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-assess the actual cost to liiiu of the milk at present niai ket ynices. 

 Maize meal, rice meal, pollards and bran would form suitable 

 ioods to feed in conjunction with this material. 



Bully Beef and Egg Yolk.— l\vo otlier waste materials are 

 ;at present in use for pigs, i.e., conderoned bully beef and liquid 

 •and dried egg yolk. Users of both these materials have fed 

 them successfully to pigs, the chief point to remember being 

 that these substances are highly nitrogenous foods and should 

 therefore not bulk largely in the ration. Liquid egg yolk also 

 <X)ntains much water and occasionally a fair percentage of 

 boric acid. 



Value of Fodder Crops for Dry Seasons. — The dry weather 

 ■experienced lately has emphasised the value to the dairy farmer 

 in particular, and to stock breeders in general, of planting a 

 breadth of vetches and oats, cabbage, or maize as a supplemen- 

 tary succulent feed in periods of drought. The vetches and oats 

 and cabbage will be available in the earlier summer months, the 

 maize during August. This practice is fairly common in certain 

 districts, and the farmers who have adopted it for this season 

 have been reheved of the anxiety as to feed for their stock. 



