596 



Journal of Agriculture. 



[8 Oct., 190;; 



of about 70 acres ha\e been laid down in rye, cocksfoot, and cow-grass. 

 Eighty acres are under cultivation ; three of mangolds, twenty in barley, 

 six recently sown with lucerne, and the balance sown for hay. This 

 country grows wattle naturally ; and the uncleared paddock which has been 

 cleaned of much of the rubbish and undergrowth, and now used as grazing 

 for the young cattle, also returns a fair amount in cash for the bark 

 stripped from it. 



What hay is needed for the stock is chaffed on the farm and the 

 rest sold. The only expenditure for fodder for the stock is in the purchase 

 of some two bags of bran weekly during the autumn months; and it is 

 hoped that when established the lucerne will render the dairy farm in- 

 dependent of even this. Fifteen cows were milked through the past year 

 and, from the particulars supplied by Mrs. Haworth, the gross returns from 

 them averaged ^n 14s. 3d. per head. The milk is separated and the 

 butter made on the farm and sold in the Geelong auction market weekly. 



QUANJITV AND QUALIl V A ROBUST JERSEY TYPE. 



The skim milk is mainly fed to the calves and any surplus is used in 

 mixing the food foT the poultry. This latter branch of the farming is 

 given more than average attention here with corresponding success. 



The cattle show a lot of Jersey blood and the sire of the young stock 

 is a Geelong prize-winner with a milking pedigree — being by Lohengrin 

 from Waterlily — and was bred on the St. Albans Estate. His progeny 

 are a well shaped lot of young stock with neat well balanced udders. 



The management of the herd is in the hands of Mrs. and Miss Haworth 

 who with the assistance of a lad do the whole of the dairy work ; Mr. 

 Haworth taking no part whatever in it, or the poultry yard. 



The water for the homestead is from the roof catchment and is conserved 

 in a very large underground tank. It is raised by windmill to tanks as 

 required, and piped over the buildings. 



The dairy and milking shed are kept in excellent order ; the stock 

 are quiet and well cared for ; and the dairying generally is an example 



