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.1 Miiili(fiirc Dalri/ Farm. 



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CLOSER SETTLEMENT STUDIES. 



A Miniature Dairy Farm. 



Roht. 0. Lorimer, Dairy Supervisor. 



From time to time details have been published showing that, with 

 proper management, dairy farming is a profitable undertaking. Con- 

 firmation of this is afforded by the excellent results obtained by Mr. 

 Ewen Wanliss, of !Nanneela South, in the Rochester irrigation settle- 

 ment, from his little Jersey herd of five eows. For the year ended 30th 

 .Tune last they gave a total return of £14-1 — an average of £28 I63. per 

 cow. This return represents the value of cream supplied to the Roches- 

 ter Co-operative Butter Factory (paid for at the rate of Is. 4d. per lb. 

 of butter fat), plus the value of milk and 'butter used in the household. 

 In the total of £144 mentioned nothing has been allowed for the value 

 of pigs, partly reared on the surplus separator milk, nor for calves which 

 for the first fortnight after their birth were fed on new milk, and then 

 for another fortnight on half new and half skim milk, before being ftnl 

 on separator milk alone. 



When Mr. Wanliss settled at J>J^anneela it was his intention to engage 

 in dairying on a big scale, but the failure of the water supply in 1914-15 

 compelled him to sell his cows, and since then he has devoted most of 

 his energies to sheep, which have given very satisfactory results, with 

 less labour and worry than cows would have entailed. However, he 

 obtained a few pure Jerseys from Mr. Russell, of Langiwilli, near 

 Skiptou. 



Although these cattle are pure-bred, unfortunately their pedigrees 

 are not obtainable, owing to the death of the original owner, otherwise 

 they would be tested under the " Government Herd Test," which Mi-. 

 Wanliss considers of inestimable value to the dairy fanner, and he 

 only mates his cows with a bull from a tested cow. It is very unfor- 

 tunate that many owners fail to register the pedigrees of their high-class 

 pure stock, for a consequence is that the full value of the progeny may 

 be lost to purchasers. 



The bull in use at Langiwilli was Brighton Prince, by Brighton 

 King (imp.), dam Starbright. Mr. Wanliss' bulls have all been selected 

 from Mr. C. Gordon Lyon's Banyule herd, the one at present in use being- 

 King Parrot, by Mabel's Chief (imp.), from Parrakeet. 



Parrakeet's record is as follows : — 



The results of a number of Mabel's Chief's heifers are very good, 

 and some were given in the Journal of Agriculture for September, 1918. 

 page 519, so that the progeny of Mr. Wanliss' cows by this bull should 

 give satisfactory records. 



Mr. Wanliss has not kept the individual records of his ^oows for the 

 twelve months, hut during the greater part of the year each cow's milk 

 was Aveighed daily, and occasional tests made. The following is one 



