CONTENTS. 



A FOREWORD: By H. C. L. Anderson, M.A., Under Secretary, 

 Department of Agriculture, New South Wales. 



PART I. HISTORICAL. 



Chapter. Page. 



I. INTRODUCTORY .. 17 



II. FIRST AUSTRALIAN SETTLEMENT 21 



m. THE BIRTH OF 1LLAWARRA 27 



IV. STRUGGLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS .. .. 35 



V. OPENING UP THE COLONY 42 



VI. FOUNDING THE ILLAWARRA HERDS .. 50 



VIZ IN THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES 58 



VIII. ILLAWARRA IN THE SEVENTIES 67 



IX. THE DAWN OF DAIRYING CO-OPERATION .. 75 

 X. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE AGRICULTURAL 



SOCIETIES .. 83 



PART II. THE ORIGIN AND BREEDS OF CATTLE. 



L THE ORIGIN OF CATTLE .. 93 



II. THE DIFFERENT BREEDS 104 



III. THE SHORTHORN .. .. . . 108 



IV. THE AYRSHIRE .117 



V. THE CHANNEL ISLANDS BREEDS 128 



VI. ON WHITE CATTLE IN GENERAL 137 



VII. WHDTE CATTLE 143 



VIII.HOLLAND CATTLE I4 8 



IX. THE IRISH BREEDS OF CATTLE " 152 



X. THE HEREFORD I5 g 



XL THE DEVON 160 



PART III. CATTLE REFLECTIONS OF A LIFETIME. 



I. CHANGES IN OLD TIME CATTLE 162 



I!. ON A NEW THEORY OF BREEDING CATTLE .. 167 



III. WHAT CONSTITUTES A GOOD DAIRY BULL .. 171 



IV. REMINISCENCES OF ILLAWARRA 183 



V. DAIRYING IN THE GOLD FEVER DAYS .. .. 189 



VI. ON FEEDING AND PRODUCTION .. ..192 



VII. ON THE REARING OF HEIFER CALVES .. ..199 



VIII. ON BREEDING DAIRY CATTLE 201 



IX. ON THE INTERMINGLING OF BREEDS .. ..211 



X. THE PECULIARITY OF BREED 216 



XL THE BATTLE OF THE BREEDS 224 



XII. RETROSPECTIVE REFLECTIONS 229 



PART IV. PRACTICAL ADVICE TO DAIRYMEN. 



L ON FEEDING CATTLE 235 



II T'N-BREEDING 245 



III. ON THE CALF 249 



IV. MILK FEVER OR DROP AFTER CALVING . . . . 252 



V. THE MILK MIRROR . . 256 



