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Animal Nutrition. 



The Course under this head will include nine (9) Lectures, and 

 will open with one explanatory of the principles of the subject. 

 Following the explanation of the principles of feeding, lectures will be 

 given on : — 



Rations for Dairy Cows. 



Feeding for Beef Production. 



The Working Horse and His Food Requirements. 



The Feeding of Sheep. 



Forage Crops for Pigs. 

 » Lucerne for Milking Cows. 



Silage and Silos. 



Saltbush as a Fodder for Dry Areas. 



Stock and the Manauembnt of the Dairy. 



The Plant.— How it Grows and Prepares Food for Animals. 



Mastication, Digestion, and x\ssimilation of Food by Animals^ 



The Principles of Breeding. 



The Breeding and Management of Sheep. 



The Breeding and Management of Pigs. 



The Breeding and Management of the Horse. 



The Management of Dairy Cattle. 



The Formation and Production of Milk. 



The Treatment of Milk from Farm to Factory. 



A Discussion on the Various Breeds of Cattle. 



Canadian Cheddar Cheese. — Tracing the Milk fi'om the Cow 



to Market. 

 The Growth and Conservation of Fodder Crops. 

 The Planning of Farm Buildings. 



The Treatment of the more common Ailments of the Horse. 

 The Treatment of the common Ailments of Cattle. 

 The Treatment of the common Ailments of Sheep and Pigs. 



Sheep-brekding and Wool-sorting. 



Sheep. — Wild and Tame. 



Origin of Different Breeds. 



Ancient Sheep. — Early European. 



The Merino. — Introduction into Australia. 



British Breeds most useful to Australia : — 



Lincoln, Leicesters, Border Leicesters, Romney Marshy 

 Shropshires, Hampshires^ Suffolk, Dorset, Southdowns. 



Selection of Sheep. — Country and Climatic Conditions considered. 



Sheep-breeding. — The Merino, Selection of Rams and Ewes, 

 Different Types of Merino. 



Crossbred Breeding. — Mating of Sheep to Produce the true Come- 

 back. Demonstrated by Specimen Wool Samples. 



Breeding for Mutton. — Wool and Early Lambs. 



Management of Sheep. — Culling, Drafting, Dipping, &c. 



Shearing. — -Preparing Wool for the Market. 



