10 Sept., 1919. J 



Standard Herd Test. 



521 



£7 14s. Id. for concentrates, there is an improved return of £1 18s. 8d. 

 per cow. Actually, the improvement is much greater, for no allowance 

 has been made for the increased quantity and value of skim milk, nor 

 are we making any allowance for concentrates used during the first 

 period, though, as a matter of fact, concentrates were being used. 



No loose methods of feeding are followed at Tarnpirr, but each cow 

 is given a definite proportion, according to her yield of milk. They 

 are always milked in a regular manner, each cow entering the bail in 

 definite order. This practice maintains an important regularity between 

 morning and evening milkings, and is conducive to consistent yields 

 The system of milking, together with bail feeding and kind treatment, 

 has resulted in the cows leaving the herd in the yard to enter the 

 shed when called by name. 



Mr. T. Mesley's " Daisy of Springhurst." 



Season. 



1912-13 

 1913-14 

 1014-15 

 1915-16 

 1916-17 

 1917-18 

 1918-19 



Feeding alone, however, would not produce such yields unless quality 

 was inherent in the individual animals, and the return from the heifers 

 indicates that a herd of very high producers is in the making. " Lady 

 Choice," which heads the heifer class in the order of merit, has estab- 

 lished a. record for Victoria, by producing 493.8 lbs. of fat in nine 

 months from 8,007 lbs. of milk, with an average test of 6.17, and the 

 splendid yield of 30^ of milk on the 273rd day. She is by "First 

 Choice of Melrose," which was by " Pretty Noble." " First Choice of 

 Melrose " was also sire of " Veronica of Tarnpirr " and " Sweet Nell," 

 the former giving a return of 406, and the latter 399.8 lbs. of fat. 



In "Arcadia" Mr. Knight has a splendid producer, 7th in the 

 order of merit for cows over four years old. She has transmitted her 



