IOMakcii. iniO. 1 A Miiiiahirr Dairi/ Farm. 177 



Mr. Wanliss is a firm believer in variety of feed for cows, and all 

 the feed required is raised on the farm. The followiug crops grown in 

 season have given the best results: — Oats, Japanese millet, lucerne, 

 imphee. Oats and millet are grazed, and sometimes lucerne, but the 

 last-named is generally made into hay. Tmphee is regarded as a very 

 valuaible fodder, and is cut and carted out to cows. It is much relished 

 by the stock, and has the advantage of being available in late summer 

 and autumn, when there is usually a shortage of other feed. Here, as 

 in many other places, lucerne is one of the best crops, and ensilage made 

 from it has proved excellent, and is generally sought after by the cattle. 



Like most farmers grazing stock on irrigated lucerne, Mr. Wanliss 

 has to watch his cows closely for blowing, but has found that a dose of 

 raw linseed oil will reduce the gas in a few minutes. 



It has not been found necessary to rug or house the eows, as it has 

 teen noticed that Avhen well fed, cold and rough weather has had very 

 little effect on the yield of milk. 



(Reading from left to right) Ruby, Topaz, Barrios, Emerald, Moonstone. 



lie has found the Jerseys very 'hardy, and they give a large yield 

 right up to time of drying off. By keeping a daily record of the weight 

 of milk, any decrease is at once observed, and cows ohanged to fresh 

 feed. The keeping of daily records has thus been a means of maintain- 

 ing the milk yield, and further has encouraged hired labour to do the 

 milking more thoroughly. 



The farm is situated aibout 7 miles east of Rochester, and the laud 

 is typical of most of the northern irrigation districts — -a red .-^andy 

 loam of varying deptiis on a clay subsoil. Mr. Wanliss says that, with 

 intelligent cultivation and irrigation, it can be made to "^grow almost, 

 anything. The prolific growth of the various fodder crops, fruit, and 

 vegetables on the farm is ample evidence of this. Although devoting 

 most of his attention to sheep, mainly owing to the difticulty of obtaining 

 suitable labour, he believes that dairying, if carried on on right lines, 

 is by far the most profitable industr^^, especially on small holdings, and 

 he considers the northern districts, with irrigation, second to none in 

 Victoria. 



