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CATTLE 



also be fed on different rations for milk production with 

 ^equally good results. 



Before concluding, I may mention that at Glen Harry farm all 

 the ostrich chicks that are hatched are divided between the two- 

 brothers (-Messrs. W. S. and G. Probart). Those running partly on 

 the veld with very little lucerne, though coming from the same 

 hatchings, are doing far better in every respect than those running 

 on lucerne alone, again showing the want of a change. 



The main object of my lecture is to point out to farmers that 

 when different fodders are being offered on the market, even if the 

 one be double the price of another, it is quite possible that the 

 mjre expensive cf the two is actually far the cheaper, owing to the 

 quantity of feeding matter contained. 



In reply to Mr. Tom Murray, Mr. Thornton said that the best 

 combination for horses would be lucerne and oats; for cattle, 

 lucerne and mealie meal would be the best food ; for ostriches 

 mealies and lucerne would produce more fertile eggs than lucerne 

 alone. 



The Government Agriculturist replied to a Roodebloem ques- 

 tioner, re feathers, to the effect that he had not yet had sufficient 

 :. proof, but from experiments on poultry it was demonstrated that 

 one must have something to support the strength of the feather and 

 the bird, and therefore one must have something fatty. 



