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in the vicinity of Bunbury, about 100 miles south of Perth, was pur- 

 chased by the Government, and 800 acres of it was vested in the 

 Department of Agriculture for the purpose of a State Dairy Farm, 

 on lines that could be copied by a practical dairy farmer ; also 



(1) For supplying stud stock of the best strains procurable at 



reasonable prices to dairy farmers. 



(2) To demonstrate that with the assistance of irrigation a 



small acreage of land can be made to carry a large num- 

 ber of stock. 



(3) Where a variety of fodder crops can be introduced, and 



experimented with so as to ascertain their value for 

 feeding-ofT, both in a green state for curing into hay or 

 for preserving into big silos in a succulent form. 

 Capacious cow and calf stables, suitable sheds, and piggeries 

 were designed and constructed as an example to be followed in 

 starting an up-to-date dairy farm. A herd of dairy cows, of some 

 of the best Ayrshire strains in Australia, was collected, as well 

 fine number of Berkshire pigs, purchased from the most 



as a 



successful breeders and importers. Three large tub silos, capable 

 of holding 250 tons of fodder, were erected in which to store winter- 

 grown crops as well as the summer crops under irrigation. 



" Crown Prince," Guernsey Bull. 



An irrigation scheme was carried out, and the results have 

 been most successful. The following dairy fodder crops have 

 yielded prolifically: Oats, rye, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, 

 vetches, field peas, cow peas, lucerne, mustard, Jersey kale, field 

 cabbage, turnips, swedes, mangel wurzel, silver beet, buckwheat, 

 potatoes, linseed, pig melon, paspalum, Italian canary grass. The 



