5i8 ]oiir)idl of AgricuUnrc. [lo Aug., 1910. 



acre and xesown with maize, which is fed to the cows in April ; then it is 

 again manured w'ith 8 cwt. of bonedust to the acre and sown with Stout 

 White oats for early spring feeding. The owner states that the first cutting 

 of maize usually goes over 30 tons tO' the acre of green fodder, the second 

 cutting 15 tons, and the third cutting of oats over 15 tons of green stuff. 

 By this system of intense culture, over 60 tons of green succulent fodders 

 are taken off each acre of land. Pumpkins and mangolds, which both 

 yield at the rate of over 20 tons to the acre, are grown yearly in the xota- 

 tion of crops and are found to give excellent results in the production of 

 milk. 



Dairy farming is becoming intensive rather than extensive in our 

 metxopolitan areas. It is not uncommon now to hear of persons raising 

 profitable crops from apparently poor land, while other people receive no 

 return at all from land of a similar texture. The value of the manure 

 made from good feeding is more and more appreciated by the farmer who 

 uses it to renovate his depleted soil, robbed of both its humus and Us 

 nitrogen by continued cropping. This loss can be avoided bv raising 

 more fodder crops as Mr. Woodmason is doing, bv keeping more cows, 

 thereby making and conserving more manure. Care must, however, be 

 taken to provide a sufficientlv rapid rotation of crops to insure good soil 

 texture. It is also advisable to follow Mr. Woodmason's example and 

 .select or build up a pure bred herd of dairy cows, either of the Jersev, 

 Ayrshire, Guernsey, or Hoistein strains of proved milking qualities, and 

 not be led astray by the dual purpose cow craze. 



Returns. 



The returns from the cow^s in milk during my inspection (Januarv, 

 1910) were : — 

 70 Jersey cows producing a Jaily return of 500 (|uarts, retailed at 



4d. per quart, giving a return uf £8 6s. 8d. per day, or ... £58 6 8 weekly 



40 pure-bred Jersey heifers averaging £7 7s. per head, giving a 



return for the year of £294, or an average of ... ... 5 13 o „ 



Total weekly returns ... ... ... ... £6319 8 



Expenses. 

 The cost of concentrated foods and chaff, purchased outside of what 

 is grown on the farm, fed to the herd at the time of inspection, was : — 



12 cwt. chaff per day at 2S. 6d. per cwt. ... ... . , £10 10 o weekly 



20 bushels of bran per day at is. per bushel ... ... 700 ,• 



Salt, 3d. per day... ... ... ... ... „, . 019 „ 



Cost of purchased feed ... ... ... ... £17 11 9 rt 



WagcH, SfC. 

 3 milkers and i feeder ... ... ... ... ... £5 o o weekly 



1 farm hand ... ... ... ... ... ... 200 « 



2 drivers for delivery caits ... ... ... ... 3100 // 



Horse feed 



Manure ... 



Sundries 



Water ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13 



Total expenses ... ... ... ... ... £32 14 9 „ 



It will be seen from the above return that a weeklv profit of over ;^30 

 is being secured. 



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