion. i I Adelaide. 1931 I i BRIDGE PARK TOWGOOD 24th--Second und e r 15 months, Adelaide. 1931. ! i An outstanding fealure of Awards gained at Shows has been I I the success of young stock bred at " Bridge Pi'lfk ." I i I • I I

.. Brid~e Park" BORDER LEICESTERS are founded on Stock from I"udilll!: ' -i<:l",ioll Studs. They ore the ideal ram for producing crossbred ew"s fnr jilt 111mb 11I""dil\l<

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f. ,r1l\l 1\).: 11. lh'l t\tt tlnulIgh thL' in s tllllllClllnht\' ,.f tIl\' \ );I1(' ll1t,,[;o1 Ilmetlll S l S k1l1 ilearing \11' lhl" qlll' ~tl\l1 \ tlu,' foll owing nrc 'll1ot l'd as two <,t tht' Ulan \ Ill s ta nces which have recently <' 1)\11<' under no tice The following appeared in the .. illail," 30th i\[ay, 1931, edited by a

prmutnent ;\l .P.·-

CLEARING THE SCR UB .

'ew Men- Modern Methods.

POWE RFUL TRACTOR.

From a visit to the agr icult ural district s west of Port Lincoln one obtains the impression that the farmers there are decidedly optimistic, They have passed through several years of climatic and financia1 fai lures, b ut t hey re tain t heir great faith that good times are coming.

The season has opened most satisfact orily. gh~ng promise of an almost cer tain re turn . I did not see an idle man or woman, while all the younger folk had something to do, and wer~

doing it ! A great area of t h is hinterland is fertile, with

a good rainfall. Drawbacks to its cult ivation are the dense. heay)' t imber, the close growth of yacca, which is very difficult to eradicate, and honeysuckle, which grows in dense bushes. Clearing the land is arduous and very expensive .

The inexperienced newcomer is surpr ised thAt so little clearing has been don e. H e soon realizes, however, why t he pioneer , withou t cash , and mostly relying entirely upon his own labour, was satisfied to clear only sufficient for his immediate use. However, new m en with new methods h ave arrived.

I was shown a dem onstration of la nd cultiva­tion and clearing by the R itchie brothers. They were students at Roseworth y College, and are evidently m echanical experts. For p ower they have a 45-horsepower cat erpillar tractor. weighing over eight tons, p uliing ploughs with t wenty·two furrows. It travels slowly, hu t leaves a mark of ploughed la nd fift een fee t wide, and turns the soil over averaging four acres an hour.

This monster's next effort was scrub clearing. Th e plOllghs were de tach ed and a huge gum log was a ttached. U nder the ('ommanrl (J f ~l r. Brul'e Ritchie, the m onster made its way into a dense 1l1allee sc rub , t wenty feet in height , which it levelled as if it were bamboo sticks. It fell like ripe hay before the mower.

The huge gum log coming on l,ehind dealt wi th ;Jl1 1' possible left·overs.

' I Itt· ( · ah-rpdl~tr tr .Jr ' tOI ,"ell! to h 1 1 d 11K rhnil'ldt y of !(I (tlllg wI ,,1 lh, Ir ad .\ honeysuckle bu<h . N" matter hfJW wHI,' pread II1Il the bush, ihll tnt<'tQr simply r{,II.,1 It

weight over It. cnlshmg it t" th,' "'Hth, to be cleaned up by the firestJck later

'\' 0 doubt the Ritchie brothers and their machmery are an acquisItion to the di strict, and their enthusiasm is as a tonic.

"'ith the advent of new men and ney' m ethods a large area of this land and its latent wealth will be m ade available.

J T . Ryan , a student, who left the College 111 1925, and who previously had no experience of farm practice, took up land at :'.Iundulla, In

the South-East , 940 acres, and turned his atten· tion t o grazing and pigs. Mr. Ryan has been particularly su ccessful, and has a reputation in t he distri ct fo r effic iency and the adoption of scientific methods of agriculture. The 940 acres a re sub div ided into small fields. rangjng from 20 t o 125 a cres, and partly established with sub-clm-e r. Such land is carrying three sheep to t he acre.

Pigs. These are Berkshire-Tamworth sow m a t ed with Large \,hite b oar . Each animal is weighed regularly and unprofitable sows dis­carded. J. T . is a great adyocate of R ose­worthy and the agricultural instructors, to whose joint influence he attributes his success . He has two brothers at R.A.C. n ow.

* * * * * OLD COLLEGIA:-;'S.

Brock , H . (185 ). Fanning at "'hite Hut, near Clare.

Eastwood, 1\[, (1885) -Connected with the Tam­worth Carrying Company, :-;' .S .W .

l\i orris, O. H _ (1886 ) - Grazier at :\[ount Gam­

bier. II ill, R . (1886 ) .-Direc tor of Knitting :\Iills :>t

P ortland. P eak e, H. (18871.-Fanning at Cleye, Shakes. Yal. (1888l.-With Goldsbrough, 1\[ort,

and Co. at Abattoirs . H earman, D . J. (1889 ). :.\Iidclalya Station. Car·

narvon , ,"V .A . Giles , H 1\1. (1889 \.-Orchardist at \,"oL)dside . \Vight. F , S , 08901 .-Clerk of District Council,

l\[annum. Harvey, S. K . (1891) .-In the Department of

~Iines and Industries, Pretoria. South Africa. Leake, R ~I (18911. Farming at :.\[oorawoppin,

\\' . .\ . Remem bers the first vine)'ard planted at the College, 1892, by Professor Perkin>. This section on the sandhill, west of tht'

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11.1111' 1111).:,.111111, \\ltll lhL' tlllve PIIlll' lp,d \1t\1I\~ \~\1It.\IH'S ~ l1ltHIU.\S, l'lU'l"ants, and ).!\,nh" ... , flit' lH'I~inHl , ·illes were therefoI't ' •

Ihllt"'lght ,·,'ars old, \.( ~I I 1\\t'lltiOIlS that the College in thosl!

d,,,·s consisted of 800 acres, and the land \\ <,rth f3 per acre, Super had not come ill to use then, although it was used at the College, The average yield for the district was four bushels, and that of the College twelve bushels, and wheat was then at a low pnee. I-lay brought 25s. to 305. per ton

in Gawler. , :\"ichels, II H. (18921 . Farming at Forreston,

near GU111eracha. Castine, C. C. (1892). ~Ianager of Castine,

Ed wa rd" and ~[otten, Gunsmiths, Adelaide. Graham. \\' L. (893) .-Fanning al :\' arrogill,

WA. Holds the record for the Mile at R.A.C. 5 minutes 1·5 secs.

Buring, Leo (1894) , Recently resigned from Lendeman's, Ltd., as Managing Director, and has taken over premises in Sydney, and is conducting a wine retail business.

Hodge, :\1. F. 08951 - Licensed land valuator and agent, Grenfell Buildings, Grenfell Street, Adelaide.

Pntchard , A . G, (18951.- Farming at ~Iurray· ville. Victoria.

Read, 'Yo B (1896) . Living in Newcastle, :\" .5. \1," On the office staff of B .ILP. steel works,

In a previous communication Mr. Read sup· plied the following historical infOffilation;-

Kirkton Vineyards are situated on the bank; of the Hunter River, some 150 miles north of Spine),. In 1827 the late John Bushby wa" gIven a grant of 2,000 acres in the Hunter River '"alley. This was in recognition of Sydney" first water supply. To·day it is known a. Bushby's bore, but no longer Sydney's water supply, It is used at Botany in the large wool· scouring works containing combing mill s and fellmongering. Mr. Bushby immediately im· porterl from the Rhine and France 360 varieties of rGoterl v ines and had them planted . TIe then selected those which suited the soi l and climate. These were the first vines plan Led in Australta, and since then cuttings fr0111 thl';

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Vl11eyarrl were planted throughout the [{unt.er River The property remained in the hancb IJ[ the rll'scenrlan t s of the la te .T ohn Bush h,­tlntd 1!)01 when it was hought by Lindeman Ltr!. l\'irktoJ\ makes a \:ery delicate light· rlr Wile c-\),,·A, "I' the ('bret and TI L'''\- tvI"

;t laq .. w PI'r,lJtlrt.111Il fJt tit,· \\'111 lUlIlK \I ell fo tlte IlH1I1Ufal'lurL' f)l 'parkllllJ.,( WIIW. "I lie Will

need carelLlI handling, and "ach ra~k i lOIiI>",1 fllrtl\Jgbtly. The last of the' ,,1<1 ville, \/4, years old, have been grubbed OLlt in re'·ell! years. They pror\uced a payable crill-' til-' till 1918.

Laffer, H. E . (1897) .-Over~eas' Representative o[ the Wine Export i\[arketing Board, with headquarters in London. Is at present in Canada in the interests of the Board, familiar· Izing himself with the requirements and market conditions prevailing in the Dominion.

;\1i1ne, G. S. (1898). Officer in the Customs Department at Cape Town, South Africa.

Angove, T. C. (1899) .-With ~Ir. R. E. Martin (1900) has just returned from England after a business trip 111 conection WIth their wine in terests.

Gurr, G. C. (1899) ,- Manager of the Sewage Fann at Islington ,

Caw, A. B . (1900) .-Farming at KOj OllUP, W A. Paltridge, J . 'I'. (1901) .-Has a dairy farm ' It

~[ypolonga .

"'eise, Bob (1902).-Fanning at Bordertown. Recently was un fortuna te enough to haye hIS

homestead burnt, caused by a fusing of the electric light plant. Included in the destruc· tion were seyeral trophies won at R,A.C. Our sympathies are extended to this old Student.

Fulton, D , (1902) ~lanaging Director of Wood I,' Wines, Adelaide

:llagarey, A. \y, (1903J.-Fruit growing at Berri. Titley, B . .T , (1904). Farming at Point "ie·

toria, Yorke Peninsula. Billinghurst, S. C, (1905).- When ;\linnipa was

so ld ;\II'. Billinghurst secured the homestead block.

""iko,,, K S. (( 19061 lias a dairying property at Gawler Ri,'e r, S.A.

Shekleton, J B . (190i),· ls -till at :\[ount Char· lotte, Hil1town,

Bruce, j\l. (1908) . Last heard of at Pellong Eyre Peninsula.

To'lly, R D. ( 1909 ) ,. One of the Directors o' Tolly, Scott and Tolly, (1 f T,S,T. fame,

Tamblyn, W . K. (1909) .. Tras a block at Rrn mark.

~ladele}', G ' •. (!!JI0). [s fanning at !\loorak. Webb, G . R (Hlll) .-Has a well.improw' r

property at Warrnl\,l11bool, \'ictoria Sibley, S J (19121 Up till recenth· was in th.·

Railwa\T IJepartll1ent and stationed at Ga""lt"f IIoward, ' 1-1. H. (l!l121 Farming' at Pt"lina. 01,

the W est Coast.

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anJ \'tne \' ard -"'- 011"' ,1\', H. !l9131.-lIas a r' re hard prope rt)' a t Cadell ,'isit, the College periodically.

a bo" e ;'\[o rgal" .

Ore-hard. H . H . (19141.-H orticultural In<; truct ul stationed at ;'.£ount Gambier.

Ldles,urier. E. J. (19141.-Farmi mulka.

Ca tt . K L' (191-1 1• F arming \l1

tralia. Bago t. G, (19B). Present K och . F R. (1915). Has a propertr at

watt. Robinson. J O. (1915 ), Dairy

;,\[eadows.

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Preston. D. H. (1916 ). Farming in ,,'estern Australia.

James. \\'. J. H. (1916 ), Chief Inspector for the Phylloxera Board, S .A.

Bearnnont. L. W. (1916). Farm :\Ianager at R .A.C.

X,cholsOIl, ; \ J. S . (191i).-On Roopena Station, S.A .

Samuel. C. G. (191 \. Is still in Kenya Colony. ~ outh Africa . growing coffee.

~heple\', Ken (1918 ). Recentl\- returned from , -

\\.A. Dairying at Two "'ells.

Fairbrother. G . E . (1919) . R e tail age nt fo~

Reyne'll & Co. in Sydney.

Scrymgour. B. B (1919). Has a property at :\[urravville in "ictoria • •

Thomas. E . B . (1920 ). Farming Yisited the College last year.

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Pelle \\' , C E . (1920)-Is 5tlll tak1l1g a pre'lIl

Inent pa rt In S A Cri cket as coach "I th Colt's team

(1921).- Fanning H owe. F L , • 111

. \ustralia . T A. (1922 ),

• R ecently appointed a DalJ'\ r--i orthe rn Di~tricts of Ta

!;. in the

W D . (1922 ). Still farming at Lamerao R on (1924 ). F rom reports Ron is ~t

on the W est Coast, woolc1assing. 1I1rue~, r\. R. (1924). Teaching at Clare, anti ~king a n act ive part in Bureau activities.

.Robinson , H . \V and R obinson, G. H. (1925),_ Farming at Balaklava. Ha:ve a remedv .. R obroc" on the market for oxalic aCid poison ing in sheep.

Spencer, L a urie (1927 l. Has given up tbe U niyersi t y course in Perth, and is back on the farm

Harrison , W. (1927). H as recent1y returned to Australia from E gypt.

Drew, A . K. (1926 ), W as in Adelaide for the Show.

Geddes, C. O. (1926). - Present address. " Pomona." Melrose.

Couche, Don (1926). I s at present at :110m· pellier, after a tour of France.

Hooper, A. C. (928 ), I n the Laboratory of r Hardy & Sons, :\Iile End, learnulg the technique

Henderson , Station.

of wine analyses. ,

R. J. (930).-On Sturt's :\Ieadows

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