Vol 30 No 01 1934.pdf - The University of Adelaide

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1 he remaInder of the student::. come
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city homes. They ha\'e, in mo::.t ca::.ts, re
111 a \\ ell -co nducted bus iness a stock
cel ved thei r introduction to country 1i f e
taking is ma d e a t leas t annually, but human
here, and, without C>..teptlOl1, llhey have
a ffa irs m ove 1I10re slowly, and it i s cus
acqUIred a taste for it Circumstances may
tuma n ' to a wa it som e outs tanding event a
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send some of them back to the City, but
ma rriage, a death , a Ju b ilee to make it
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practclally all oi these young men will take
the fo r a r eview of what has been
occa~ion
tllelr place in primary industries ui thi"
and what might have been . T o the junior
State, with broader ::,houlder::. and a broader
apprent ice, no doubt, a stock taking is
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o utlook, and a genuine sense of the dignity
adequately defined as a m eans o f keeping
him busy during an otherwise sl ack pel'iod, o f their calling. ~ at all of them, but
t at least the great majority, will be an asset
bu t to the captains () industry it is a tool
to any community, both in practical en
designed to acquaint them with t h e sources
deavour and in public life.
of success and failure, and the sure f oun
dation for the bigger ancl bettel' bu s iness But a host of o ther activities are num
bered in the ever) day work of the Col
of to-morrow. Let us, then, p r ocee d to
lege. Most of the farm and are
ou r stocktaking, li\'e~to ck
under experimental treatll1ent exi)erimenh
The Cullege has two main train
ta~ks
ing studc:nts, ancl conducting experim ental a imed at increasing the tJrofit ' of the far
work. For :,l)l11e years past, at least wh e ll m er. Ev e r-v mail carries le tters of advice .
un der normal conditions, the sludent H undrec1s of farmers visit the College each
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modation has been filled to capac ity . The veal' to glean a iew point ', "\ Fanners'
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enrul ment for periocls heen: Winter Sch ool helel annually-. [ember!>
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1R i-54-94, 18; lX<J5-190-J., -J.-J.; 1905- 1-J., 5-J.; ()[ th e s taCf are fre(l'.1ently heard gi\'ing
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(war periud), SC); [ur lectur es to . \gricultl11'al Bureaux, and" m'er
the YC;lrs ]92cJ, 1<).30, 1931, a nd lQ.3-J. it has th e air "; and pamphlets «11(\ bulletins writ
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exceeded 70. ()( the present st ud ent s , o nly lc n hy them appear regularl\' in " The our
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compl ete th e ir cou rse th:s veal', while nal," and are distributed, on request, by
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OUr norm a l fi rst - yea r enr ol m e nt e x ceecl s hundred s , These sen'ices are all a part
Prrscnt accu ml1l oda ti o n is ove rtaxed! "I' each \'ear's work.
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Tn the li r st year s Diplomas were The indirect influence oi the College is
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al\' ard ed . while the llull1be r will ex ceed
nll If'sS important, thongh often, perhaps.
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in th e ,,{'CO lleI ycar s,
largely O\'erlooked, Therc is scarcely a
Of th e students nn w ill re s ide nce over primary pro<lllCf'r ill this State, whether he
per are f r UI11 countn' humes. Tili"
be a wheat-farmer, a fruitgrowcr, or a li\'e
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a hea lth y stat e aHairs , - indicating that !>tock breeder, whose methods ha\'e not been
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the prac ti ca l farm er \'alue s tilt' training influenced to his profIt by the \\-nrk pi this
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lhp ( fJ JJ egc to th e ('x lent that he wi'JJing Col lege. The fruits f the e xperi11l(,lltal
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~" pay the f('(, s alld lo se hi s son's laho11r \\'ork influence him whether hl' \\'i"he:i it or
If,~ Il m·,· \\TC knl)\\ tklt he will Ilot hd(N \;trietil" nf ('crt'ab, .. CnJleg't'
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l1lore prui1table method:. uf :.heep bnth in ;"tate and ebew here, and
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husbandry. the cOllsen'ation of foduer the the cOl1lmercial wurld. a i eature whirl
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pnlgeny \If A,)ck~ alltl herds, and ib influence we are j mtly pr uud, () thi ~ i act, fetl.
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JeglsIati\'e enactments affecting primary the Uld them selves are 'llffi
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production. ali play their part. cientl\-'
c(lnsciou~,
Lonking hack o\,er he year;" the College
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What of the next 50 years? It i, safe
has pioneered South . \ustralian agriculture,
to ::,ay that the College will go f strength
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to strength. The better it is known, the
cipals, that fought the battles for super
better it is appreciated, ami every graduate
phusphate, [allowing, and the seed drill.
is an am ba!:>::,adn r ; i amily connections ac,
and won them. Later, the present
ll1ethod~
co unt for no less than 20 per cent. of the
of yineyard management. and sound prin-
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enrolm ent! ,\ t tillles it ha:, had to struggle
ciples and breeding methods in fat lamh
[or its place in the com1llunity , but we feel
production, ",ere successfully introduced.
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that th e hattle at last w ell won. The
,\t present we lead the campaign for 1110re
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next I'ears . \\'e believe, will be marked
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hy quiet. usef ul sen' icc to the primary in-
In retrospect, these things are assessed
of the State. an c! a healthy and
du~tries
at their real worth; we have no hesitation
\latural 0'1'O\I'th that \rill aMun ish the older
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in prophesying that \\'hen our presen t en
I s it
generation, too much to hope that
deavours cOllle to be viewed \vith the per
our friend s. the critics . will s tudy the old
spective of time. they will not disgrace our
Co llege m oltol-
great traditions, .\nd, while thinking of
l• n romere,
"Et conflahunt gladi os suos
the pioneers. we must not overlook our
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Old Students. Their influence amongst ~ uas III
A. R. H,
.. the men Oil the land," in offic;al positions.
u r r e n t v e n t s .
OUR JUBILEE. The full owing notes, \\,hich jli'oride
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interesting comparison, are extracted
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a previous contribution by :-Jr. A ~L D~II'­
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The College opened i or the
ll1 ~tnlct 1011
kin s, of Angle Vale. one of the original
of studenb on the 3rd Februan'. Pro-
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• students. now Chairman of om CllllllCti<
posals for the celebration of the Jubilee are
"At the opening , , , the :.\[inister ~I
explained in the Old Students' X
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the da\' did n ot attend. For the nr,t >I~
Because of limited finances it is again ll1onth~ there \\'a.' llOt a. text-book at Ihe
impossihle to publish more than one num t ' It'l' It'
Collee-e, and only I\. '
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ber of "The Student" this year, but we
teach. There was a farm 1ll ,l lIagel
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have trierl tn make it a spec.ial issue to farm hands. and fiftecn stnd(,llt, jl r;I\\ lIll~
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lIlarl l'ol11pletion of first fi fty years. It
tilt' 1)1Il' attention to the Im' k of Il';I,·I\1I1"
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cn!ti\'alion, and were ill gIl/It! cIIllriitil1l1
Ihnt"l yca r rcso ll' ed il1to qllill'
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seeding, lmt, o\l'ing to thc rlry 'I'ell c'\}ltTi
lIItl'l'l·,til1g s tr llggle agai n st tillI e, waged
:t il
en ::ecl. others were llot giYCII thi:; culti\'atillli
,l udcllt, " ith (lnt a llxiotl s eY. e th eir
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,
until May. and even as late as June.
l'ilrist l1llls IlPl iday s, H ow e l'er, as t'he Prin-
Cipal said (1n Speech D ay. " ,\ reco rd harv est
Ebsaries was down earh' with Lach-
SOwn
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was gathered ill recorel ti m e." th e las t load
Ian and Early KhersOIl oats, and through-
o f arriyin g the night be!' a re o ur e1 epar out tbe winter prm'ided excellent feed for
11<1\
lure, Detai l, ha l'e bcen p u blishe d e1 se Ihe lambs and ewes, :\nClther paddock,
",here, a n I a high aye rage yie ld of
Day's C. was sown to oats, hut as it was
~h(l \\,
hoth hay am i g rain ,
r ut for ensilage, it . eems prohable that the
u sual shortag-e of feed oats will pre\'ail
EI'el1[o, o f ill the er Olnled tw o
i nt e re~t
through out the coming seasotl,
a ft er \vere the Tenni s
1l1 onth ~ Chr i ~t llJas
TOl1rnam enb and the S wimming Spo r ts,
Two Ilew comhine - were purchased earh'
In th e latter eyent J Iay di stingu ished h illl - in the year. and these die! splendid \Vorl~.
g reatly fac;litating seeding, One of them
5eli by rarrying all the SO yard s, 100 ya rd s,
and -+00 yarcls, thereby wi nning t he Cup inc orpo rated th e old m ethod of disk-gearing,
ami gaining a well-earned Blue , hut evidentl~' trengthenec1 and i mprm'ed,
Th e final examinations haye become , for Rain wa s the only thing lacking- through
fur most of us, a clouded memo n ', out this p eriod to make seeding
tuna t el~ conditi on~
,
\\ 'o(f(lrolte, with a percentage of 81, abso lutely ideal. The fall ows were fairh '
\\'(J1l
,
a
the (;() Id ;\ledal and First Cla ss Diplom a , moist at fir s t. and thi s , a ss isted by a 11e\I'
,
wh ich is a rare distinction no wadal's , I t clllti packer o f the lates t design, gave qnite
,
is <Lpprnp riate to mention her e tha t ne ,,' a good ge rminati on, but the g round soon
regul a tj () n ~ concerning tile c l as~ iflcat i ()n of heca m e dry, and the crops were at a stand
dipl [' J1l a~ ha\'c been pl'() l11lllg aterl, and a re ~ till for the g r eater part of "'inter, \
pr int ed ebe \1 here in this issu e,
crop o f N a ha\"a in G eo rge' s was hadl\' in-
,
Coll ege ClJ I11m enced ih new year in . \ p ril. f ested wi t h so ur sob, The cultipacker was
of good reso luti on s and Fir,,[ \'ea r ",
[1111 tl se cl t he ~'o un g r ra p ill all effo rt t o
O Il
,\ pielsin g inI1<)I'ati()n ()f til{' Principa l\ wa s
hrni ~e t he hu t Ull fo rtullatel" no frost
w (:'('(/.
a StatT and S tudent I linn e r, held a t th e
was a" a il a hle tll co mpl e te it:; destruction
College, to ,,'e!col11e new Ilwmhers , a nrl a i:;n
P a r t o f the padd ock wa s fenced off, and
I'. . jlh tht' idea ill lie\\' flf acc u ~tn l11ing t(1
ti S ied off with ewes and lamhs , to he fe
l~l1hll(' functions anrl speak' ng'. . \ fter thi s
so wn later with Canherra, The
~ahawa,
~~lnctiol: p~lh l i l','
a \u ctioll Sa le o f Firs t
though somewhat thin, has filled an ex
I ep i est lltI ng hor ses . was h eld , HoI' s
U1 1" , trem e'" pll1l11p gTa;n and the Canberra
- ()'iY('~
-
, -t-t' I ' I ' ~ ~
t ' ,
\\"~re {Jl\"~ l l
, ,., , "r:l ," I. I • 111 lI11e 111 \\' li t' 1 to t ralll prclll1i ~e o f heing' a goorl crop .
Ihelr 1)I"ll1" ,t I I '
, cln g seN an ( wh en thI S had
'i,
Th e t r OllS this I'ear met with quik ah
elap,,('<1 the I . 'I", '\
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, () C 'I I ea r \\'('re
'it 1T O' I, I'c n
norm a I cnndi ti olh, ha relv two illrhe.; oi
<t,
S
a -r,JlIntry ru n int o th e Coll e" e fr oI11
croS ,
\',
, I ' ,.,
rain fell throtlglwut Tl1nf', and July:
~ra
Oll t ~ II lg pa<lrlnl'k, Th e lI sual dark hor se
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in faet. 11l 'llly,tudt'llt.; had resigned
r ' ' thl'lll
a high han I "
I 'll
' . , ( IC<l p WIt the l hemlcal
"'O il , 1
sel\'es tn a inyless SU Illl'r , quitt' dt'v,)id of
111
fI (Ill 1
Str. t · .
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·rar) a c osc second,
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wheat lumping, "hen conditiolls dlangl'd
rt'-
Ii TI I E STUDENT,
f)eCllniJ(r 21 , I'iil
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l1larkahh .. 3nd, cnn1mellcing with rain in
next .\ ear the experimcllt shrlllifl ,
~e:ts(ln
,
, , d " I.
\llgllSt, \\'hich s;[locd the crops after a hnt
II1terestlllg' an Ill,-,trucllve (he, icle" 1 .
, " ' Irlllill
wind) spell. lery good growing' c(lllclitHl11,.
lllg a hit f mug h) ,
l1a~t.\'
(I
h;l\'e heen experienced, and our glnomy
. \ strip (If land in !\o, 5 ha s heel!
pessimist, foreseeing "another 1<)1-1-," has .
~f1\\'"
with b~rle_\, to ,Iel'el off manurial differ,
illl.\
heCtll1!e the cheerful prophet of a record
ences the before commencing a
~I)tl,
III
, nell'
haryesl.
superphosphate experimcnt next \' ear Th
e
... c .
During the lI'inter aU,I' criticism of the
old, experimcnt cfll1si s tecl. (If singl e strips.
College ration was dealt a stern hlow by the
IdllCh allow(' rl for dlfTerell ce<; in
~lill
IlCJ
appearance of the junior -taff, who posit
dra :nage, and numerou s ut her conditi on,:
ively appear tn thriye on it. ancl their fine
The new experiment will IJe lai d down nn
condition the cause of llluch admiring
lI'a~
a basi~ f ra n clomi zed pi Ilts , replicated
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comment.
, several time s, ill a cco r dance with modern
experimental tec hniqu e,
A good deal of experimental 1I'0rk 11;1;;
been carried out in connection Il'ith fallow -
A very large inC'rease in size of th e wheat
,
illg-, rotations, ane! kindred subject.,
breeding pl ots ha s taken place, and the
experilllent is heing conducted in t\l'O phrase "four in ch es apar t " shll lingers
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different to determine the values unplea santly in our ears. O ne hundred and
paddock~
of the different cultivations embodied in forty ne\l' cros ses have been made, Mr
normal fallowing procedure. In 613 and C Break\\'ell is conce ntrating breeding for
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an e110rt is being made to determine the a wheat o f better milli ng qua lity, Thi
relatiye yalues of rigid ancl spring tyned clll im'olves a large am oun t of labo ra tory work
with the P elshenke Test.
tiYators, This is done on both stubble
and leylancl, ane! on the stubble section a
The fence s round -I-B are now t astefulll'
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rotation i.:; carried consisting of oats for
Ollt decorated with sun dry dead bi rd , that in
grazing. followed by a short fallow, peas
their prime con sidered that the plots were
han'ested for grain, and then a long fallow,
planIted exclusively to phJVi de greenfeed
Non-fallow treatment is included for
C0111- f or them. ,\Vhen one considers the marksmen
,
pa ratl\'e purpose ,
and the deadly weapon provided, it seems
The remainder of No, 15 was planted strange that the specimens w er e really shot.
with vines during the -year and a manll1'ial althou2ih we are credihly inf ormed that
,
b _
ne
experiment, mention of ,,'hich was made someone did actually and deliberately pu '
-
last year, is being carried out with Grenache ture the portable plant-br eeding shed ,one
vines in replicated plots. These young day with a keenly-aimed hullet. The bird
,
t
vines were attacked hy the cutworm in cage, roofed with straw, ",ill be l1se(~
Octo her, hut baits were promptly put down summer as a rust laboratory. '\ Vith -
~pnn
and the danger averted, lel-s to provide the necessa;'y bt1\11idit\', re;~ ,
will be carried ont to imprcn-c ",hent '
Iii
"ariot1s other experiments are being car
rust-resistance.
ri('r1 out. ,\ block of land near the cellars
I
1'1'
ill strips with various pasture
Again larg-e nUll1bers llf J1l' llpk la
Wit ,r'WI1
( III
lIIixlllrc'~. D1Ie l11(Jslly to lack of rain,
visited the Cnlll'g'e dUl'illg I , .,1
till' C;)I
anti kl1(lIy atlt'ntioll of golfers, 1
1'~lrII,\ III llil' Friela" 2nd Nnl l'l1llwl'. II (' 11,1111'1
11'1'1('
- , • '1
\\ 11" 11:11,1 (.r! 'll lI"i way. C'lIrsing voluhly. 1
l' hya visit flllill Iii" F 111('
1'1'11\'11\'1 (,,1 ' 1
,
il ,1/1dd..,. .. tlie tlial aPI'l'arl'd \\1' I) 1 ) ' tll, tll'
~lIrfa('( IIISIIIII
I( I() lillI', ,L..,"1 1 IW,I!I 111111:
I
""~" "1. I
II, (.,,1, 1'111 will, III(' lOll .. r;d,,~ a glll,r! <le;tI . I I' I",I, ' \ . . I '"I"
s,'SSIIHl
t
II' ~\I'I\I' I l'
I
'.1"",
I 11,1 1'1', wilh 1I 111:11
(( 'f (,1111 ;",11 ill II dlili. 1\11. \ 1\11'1 1',li.! ,I 'Ill 1,1
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Cyrus (imp.
I.
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1934 .
'J'JJE STUDENT.
Suutbdown crusse<l with Leicc'll:r.
L'"lIege, and was greatly impressed with I~ c lnl e r
the work that was being u OJle here . .Merino lamhs, , \ t the ~l t. Ilarker Shrill'
,
Ollr three S()uthdc)\\ entries gained a fir
;\ llI11erulls . \gricuitllral Bureaux ha\"e again
I
11
the ( 'nllege, hut the Far111ers' ,,'inter anu champillJl fllr a ewe, and two sel'o nr\ ,
\i~jll'd
Scholll had til he cancelled til the
\111 lIlg Fat lamh raising ha s again I,een Illuch
Ilf the seasnll.
\',ig'l'ncl'~ t() the fore during the winter a nd l c,lIcg('
:'Ilagllles lIere \ery fashioTlable dOli at lamb s have lin several (lcca SlO lb lopped the
11
the Corridor this year. alld lllunerilUS de market. The high pri ce of 21-\/ 10 was rc -
,
n
j t"cted -lnnki ng hlack-an([- wh ite hall f fT ('civet! fur 1cn lam hs o f
S L1 ~ llck l' r Soul hclow il
(l
lI'ere caged n)Und aiJout Ollr quarters. C;rarl " Dorset I brccdi ng. Before
[()rn-~l e rin o
thel' returned their natural and durillg lamhing m os t of th e ewes were
l1all\ ttl CI1 -
• •
"irollment. all ;;a\c one rather rascall-\'- fed c n sila ge an d m cadow - hay in Dar\
Ull
•
l!loking sp eci111eTl with an (,:o-;.tl,(,111el y raucou s _\ and D paddlJck, ith cx('e llent results,
II
how\. It gnmll quite l o nd o f us. and Th is jlnll'iclecl well-halanced rat ion
ha~ a In
still h1g-ers on. eternally squal\'king. ()ncc. !:> uppl emcnt the pa stures. whi ch, at thi,
by an Ilnl ortunate 1lli. challce. it attended a peri od, wer e sh ort and su('c 111ent, but con
•
chemi,try leclure, hu! its too frequent in tain ed. \'er y lilLI e hulk .
-
terjecti ons hr ought about ig removal.
Of late, mu ch S tate-wide controve r,y has
pr o111pLl: and scientifically.
ari se n a s the m ()st su itable mother fnr
LO
Sc"eral "aluahle additions have been made fat lamb s. As a result of th is, an cx-
J
to the College stock recently. The er. ey p eriment i, hein g comm encer! almost im
hulls. :pritl' and Pretty Duke, have been m ediately a t th e College, to determi ne which
sold. and their places will noll' he taken hy half-br ed ew e will p r ov e the most pro fit able
Pride. whom \ye mentioned last Year, and m other for fat lamb s. considered fmlll a
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Delma Lily's Gamboge, a young bu11 ac- wool and mutt on stand point TirO
h Ull'
qUI1'ecl from :-Ir. E. \Y. Pfitzner. of Eudlln dred ),iferino e w e" have been purc hased
t(1
da . Delma Lily's Gamboge is extremely supplement th e Coll ege fl ock, and 100
:\ r
well-bred, of all-imported blood. and in his erino ewe s will he m ated with ralm of
r
appear many name fam cll s tbe I o rn, B order Leices ter. Rom·
pedi~ree Dor~ et
thr oughout Jersey circles, including several nel' :"Ifars h, and Co rriedale breed" resper'
-
,'ydney Show prizewinners. _\Iready 17 lively. J\t present th e r e are at the Coll ege
cah'es b\' Pride have been horn. and of this for the purjl()~es of th e ex peri ment t\Yo Dor·
.
.
number no Ie,s than 13 were hei f ers. The set 1 lorn ralll s loan f rom J
:\[1', ,\\"
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Jersey cow. Hampden Rachel. alias" Eud Dawkins' :\e\\'bold Stud; two Border r ei·
T. l
uncia Kate," was purchased from ':\fr. cester rams O'i\'en the Bo rcIe r L eiers r
hI' .
, , - I
:\. J. •
Pfitzner, of Eudunda, and has borne Breeders of S.A . ; thre e R omney Mar- I
a calf hy Hellefaire Blonde's ,\ ristocra't. rams given by the H Ot1l11ey Bree ders
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S.A.; and two Corriedale ram s gil'cn 111
.\rldililJns to the Southdown stud consist
. '1'1
'f"
the Corriedale ,\ ssociatll1l1 .
Breec1cr~'
()f a ram [rom New Zealand and three ewes Il
ll
are, in addition. two l(\elancl ralllS \.il
1he stud ()l :'Ifr. S. King, Victoria. " ll
frti111
the l,helanc1 "I' S .,\ .
fmlll nr(,l'd('r~
in 1his at thc Shuw lI'ere
SIlIT('~"'~ ~ection
•
('"lIege sheep (Jlltaining fir,,1
\'l'f} 11l1l1)(,1'l.11~,
and halllJ.ic.1I a ewL', first
SCJltthrJOI\l1
l fl.1'
['.r a al)(l 1wIJ fIJI'
('I'nlHI, hCl1h
(WI', ('we'S
'1 1laird .. ,,].1aillC'.] fIJI'
11111 t'lIII. WI, Wl'r!'
hllld, . wilh a fIJi' IJr
(II ([ LII III I :1 1)('11