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T'fie department of Mgricuriure. 



Vol. VII. Part 7. 



10th July, 1909. 



REVIEW OF THE DAIRYING SEASON, 11)08-1).* 



R. Croii'i\ Siiperiiiteiident of Exports. 



A critical point has been reached in regard tO' the Dairying Industry 

 in Victoria. The time has come when all concerned must seriously con- 

 sider their present position and future attitude towards it. Is it to be 

 looked upon merely as a temporary occupation subject to exploitation when 

 other branches of farming become unprofitable ? To continue liable to wreck 

 and disaster whenever a shortage in natural pastures occurs? Will our 

 dairymen remain content with just a ring-fence around the whole of their 

 properties — absolutely without any provision for even rotation in grazing, 



THE dairyman's STANDBY. 



let alone the culti\ation nf fodder crops? Are the cows to be allowed to 

 die by the tens of thousands every time there is a prolonged drv spell? 

 Are the greater proportion of those'remaining to starve periodicallv,' to miss 

 calving and to remain unprofitable? 



* Paper read at the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Australasian Butter 

 and Cheese Factories Manajjers" Association, held May, 1909, at Melbourne. 

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