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Jduriial of Agriciilture, Victoria. 



[10 Dec. 1917 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, VICTORIA 



Red Poll Dairy Herd 



This Herd's Record under the Government Herd Test, including all dairy 

 breeds, is the third best in the State. It contains the first cow in order of 

 merit amongst all breeds for 1914-15, atid the third for 1915-16; also the 

 Winner of the Weekly Times Butter Test at the Melbourne Royal Show, 1916 

 See Individual Records of Cows on oppoiite page. 



Proof of DUAL PURPOSE CHARACTER it giTen by the Pricei for CuUed Cows in 



the F>t Stock Market reaching to £27 lOl. and £29 IDs.; by a cow yielding 1.000 gallons of 



milk containing 448 lbs. butter in a year and selling at butcher's auction for £22 7s. 6d.( 



and by cows in milk weighing upwards of 1,500 lbs. live weight. 



The Bulls in Use include 



LONGFORD MAJOR (Imported) 



Dam's Record 14713 lbs. milk 

 G. Dam's „ 10548 „ 



6 years average 10548 lbs. milk 

 4 „ „ 9155 „ 



BELLIGERENT (Imported) 



Dam's Record (1st milking) 7144 lbs. milk. 



Dam's Dam s 



Sire's Dam's 



Sire's D. Dam's 



G. Sire's D. Dam's 



G.G. Sire's D. Dam's 



G.G.G. Sire's D. Dam's 



14533 lbs. milk 

 10370 

 9510 

 10215 

 12565 

 10088 



4 years average 12671 lbs. milk 

 7 „ ., 9354 



12 

 7 



10 

 2 



8033 

 9386 

 8853 

 9754 



BULL. CALVES are sold at prices based approximately on the actual milk and buttsr 

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



(NOTE. — All the bull calves of 1916 drop have been sold, and choices from cows 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 February (1917) Journal of Agriculture and book their orders ahead, stipulating 

 choice of bull calves from, say, three of the recorded cows.) 



Inspection of the Herd is invited. 

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

 Mr. R. R. KERR, Dairy Supervisor i 



or , State Research Farm, Werribee. 



Mr. ED. STEER, Herdsman I 



AppUcation for purchase to DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE, MELBOURNE. 



