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Journal of A^ricitUurc. 



[10 March, 1910. 



are milked here for supplying the cheese factory ; and they were averaging- 

 2 gallons per cow at the time of inspection in Novemhier, being then nearly 

 all in their flush. 



Photograph No. 4, shows the milking shed on Whitehead Bros.' farm 

 where 40 cows are milked. This farm is also supplying the factory. 

 The majority of these cows are Ayrshires ; and are very typical stock, 

 and good producers. A too ton wood and iron silo is in use here, and 72 

 acres are under cultivation. The flats along the creek are of very good 

 quality ; but their working could be much improved bv underground 

 drainage. 



Nos. 5 and 6 show as much of the St. Hubert's steading and factory 

 as the trees around it will allow. 



In No. 7 we have the old " No. i " shed and silo on Mr. Herkes^ 

 property. This silo is of concrete, and was built by Mr. D. Mitchell on 

 the site of the old pit used by Mr. Rowan. It is octagonal in shape. 



7. MILKING SHED AND SILO, MR. HERKES FARM 



32 feet diameter, and 28 feet high. Only a portion of this silo has been' 

 lately used ; the maize being stacked across one half of its floor space. 

 There axe 27 cows in milk here, and 60 acres under cultivation; the factorx 

 taking this milk also. 



Mr. Gilbert's steading is shown in illustration No. 8. Twenty-hve 

 cows are milked here, and 50 acres are cultivated. This farm is probablv 

 the most productive for its acreage on the estate u\) to the present, ttie 

 cows being kept in a good flow of milk throughout the year by judicious, 

 management and the assistance of the silo. All these farms have a good 

 proportion of the river-flat land ; and the rich black soil therein is not 

 to be surpassed for growing fodder crops. Mr. Gilbert sows his oat 

 crop early, and gets as much out of it as possible by feeding it off with 

 his dairy herd right into September ; and the ultimate yield of hay 

 appears to be all the heavier for the treatment. The cows here were- 



