448 Agricultural Journal of Victoria. 



and nervous, tliej will not do their best amidst strange surroundings 

 and the excitement which is inevitable under those conditions. 



The conditions adopted this year were : — 



1. The prize shall be given to the cow that gives the greatest 

 quantity of butter, as shown by the Babcock test. Should two or 

 more cows be equal, the prize shall go to the heaviest milker. 



2. The competing cows will be milked dry at the owner^s premises 

 in the presence of gentlemen appointed to carry out the competition, 

 one of which will attend at each place, at 7 o'clock, on Tuesday 

 morning, 10th November, and will be milked for test at 5 o'clock on 

 Tuesday evening, 10th November, and 7 o'clock on Wednesday morn- 

 ing, 11th November. The milk from the last two milkings will be 

 weighed, and test samples taken in the presence of the owners of the com- 

 peting cattle. Each exhibitor to supply his own cans and buckets. 



3. The competing cows must be shown on Show Day, and com- 

 petitors must deposit with the Secretary at the time of entry the sum 

 of £1 as a guarantee that they will be shown. The deposit will be 

 forfeited if the cow is not exhibited. 



4. The same milkers shall milk throughout the trial. 



5. Feeding allowed whilst being milked ; if fed, must be fed 

 throughout the trial. 



0. Entries close for this class on Tuesday, October 27th, I90o. 

 Prizes— 1st, £5 5s. ; 2nd, £3 ; 3rd, £2 ; 4th, £1. 



A sweepstake of lOs. each entry to be paid at time of entry. Ten 

 per cent, will be deducted from the sweepstake money for expenses. 

 The balance will be apportioned as follows : — 1st prize-winner, 4s. out 

 of each entry ; 2ud prize-winner, 2s. 6d. out of each entry ; 3rd prize- 

 winner, Is. 6d. out of each entry ; 4th prize-Avinner, Is. out of each 

 entry. 



The folloAving is a copy of steward's card : — 



Directions for Taking Milk ^°- '^^'^'^ ^°^- 



Samples. Weight of Milk. 



T,, . u .^ .1 „ii ^A Evening lbs ozs. 



1. The cow must be thoroughly milked 



out, and the samples taken from the Weight of Bucket lbs ozs. 



whole of her yield. 



Nett lbs ozs 



2. As soon as the milking is completed, 



the milk to be weighed carefully in the Morning lbs ozs. 



bucket, and the weight immediately re- ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ 



corded on the card. The weight oi the 



bucket when empty, to be taken and Nett lbs ozs 



deducted from the total. 



_, ... , 1 ,1. ui -A Total lbs ozs. 



3. The milk must be thoroughly mixed 



by being poured four times from orie Owner's Name 



bucket into another, before the sample 



is taken. Cow's Name 



