THE BEGINNINGS OF THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 



4 oz. Nature of feed : Grazed in paddock of rye grass, and 'fed 

 with broadcast corn. 



Cole Bros. Date of test : iQth till 25th May, 1879. Weight of 

 milk for week : 30915. Weight of butter, I4lb. 10 oz. Nature 

 of feed : Grazed in paddock of rye grass, and fed with sor- 

 ghum. 



Cole Bros. Date of test : 27th June, 1879, till 3Oth July, 1879. 

 Weight of milk 'for week : 325ilb. Weight of putter : I2lb. 

 13! oz. Nature of feed : Grazed in paddock of rye grass, and, 

 fed with green oats and oaten hay. 



Chas. Price, Jun. Date of test : I9th till 25th July, 1879. Weight 

 of milk for week : 262lb. Weight of butter, 17!!). ii oz. Nature 

 of feed : Grazed in paddock of rye grass, and fed with corjn/ 

 and hay morning and evening. 



William Brown (Kangaloon). Date of test : 23rd till 29th July, 

 1879. Weight of milk per week, 29o|lb. Weight of butter : 

 I4lb. 8 oz. Nature of feed : Grazed on green oats and rye grass, 

 and housed at night, weather being rough during week of trial. 



Chas. Price, Jun. Date of test : 9th till isth October, 1879. Weight 

 of milk per week : 359lb. Weight of butter : i81b. 3 oz. Nature 

 of feed : Grazed in paddock of rye grass, two hours morning 

 and evening in paddock of green barley, and fed twice a day 

 with green corn. 



H. Fredericks. Date of test : ist till 7th November, 1879. Weight 

 of milk per week : 3781b. Weight of butter : I4lb. Nature of 

 feed : Grazed in grass paddock. No artificial feed. 



H. Fredericks. Date of test : 29th November, 1879, till 5th Decem- 

 ber, 1879. Weight of milk per week : 357lb. Weight of butter : 

 i61b. 8 oz. Nature of feed : No artificial deed. 



W. W r almsley. Date of test : ist till 7th December, 1879. Weight 

 of milk per week : 39ilb. Weight of butter : i81b. 4 oz. Nature 

 of feed : No artificial feed. 



Cole Bros. Date of test : 5th till nth December, 1879. Weight of 

 milk per week : 341 lb. Weight o-f butter : i2lb. Nature of 

 feed : Grazed in paddock of rye grass and rib grass. 



John Carberry. Date of test : 22nd till 28th January, 1880. Weight 

 of milk per week : 34olb. Weight of butter-; I4lb. 8 i oz/ 

 Nature of feed : Fed on bran mash, boiled corn, milk, hay, and 

 green corn. 



In November, 1883, the Association's Dairy Herd Book was es- 

 tablished under rules previously prepared, one of which defined that 

 the animals entitled to a place in the Herd Book " shall be any 

 cow that has produced at least I2lb. butter or 35olb. of milk in one 

 week ; the progeny, male or female, of all cows qualified as above 

 for a place in the Herd Book ; and any bull, four of whose progeny 

 have passed the required test." Another of the rules required that 

 tests for the above purposes should take place in the same locality, 

 the object being to place competing animals on an equal footing. 



The -following extract from the Herd Book gives the result of 

 tests conducted on Mr. N. Craig's farm, Jerrara Park, near Kiama: 



Hugh Colley, Jun. Date of test : i2th to I9th November, 1883. 

 Weight of milk for week : 4i9lb. Weight of butter : i81b. 

 Nature of pasture : Rye grass and clover. Weather : Strong 

 westerly winds for some days, remainder of time hot and dry. 



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