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7. Contagious Diseases of Stock. 



Diseases communicable by milk ; milk and infant mortality ; the fight 

 against tuberculosis. 



8. First-aid Treatment of Stock. 



' The animal a living body, subject to influences as in man : simple 

 wounds and common ailments and their immediate treatment. 



9. Herd Testing. 



Objects, benefits, errors ; results of Government herd testing in Vic- 

 toria; how to conduct the Babcock test. Demonstration — sampling, 

 testing, computing acidity. 



Practical Demonstrations. 



A great feature was made of the practical demonstrations, and the 

 farm, with its many-sided activities, is admirably adapted for that 

 purpose. 



(Reproduced by kind pirmission of jT/m-' U'eckh/ Tim''.) 



Mr. Wilson (Farm Manager) explaining the points of a sheep. 



The lay-out of the farm, with its sy.stematic method of subdivision, 

 fencing, young shelter belts, and the design of the farm buildings, were 

 the subject of much interest, and many notes and rough sketches were 

 made by the teachers. These notes should prove very useful to them 

 as object lessons for the children, or, indeed, to the farmers, of the 

 country districts, for the school teacher is often referred to as final 

 arbiter in discussions ranging from the making up of income-tax returns 

 to, say, the laying out of a farm. 



The whole of the farm buildings have been planned only after care 

 ful consideration, and the structures were designed each of them to teach 

 a lesson. They embody the mature results of observations and experience 

 in the best farming practice. These buildings are set out on tiie H system 



