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Journal of Agriculture. 



[8 Oct., 1907. 



no less than 125,000. There were 6,504 entries, those in the competitive 

 classes being as follow : — 



Horses 



Cattle 



Sheep 



Swine 



Poultry 



Dogs 



Carriages 



In a brief review such as this, it is impossible to deal with the whole 

 of the exhibits, so it is only proposed to refer to the dairy breeds of 

 cattle, and the pavilion of the Department of Agriculture. 



Dairy Breeds of C.'VTTle. 



Since dair\ing is a verv important feature of Victorian production it 



i-^ gratifving to note the large number of entries of dairy breeds of cattle 



CHAMPION AYRSJIIRE BULL, 



LORD DOUGLAS. 



at the recent Show, the figures being: — Avrshires, 227; Jerseys, 124; 

 Milking Shorthorns, 122; Holsteins, 7; Dairy Cattle (any breed) 30; 

 total, 510. Those who had the privilege of witnessing the parades could 

 not but be struck with the splendid stock shown. The illustrations of the 

 respective champions in the Ayrshire, Jersey, and Milking Shorthorn sec- 

 tions will bear this out. Victoria has made great strides in butter pro- 

 duction, the exports for last year being valued at ^2,208,050, but still 

 our dairy farmers can do much to increase this total if they will only see 

 the necessity of working on right lines. Culling out the wasters and 

 securing the services of sires of proved milking strains should be con- 

 sistently carried out l)y all. and then, provided due attention is also paid 



