Australia : The Dairy Country. 



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The co-operative system flourishes in New South Wales. Every 

 important centre has its own co-operative butter, cheese or bacon 

 factory. The Byron Bay Co-operative Company, situated in the 

 heart of the rich north coast district, has an enormous turnover in 

 the neighbourhood of $4,800,000.00 sterling each year, and is at least 

 one of the largest concerns of its kind in the world. 



Calm II. Champion Jersey Cow. 



To stock a dairy farm of 100 acres, the detailed cost of stock 

 and plant necessary to make a good start, exclusive of a bull, is 

 given by practical farmers as follows : 



30 Cows at $31.20 



10 Heifers, springing, at $24.00 



2 Plough Horses at $86.40 



Harness for plough horses ... 



Pigs 2 sows at $10.08; one hog at $15.60 ... 



Separator, cans, buckets, etc. 



Cart and harness ... 



Plough, $21.60.; harrow, $14.40 ; cultivator, $12.00 



Sundry tools, etc. ... 



936.00 

 240.00 

 172.80 



3 '- 20 

 35-28 

 240.00 

 86.40 

 4800 

 24.00 



$1813.68 

 Including the bull the cost might roughly be put down at $1920.00 



VICTORIA. 



For the past twenty years dairy farming in Victoria has been 

 steadily advancing. The industry has proved very successful, so 

 that thousands of farmers are not only making a comfortable living 

 from it, but in many cases it has raised hard-working families into 

 positions of comparative wealth. The principal markets supplied 



