15 Dec, 1919.] Standard Herd Test. 743 



ERRATA. 



GrOVERNMENT HeRD TeST 1918-19. 



In the Seventh Annual Report on Herd Testing, which appeared in 

 the Sept«mher issue of .the Journal of Agriculture, the following errors 

 occurred in the " Order of Merit " portion : — 



The butter-fat yield of " Tiddlewinks II. of Holmwood " 

 appeared as 567.91 lbs. instead of 576.91 lbs. 



"Royal Rose's" yield was printed as 446.90 lbs. of fat; this 



should have been 466.90 lbs. She would thus be eighteenth 



in the list instead of twenty-seventh. , 

 " Muria's " milk yield appeared as 7,006 lbs. instead of 7,066 lbs. 

 " Marian of Ayrshire Banks' " 365.15 lbs. of butter fat should 



have been 361.15 lbs. 

 "Crystal of Rythdale's" milk yield was given as 8,970 lbs. 



instead of 8,979 lbs. 

 " Beauty of Retreat " was described as " Jersey " instead of 



" Ayrshire." 

 " Briar's " milk yield was given as 7,783 lbs. ; the correct figures 



are 6,783 'lbs. 

 " Pet of Ayrbank" should have read " Pet of Retreat," and the 



8,798 lbs. of milk with which she was there credited 



should have been 6,418 lbs. 

 "Madrigal's" milk yield, given as 11,375 lbs., should have been 



11,372 lbs. 

 " Pansy's Promise " appeared as a " Shorthorn " ; she should 



have been described as a " Jersey." 

 The average test of " Empire IV. of Melrose " should read 5.36 



instead of 4.36. 



Great care should be exercised in manuring grass land. An injudicious 

 application of chemical fertilizers often proves more harmful than 

 beneficial by encouraging the growth of weeds and gross_ feeding plants, 

 to the suppression and overcrowding of the finer leguminous and more 

 nutritious grasses. Thus it is clear that a well-arranged system of 

 fertilizing is essential to secure success, and it must also be remembered 

 that conditions of climate and soil and other points peculiar to the 

 locality must receive due consideration. 



