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Juiiriuil of Agriculture, Victoria. [10 March, 1917. 



— the dairy aud milking shed and stable stand close at right angles 

 to one end of the fodder building, but on opposite sides of it. 

 Silage, chaff, and concentrates are all stored close together at this end 

 of the fodder building, and there is a mixing floor between the bins 

 from which the feed is conveyed by trolley to the cow shed and stable, so 

 that a minimum of labour for feeding up is required. The foddei 

 building forms the crossbar of the H, at the other end of which the 

 im,plement shed and grain shed are placed in a similar position to the 

 dairy and stables. The whole forms a very compact, handy set of 

 buildings, which in general design and principles are suitable for copy- 

 ing, either wholly or in part, in similar dimensions or reduced as 



(Reproduced by kind permission of Thn Weekly Times.) 



Mr. Richardson, Agricultural Superintendent, speaking on the Rainfall of 



Victoria. 



required, according to the size of the farm and the kind of farming 

 practised. 



The construction of the dairy and cow byres with the several designs 

 of stalls and floors erected for demonstration purposes ; the rations fed 

 to the cows, the treatment of the daii-y herd ; the handling of the milk 

 and the systematic testing and weeding out of the cows, all these received 

 close attention, and no doubt many valuable impressions were carried 

 away. 



Turning to the stock, the Red Poll herd of dairy cows, the brood 

 mares and stallion, "Major Gates," and stud sheep were the subject 

 of practical talks; for instance, the points in judging and the method 



