dairy produce when the supply of it warrants, in 

 the same way that they grade maize, etc. Natur- 

 ally we cannot hope to get the same price for ex- 

 port as we do in the local markets; but who will 

 deny that handled by a co-operative society on a 

 sufficient scale and with our low running expenses, 

 we can do as well as other colonies with high rents 

 and wages. 



LIFE ON THE Now let US take a look at the life on a small 



FARM. dairy farm. Here we have one of say looo acres, 



that will carry a beast to a couple of acres with 

 ease. In parts you can run more, such is the luxu- 

 riance of the growth, and that without stall feed- 

 ing. On the farm we are looking at, there is a 

 comfortable house of stone and thatch for the settler 

 Stores, stables, dairy, pigsties, and native huts are 

 near by, as well as a flower and vegetable garden. 

 The whole gives one the idea of a miniature village. 

 The cattle are in a wire fenced paddock not far 

 away, with the herd-boys' huts near the entrance. 



EARLY The sun rises shortly before six and the morning 



MORNING is like a spring one in the Old Country, bright sun 



WORK. and a clear sky, but there is a nip in the air. We 



are out by 6-30 to see the cattle milked, and it is 

 a curious performance. All the calves have been 

 in sheds for the night and they are let out one at 

 a time as required. Directly a calf leaves the shed 

 it goes straight to its mother and has a suck, then, 

 when the milk flows, the milker squats beside the 

 cow with a switch handy and with a tin in one 

 hand he milks with the other, every now and then 

 admonishing the calf with the switch. When he 

 has taken enough milk the calf is left to finish off 

 the supply. The amount taken is governed by the 

 condition in which the calf is to be kept : from each 

 cow the milker will get from one quart to half a 

 gallon at a milking. When the milking is finished we 

 go with it to the dairy to see it separated while 

 the cattle are taken out to grass by the boy in 

 charge of them. 



AFTER BREAK- After separating is finished we breakfast and 



FAST : DIPPING, then, if it is dipping day, go to see the cattle 

 through the tank and to see that there are no ac- 

 cidents. Dipping is one of the greatest boons to the 



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