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milk per day for 9 weeks after calving). From this it will be seen 

 that the Ayrshire-Shorthorn cross is aimed at. So far the progeny con- 

 sists of 35 calves 12 of them being heifers. The whole herd is in first 

 rate condition and only i cow has been lost. The average number 

 milking has been 20 and the yield has averaged throughout slightlv 

 ■over li galls, per cow daih . The daily yields are all tabulated and 

 the milk from time to time tested with a Babcock tester, the use of 

 which is available to settlers. Cream is also tested as a check against 

 the Butter Factory which is local and co-operative, and no discrepancies 

 have yet arisen. From the beginning of the vear the milking cows have 

 had a daily ration of 40 lbs. of silage which they eat with avidity. The 

 silage has from time to time been varied with mangolds, cow peas, 

 growing maize, and similar crops, and the pasture has been rape and 

 natural grasses. It is the practice to rug all the milkers. It is the 

 intention to largely increase the herd when the season's crops are gathered. 



BRICKMAKING. 

 Operations at the wire cut machine. Turning out 9,000 bricks per day. 



to establish milking machines and to erect an up-to-date dairy and provide 

 motive power for its working. The results from 6 of the best cows are 

 as follow: — 



The value of the butterfat has been set down at iid., the average re- 

 turn received for the vear. 



A small herd of pigs is kept and has proved nearly all profit. New 

 styes and yards have been designed ; upon their completion and fodder 



