196 Jounud of Agriculture, Victoria. [10 April, 1916. 



Summed up, the advantages, in this case, of properly feeding the 

 cows are : — 



(1) The liighest market price for farm-grown hay and oats, 



without any cost for bags, freight, commission, &c. 



(2) An extension of the milking season ; if each milking cow in 



this State milked for one we 3k longer than at present, 

 on good feed, an additional return of £100,000 would 

 be received. 



''3) An expenditure of 10s. on the most suitable feeds brought 

 in an increased return of £2 Os. lOd. 



(4) The loss of condition was checked. Those cows heavy in 

 calf, and completing their milking season, gained in weight; 

 and whilst the amount of butter-fat produced left a 

 profit over the cost of feeding, their improved condition 

 would render them fit to enter at once into a productive 

 season on calving. Whereas, if the increased feed had 

 had not been supplied, the loss of condition would have 

 been greater, and, on calving, several weeks would be 

 necessary to build them up ; and the food used for this 

 would not be available for milk secretion 



Chakcoal (powdered) is recommended as an absorber of gases in the 

 milk room. It should be freshly powdered and kept there continually, 

 especially in hot weather, when unwholesome odours are most liable to 

 infect the milk. 



Eggs may be preserved by adding to a bulk of one bucket of water, 

 two pints of fresh Silacked lime, and one pint of common salt. Mix well. 

 Fill a kerosene tin half full with this emulsion, and then put in your 

 eggs. They will keep for a year. 



In summer time the season of ripening moves northward at the' rate of 

 about 10 miles a day. 



APPLE DRYING. 



By J . Farrell, Orchard Supervisor. 



Owing to the continually increasing area under orchards, land values, 

 and cost of fruit production in this State, the necessity for making pro- 

 vision for the utilization of surplus and waste fruits, has for some time 

 engaged the attention of the Department of Agriculture, and more 

 particularly the officers of the Orchard Supervision Branch. 



As increased production of fruit generally means a corresponding 

 increase in the quantity of surplus and waste fruits; the conversion of 

 the latter into economic use is a phase of fruit-growing which it is 

 desired should receive more attention from the fruit-growers in future. 



