A FOREWORD. 



I have much pleasure in writing a foreword for this interesting 

 and instructive addition to the dairying literature of New South 

 Wales. 



The author, Mr. Frank McCaffrey, got his early practical 

 training in the best of all schools on his father's dairy farm 

 in the Jamberoo district. When the Separator was introduced 

 to this State, he was selected to take charge of one of the 

 earliest butter factories in the same district, where I first made 

 his genial acquaintance, twenty years ago ; and he subsequently 

 made an excellent name as a practical instructor when in charge 

 of the travelling dairy sent out by the Department of Agriculture 

 in 1891. 



He has taken infinite pains to get from the hisitorical records 

 and oldest Gazettes in the Public Library the exact facts about 

 the earliest introduction of different strains of pure-bred cattle 

 into this State, and has gauged with intelligent discernment their 

 relative value in making the famous Illawarra breed, and in fix- 

 ing other types of our dairy cattle. He has also rescued from 

 oblivion the names of the principal pioneers in the Dairying 

 industry of the South Coast, and has given them their well- 

 merited place on our roll of agricultural honor. 



All these facts he has brought together in this book, and they 

 must be of distinct value to all students of our dairying industry. 



While not professing to be a literary expert, the author 

 sometimes allows his Celtic fire and imagination some little play, 

 and 'evidence of his wide and careful reading is present on every 

 page. His numerous old friends and all earnest students of 

 our agricultural development will welcome this book, and give 

 it an honored place on their shelves. 



I have no doubt that it will be found to supplement most 

 happily the text-books now in use, and the practical instruction 

 now given at our College and Farm Schools, both in the field 

 and in the dairy. 



Henry C. L. Anderson. 

 Sydney, 3rd September, 1909. 



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