Journal of Agriculture^ Victoria. 



[10 March, 1916. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, VICTORIA 



Red Poll Dairy Herd 



(NOTE- — The Department has now no Red Polls for sale. All the bull calves have been 

 sold, and choices from cows still to calve this season have been booked ahead of calving. The 

 demand for bull calves is so strong that farmers contemplating purchase are advised to study 

 the records of the herd published in the September (1915) Journal of Agriculture and 

 book their orders ahead, stipulating choice of bull calves from, say, three of the record cows.) 



Bull Calves are sold at prices based approximately on the actual milk and 

 butter fat record of the dam at the rate of Is. per lb. of butter fat yielded. 



INDIVIDUAL RECORDS 



cows. 



Name. 



Muria 



Vuelta 



Persica 



Cuba 



Birdseye . . 



Bullion . . 



Vitginia . . 



Pennsylvania 



Sumatra . . 



Egypta . . 



Inoia 



Mexicana 



Europa . . 



Gold leaf 



Connecticut 



Phillipina 



Turka 



Kentucky 



Ardath 



Britannia 



Asiana 



Netherlana 



Havana .. 



Cameo 



Alpina 



Hispana . . 



Pipio 



Carribea . . 

 Tennessee 

 Japana 

 Samoriia 

 La Reina 

 Oceana . . 

 Panama . . 

 Ontario . . 

 Soudana . . 

 Mongolia 

 Sylvia 

 Laurel 



Davs 

 in Milk. 



365 



289 

 351 

 337 

 321 

 321 

 344 

 348 

 290 

 327 

 365 

 282 

 347 

 362 

 283 

 284 

 279 

 288 

 382 

 329 

 279 

 292 

 325 

 303 

 286 

 365 



Weeks 

 in Milk. 



52 



41i 



50 



45f 



49 



49i 



4U 



46i 



62 



40i 



49i 



51i 



40i 



40^ 



39} 



39} 



4Vi 



47 



39f 



41* 



46i 



43i 



40| 



52 



Milk, 

 in lbs. 



14,972 

 7,750 

 9,607 

 10,464 

 8,522 

 10,928 

 10,252 

 10,607 

 9,232 

 10,646 

 8,556 

 8,641 

 8,765 

 8,415 

 6,780 

 6.829 

 6,395 

 7,004 

 6,261 

 7,637 

 5,933 

 6,903 

 7,001 

 5,536 

 6,995 

 6,574 



Average 

 Test. 



6-2 

 4-9 

 4-5 

 5-5 

 4-3 

 4-4 

 4-1 

 4-6 

 3-9 

 4-6 

 4'6 

 4-4 



4-4 

 5-3 

 5-0 

 4-9 

 3-9 

 4-8 

 3-9 

 4-9 

 4-2 

 4-0 

 5'1 

 3-9 

 3-6 



Butter 

 Fat (lbs.) 



884-6 



485-10 



479-94 



478-14 



473-79 



468-99 



,456 '76 



437-42 



431-49 



418-55 



390-60 



399-75 



387-11 



377-67 



364-00 



343-33 



316-07 



313-25 



302-91 



300-71 



292-01 



291 -78 



285 • 80 



285 • 60 



276-80 



241-69 



Commercial 

 Butter (lbs.) 



HEIFERS. 



1,007-94 

 553-00 

 547-13 

 545-07 

 540-12 

 534 ■ 64 

 520-13 

 498-65 

 491-89 

 477-14 

 445-28 

 455-71 

 441-30 

 430 - 54 

 415-00 

 391 - 39 

 360-31 

 357-00 

 345-31 

 342-81 

 332-62 

 332 -6-^ 

 325-88 

 325 • 58 

 315-62 

 275-52 



372-06 

 354 12 

 322 •4S 

 3-22 ■ 19 



309-80 

 298-63 

 292-57 

 289-55 

 286-6 

 284-22 

 270 --24 

 268-80 

 257-30 



Price of 

 Bull Calf. 



43 Guineas. 



24 



23 



23 



23 



23 



22 



21 



21 



20 



19 



19 



19 



18 



18 



17 



15 



15 



15 



15 



14 



14 



14 



14 



13 



12 



16 Guineas. 



15 



14 



14 



13 



13 



12 



12 



12 



12 



12 



11 



11 



Inspection of the Herd is invited. 



Visitors will be met at the Station on notification to :- 

 Mr. R. R. KERR, Dairy Supervisor i 



State Research Farm, Werribee. 



Mr. ED. STEER, Herdsman 



Application for purchase to DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE, MELBOURNE. 



