FIRST CENTURY OF DAIRYING IN NEW SOUTH WALES. 



Kate; color, spotted red and white. By Creemple's Son, dam Katie, 

 Katie by Defiance, dam Spot. Creemple's Son by Alice's Prince, dam 

 Creemple, Creemple by Robin Hood, dam Old Creemony. Defiance 

 by Scotch Jock (McGill), dam Mary Queen of Scots (McGill). 



Favourite ; color, roan. By Daisy bull, dam Jenny, Jenny by Robin 

 Hood, dam by Scotch Jock. Daisy bull by Young Major, dam Daisy, 

 Daisy by Scion (A. A. Co.), dam by Old Major. 



In competition for three special prizes amounting to 12 for cows 

 of any breed, to be tested for three consecutive days, comprising six 

 milkings o-l 12 hours' duration, from 2Oth to 26th January, 1896, in 

 the Kiama district, open to all comers, provided the co\\- t<> be 

 tested were placed in same paddock and fed on same class of food, 

 Messrs. James Bros.' three cows Favourite, Kate, and Princess 

 won first, second, and third prizes, with the following tests, cows 

 grazing on grass paddock without hand-feeding . 



Total 

 Amount Remarks. 



o-i Milk. Butter 



Name of Cow. Ibs. Fat Test. 



Favourite .. 324.1 3.44 



The cows tested were in good 

 condition. The grass on 

 which they grazed was 

 good, being a mixture of 

 English grasses. 



Kate .. 300.1 3.35 



Princess .. 264.7 3-43 



At same show, for cow giving the largest quantity of butter from 

 one milking. Messrs. James Bros.' Kate was first, Princess second. 

 Mr. Hugh Dudgeon's two cows were placed third and fourth. Apart 

 from show tests. Favourite has always been considered one of Tlla- 

 warra's best dairy cows, as her prize list will attest. 



Sunny Vale. 



(See page 253.) Calved i6th October, 1903. Sire Bonnie, dam 

 Fuchsia, by Bonnie ; grand-dam Violet (red cow). Bonnie was bred 

 by A. F. Warden, who supplies the following particulars : 'Strain 

 o-f the Conqueror breed, his blood running: down to a heifer pur- 

 chased by my late father from Messrs. Hanning, Griffith & Co., 

 Richmond River. Tht. neifer's name was Promise, a splendid type 

 of Shorthorn. The g. 6 . dam was a cow owned by the late J<>eph 

 Petty, and she was one of the first class of cattle bred in this district 

 by a Shorthorn bull. Sunny Vale has won champion prizes both in 

 Sydney and Milton, and produced good stock. Conqueror produced 

 good Shorthorn stock 



Queen. 



Sire Ayrshire bull bred by H. Frederick, dam Ettic. lllawarra cow. 

 Macleay strain. One of the second prize "en, Kiama Show, 1908, best 

 pen dry cows, any age or breed. 



Model. 



Seven years. Sire Ayrshire Terragon*r dam Gem, lllawarra cow. 

 One of first prize pen. Kiama Show, 1909, IK-M pen dry COWS, any 

 age or breed. 



Dairy Cow, Alice. 



(See page 253.) 15 red by and the property of Messrs. James Bros., 

 Rose Valley, Gerringong. X.S.W. This animal is descended .from 

 stock kept by the late \Villiam James, of Shoalhaven, who was to 

 his dying day an admirer of Scotch Jock and Major strains blended 

 in a judicious manner with the best type of district-bred cattle. 



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