. Les cours dispensés à l'école tous les mois de l'Horticulture par divers spécialistes au cours de 1892-1893. L'horticulture. 90 Tous ceux qui vivent par le sol pour faire ce qu'est la pratique avec l'oignon - producteurs du district de Portarlington, cultiver chaque pouce de la bloquer, et de ne pas perdre de temps-" la chaîne de la vie "en jugeant trop de terre ou de toute autre manière de devenir partenaires dans ce célèbre mais à peine l'entreprise réussie de MM. Saisir- tous et perdre tout. Certes, 40 hectares de bonnes terres, dans une position bien irrigués, et systématiquement utilisée, devrait être une chose juste pour un homme bon pour gérer, defi

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. Monthly lectures delivered at School of Horticulture by various specialists during 1892-1893. Horticulture. 90 every one living by the soil to do as is the practice with the onion- growers of the Portarlington district, cultivate every available inch of the block, and not waste time—" the warp of life "—in holding too much land or becoming in any other way partners in that well-known but scarcely successful firm of Messrs. Grasp- all and Lose-all. Surely 40 acres of good land, in a well-watered position, and systematically used, should be a fair thing for a good man to manage, defined by a recent correspondent of one of our Victorian newspapers as laid out thus:—10 acres, homestead, orchard, poultry, cow-yard, &c.; 10 acres to grow field peas, potatoes, &c., as food for pigs, poultry, cattle, &c.;' 20 acres set apart for grazing of cows and horses. There are of course very many labour-saving tools, which in the hands of our "coming laen" will help them materially to reduce their holdings to a state of tillage. Those in the agricultural section are very numerous and mostly valuable, but it seems to me for small selections the " Planet Junior " hand- plough, drill, hoe, rake, and seeding apparatus combined gives a hard-working fellow, whose soil is friable, a means of conquering his work in very much less time than usual. In the vegetable and fruit garden of the Government House the gardener (Mr. J. D. Allen) finds it most serviceable. There is another instrument of splendid value for a good variety of work in a garden, farm, or orchard of the style of a pick (say, 6 lbs. in weight), made to order of my late and very much respected father. It is shaped thus :— The Mattock.. I well remember one of his men exclaiming when at work on the Barrabool Hills—" Bedad, here is a clod which has not been turned up since Adam was a boy, " but a mattock such as this. Please note that these images are extracted from scan

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