38o 



Journal of Agriculture. 



[lo June, 1909. 



Illustration No. 4 shows the 

 herd at present in milk, just after 

 a most pxoductive season. With 

 few exceptions the condition of 

 the herd is good. As the cows, 

 Jersey-Ayrshire and Jersey-Short- 

 horn crosses, are certainly very 

 little if any better in appearance- 

 than many other herds in the dis- 

 trict, we must therefore look to 

 Mr. SAvingler's methods to 

 provide the key to his success. 

 Several notable features stand' 

 out, the principal being (i) system 

 of feeding, (2) treatment of cows, 

 (3) system of crop rotation and 

 cultivation. 



/. System of Feeding. — - 

 A\'hether a cow is in milk or not, 

 she is fed up to her capacity. 

 When dried off she is sO' fed that 

 when coming into production 

 again her condition is good and 

 no time is lost in making ud the 

 waste that too many of our herds^ 

 show at this particular period. 



2. Treatment of Cows. — As 

 shown in photograph No. 4 

 various members of Mr. Swing- 

 ler's family are amongst the cows. 

 Each of the children has a 

 favorite cow and the kind treat- 

 ment goes far to swell production 

 as evidenced by the cheques re- 

 ceived. 



J. Crop R&tation and Cultiva- 

 tion. — The home farm of 37 

 acres, subdivided into paddocks, 

 lends itself admirably to the rota- 

 lion practi-sed. Such rotation, if 

 not complete theoretically, cer- 

 tainly leaves little to be desired 

 in the matter of production. The 

 rotation is oats, potatoes, maize 

 or Japanese millet, followed by 

 grass (rye grass, clover and cow 

 grass) which in turn is cut for 

 hay. 



During 1908 there were 25 acres- 

 under cultivation, the crops 

 being as follows, viz., 7 acres 

 niai/e, 6 acres oats (for 

 ha\ ), 3 acres oats (for greea 



