FIRST CENTURY OF DAIRYING IN NEW SOUTH WALES. 



strain and her sire was bred by Mr. Thomas Brown, of Kiama, 

 from a bull he had purchased from Mr. James Robb, and by the 

 black and white imported Ayrshire bull. The cow owned by Mr. 

 Charles Price, of Jamberoo, and tested October 9 to 15, 1879, was 

 bred by Mr. Moses King, of Jamberoo, and branded K in circle. 

 This cow's breeding is not clearly defined; but she was , doubtless, 

 a mixture of Durham and Ayrshire, through more than one 

 blend oi the Osborne and Robb's strains; her production for the 

 week was 359lb of milk, making i81b 3oz butter. From a practical 

 point of view, it matters not whether Mr. Price's cow was three- 

 quarter Ayrshire or three-.quarten Durham, as both strains of 

 blood in her veins were, as we have seen, of excellent dairy quality. 

 Her sire was a half-bred Ayrshire bull, and her dam a three-quarter 

 Durham, and in general appearance she favoured her sire, which 

 goes to show, in her case at least, the sire gave the outward charac- 

 teristics to his progeny, whilst sire and dam combined to give the 

 quality. Cole Bros.' cow, tested from February 28 till March 6, 

 1879, produced 42olb milk in seven days, which produced i81b 4oz 

 of butter. To arrive at the breeding of this cow we must go 

 back to Mr. Thomas McKenzie's herd at Cambewarra, in 18(39. 

 Mr. McKenzie had commenced in the forties with two calves, a 

 Durham bull and an Ayrshire cow. From these two calves he 

 had, in the course of twenty years, built up and sustained a very 

 valuable herd of cows. In 1869 Cole Bros, purchased hefifers from 

 Mr. McKenzie, and a young bull, bred by Mr. Tate's bull Box- 

 sell. Boxsell was bred, as stated elsewhere, by Mr. John Box- 

 sell, of Berry, Cole Bros/ cow was bred in this way, and, no 

 doubt, these animals laid the foundation of their herd. The bull pur- 

 chased by them bred by Mr. Thomas McKenzie, and named The Scotch- 

 man, although roan in color, contained the blood of Dr. Alcorn's 

 Ayrshire, and Mr. George Macleay's Ayrshire, Normandy cross, in 

 his veins. His dam being of those strains, and his sire of Mr. 

 Berry's Longhorned Durham strain, which was to be occasionally 

 met with in those days. 



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