76 Agricultural Journal of Victoria. 



The rations employed in the experiment under review were as 

 follows : — 



Five cows were fed on the above rations, the first week' beet and the 

 second pulp, and so on alternately for eleven weeks. When on the pulp 

 ration these five cows gave an average weekly milk yield of 181 lbs. and 

 a butter yield of 6J lbs. On the beet ration the average weekly milk 

 yield was 127 lbs. and a butter yield of 6'9 lbs., the milk containing a 

 little more butter-fat when sugar beets were used instead of pulp. 



A little more than three times as much profit resulting from feeding 

 24 lbs. of pidp per day than was realised from 12 lbs. of beet per day, 

 reckoning their cost at 4s. and 16s. per ton respectively. The total 

 profits indicated a feeding value of the pulp for butter producing, 

 under the conditions existing at the time of the trial, of about lis. 

 per ton, and beets about 20s. per ton, butter being reckoned as worth 

 lOd. per lb. 



Preserving Samples of Milk for Testing. 



According to R. W. Clark, Assistant Agriculturist at the Alabama 

 Experiment Station, U.S.A., the most satisfactory method for factory 

 managers of preserving the composite milk samples for testing con- 

 sists in the addition of half a. teaspoonf ul of formalin to each pint of 

 milk. This gives a one-half per cent mixture, which will remain in 

 good condition for testing for one month in any season. Potassium 

 bichromate and Mercuric chloride were tried but gave unsatisfactory 

 results. 



The Most Popular Peach in America. 



Of the four hundred or more varieties of the peach in America, 

 perhaps none has wider dissemination and received more popular 

 favour than the Elberta. it originated in Georgia and was discovered 

 by Samuel H. Humph of Marshall ville, who selected it as the most 

 promising of several hundred seedlings he produced from seed planted 

 in 1870. In parentage it comes from our very best strains of 

 peaches, and is presumably a cross of Chinese Cling on Early Crawford. 

 The tree is a vigorous grower, with an unusually strong healthy 

 foliage. The fruit is large and highly colored, and has most excellent 

 shipping qualities. It is well adapted to a wide range of conditions and 

 is at present the most universally planted commercial variety in this 

 country. In quality it is good, but some others are superior in delicate 

 texture and flavour. Owing to its size and handsome appearance, it is 



