. Australian Garden and Field. THE GARDEN AND FIELD. 316 mont Kxpcrimcnt Farm at ilndian Head in Saskatchewan, Canada. Hero also reliable recDrds have been k».>pt for the same period—, ninetet?n years. Not a sinjjle crop failure is recorded. The hij^hest yield was fo-rty-niuc bushels to the acre, the lowvst seventeen. Dnrino this ix-riod the rainfall varied froiii to inch-OS (snowfall nol inclnde<l—varying- from inches to inches of water). Here also moist ure-sa\-ing fallows followed eveury crop. These experiments clearly show that the 3ear of drouo-ht need not be
. Australian Garden and Field. THE GARDEN AND FIELD. 316 mont Kxpcrimcnt Farm at ilndian Head in Saskatchewan, Canada. Hero also reliable recDrds have been k».>pt for the same period—, ninetet?n years. Not a sinjjle crop failure is recorded. The hij^hest yield was fo-rty-niuc bushels to the acre, the lowvst seventeen. Dnrino this ix-riod the rainfall varied froiii to inch-OS (snowfall nol inclnde<l—varying- from inches to inches of water). Here also moist ure-sa\-ing fallows followed eveury crop. These experiments clearly show that the 3ear of drouo-ht need not be feared when the principles ol dry-farming are properly carried out. In the conservation of soil moisture lies the ultimate conquest of drought. And in place of the barren desert, abandoned homes, and dying cattle, we can now paint a new and glowing picture. There, under a serene and cloudless sky, lies a panorama of green and chocolate brown—mile after mile the growing wheat and the deep- stirred, water-holding fallow. No rain may fall for many a day, but the husbandman is untroubled. For he knows that his seed has fallen upon good ground, and that, from far below, those life-streams are flowing ever upward which will carry his hundredfold corn white unto the harvest. The popular proprietor of the Kalgoorlie Hotel (Mr. Chacles Hones, who, it wnll be remembered, previously had the Theatre Royal Hotel) extends per medium of ad- vertisement in our columns,, a spe- cial invitation to country visitors to give him a call. Situated a few doors past West's Picture Pal- ace, the " Kalgoorlie " has, since coming under the management of its present proprietor, enjoyed the reputation of being an hotel where even,'thing that is best is dis- pensed. The genial proprietor (Mr. Hones) is ever most solici- tous iar the comfort of his pa- trons, while the menu of the hotel is described by those who have given it attention as being equal and in many respects superior to that obta
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