THE AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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Tesling Milk for Factories, Creameries, 

 and Milk Suppliers. 



In case of disputes arising between 

 millv suppliers and managers of butter 

 factories and creameries regarding tlie 

 percentage of butter fat contained in any 

 supplier's milk the expert attached to the 

 dairy section of the Department will test 

 samples of milk free of cost by either 

 visiting the factories or creameries, or 

 receiving a sample of milk that has been 

 collected by the "drip" system by the 

 manager, and testing it in the Depart- 

 ment's laboratory, j\'Ielborne. 



Dairy farmers desirous of receiving in- 

 structions in the procc-^s of testing milk 

 by the "Babcock" tester, by applyiu'^- to 

 the Secretary for Agriculture will be 

 taught in Melbourne the proper method 



of using the appliances necessary for that 

 purpose by the Department's experts. 



LIST OF SHIPPING CHAPGES FOR 

 PRODUCE SHIPPED THROUGH 

 THE DEPARTIVIENT OF AGRI- 

 CULTURE. 



Butter per box, 2d. 



Chickens per pair, 5d. 



Ducks „ 5d. 



Eggs per dozen, Id. 



Geese per pair, 9d. 



Hares per pair, 3d. 



Mutton per carcase, 8d. 



Pork „ 8d. 



Rabbits per pair, 2d. 



Turkeys „ 9d. 



The above charges to be paid by the 

 shipper or his agent, together with 

 f]-eight, &c., before obtaining delivery of 

 bills of lading. 



Moot River Trout. 



THE above represents a trout caught in 

 the Mooi River near Rosetta, weighing 

 3| lbs., and in length 22 inches. Mr. 

 Acutt states that the trout was caught, 

 early in February last, by one of his 



coolies between two stones of the weir 

 across the river, close ti the Rosetta Rail- 

 way Station. He has heard that three 

 other trout have been similarly caught at 

 the weir. 



