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glazing of lucerne fields, the (;o!idition of the flocks and herds on tlie 

 farm has been maintained during this trying season. 



Stock. 



Hordes. — Sixty farm horses are employed, mainly on fallowing, which 

 is the heaviest work of the year. All are in good health and hard con 

 dition. The Clydesdale mares " Patricia " and " Lucilla " gained 

 honours at the Wagga (N.S.W.), show at the end of the month, lioth 

 were entered in tlie same class — brood mai'es in foal. "Patricia" was 

 placed first and champion, with " Lucilla " second, in a strong field. 

 These mares are in foal to the Clydesdale stallion " Baron Wigton." 



Cattle. — Both the Red Poll and llolstein Friesiari herds are main- 

 taining their good condition and milk yields'. Ten cows calved during 

 the month, and the total results are, therefore, better than those for 

 July. 



Renovation of Lucerne Lands w^ith Cultivator. 



Very little grazing has been available for the milking herd, and this 

 deficiency has been met by extra hand feeding. Lucerne hay in the 

 field racks, night and morning, and lucerne and barley silage, with 

 small quantities of bran, fed in the byres twice daily, form the bulk 

 of the ration. Special attention is now being given by the herdsmen 

 to the cattle which have been entered for the SepteinV)er Royal Show. 



STOfJK Feeding Experiment. 

 An investigation is now being carried out to test the relative value 

 of different foods, and the consuming capacity of the dairy cow in full 

 milk. Eight Red Poll cows have been selected. Every endeavour was 

 made to choose cov/s as much alike as' possible, and all are in periods of 

 early lactation. The cows are weighed after being milked, and accurate 

 records are to be kept for one month of the amount of food consumed 

 and its relation to the yields of milk and butter, and the varying con- 

 dition of the animals. The bulk fodder fed in this experiment is cereal 

 chaff and lucerne as hay, chaff, and silage, while varying quantities of 

 bran and crushed oats are to be given to various cows. The result of 

 these experiments should demonstrate the extent to which it is profitable 

 to feed bran or crushed oats as concentrates to a milking herd. 



