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Journal of Agriculture, Victoria. [10 Sept., 1918. 



At the beginning of the last test Mr. C. G. Knight's herd was 

 just recovering from the effects of the drought. Mixed concentrates, 

 together with the usual amount of soaked chaff, -are always fed to the 

 herd. The satisfactory improvement during the past year is largely 

 due to the interest and kindly attention of the younger members of Mr. 

 Knight's family to the dairy stock. 



Arcadia, winner of the WeeMy Times Dairy Test at the Royal Show 

 of 1917, leads the herd for the second time in succession. This year 

 her record is 479 lbs. fat; last year it was 441 lbs. Royal Rose, 

 dam of Arcadia, yielded 345 lbs., while Foxglove, a daughter of the 

 latter, gave 405 lbs., and Primrose, a half-sister, 358 lbs. Mythic, a 



Mr. C. D. Lloyd's " Sweetbread 24tli.' 



Year. 



1914 

 1915 

 1916 

 1917 

 1918 



member of the Magnet family, and related to Mr. J. D. Read's Night- 

 shade, is second in the herd with 474 lbs. of fat. Six cows each gave 

 over 400 lbs. of fat, and eighteen, including two first-calf and four 

 second-calf heifers, averaged 6,483 lbs. of milk and 355 lbs. of fat 

 without handicaps. 



Mr. F. Bidgood's name has not previously appeared in a herd test- 

 ing report. He has made a good beginning with Miss Twilight, with 

 301 lbs. of fat to her credit on her first calf. It is anticipated that 

 some good records will be made by the cows of this herd in the 

 future, as great interest is taken in their feeding and management. 



