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Farming Facilities.

Farming operations can be carried on without interruption throughout the ploughing and sowing season.

The paddocks are so large and usually level that the double and treble furrow plough may be worked by a man or youth.

The colonial farmer avails himself of the most modern labour-saving appliances.

The hay crop is cut one day, raked into windrows the next, and is ready for stacking two days later.

"Wheat is cut and tied by machinery and stooked, requiring no capping.

In dry seasons wheat is frequently threshed out of the stook, avoiding the cost of stacking and thatching.

Manure is very rarely used, and then only occasionally on the root crops.