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Australia : The Dairy Country. 



Some skill and knowledge are required, but the Dairy Expert 

 regularly gives lectures and demonstrations on the subject in 

 all the principal agricultural centres, so that any intelligent person 

 can easily obtain all the information he requires. 



The principal cheese factories in the State are situated at St. 

 Mary's, Pyengana, Emu Bay, Devonport, and Circular Head*. 



The cheese produced is very good in quality, and a consider- 

 able export trade will soon be developed in it. 



Bacon-curing. 



The production of hams and bacon is one of the collateral in- 

 dustries connected with dairying, as the skim-milk and waste pro- 

 ducts form a very valuable food for fattening pigs. Excellent bacon 

 is produced in Tasmania, and a good deal is exported, but not 

 nearly what might be produced. 



Group of Prize Bulls. 



Dairy Factories. 



It is the introduction of the dairy factory system that has 

 solved the problem of success or failure for the dairy farmer. These 

 institutions are becoming fairly numerous throughout the State, 

 and are all equipped with the most modern machinery and managed 

 by expert men. The farmer nearly always, nowadays, has his 

 cream separator, and all he has to take to the factory is the cream, 

 which does not occupy much space, while the skimmed milk remains 

 on the farm for feeding pigs or calves. Some of the dairy factories 

 in the State are proprietary, but others are on the co-operative 

 system, under which the farmers are the owners, and share in the 

 general profits, as well as being paid for their cream. 



McCAKRON, BIRD & Co., Printers, 479 Collins Street, Melbourne. 



