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of Agriculture concludes (i) although calves fed for a long period 

 on whole milk will show a high rate of increase when compared 

 with the gain in weight made by animals reared on other foods, 

 the increase is not proportional to the cost incurred ; and that 

 (ii) it is more economical to use a cream substitute, such as 

 linseed cake with cod liver oil, Indian meal, or a mixture of 

 meals, along with separated milk, than to use whole milk and 

 linseed cake. 



It should be noted that the cod liver oil in 1901 cost 4s. 6d. 

 per gallon and 5s. 6d. in 1902, and that its use is no longer 

 profitable if the price is too high.* 



The Board are informed that the Government of the 



Transvaal has no intention of importing breeding cattle in any 



quantity at the present time. It is possible 



British Cattle for t i iat sma u numbers of pure bred animals 

 the Transvaal. , . r , c 



may be purchased for the purpose of 



improving the existing stock of the Colony, but it is not 

 anticipated that more than that will be done. A great many 

 breeding cattle were imported in order to re-stock the Colony 

 after the war, but it is now considered that as much has been 

 done as would be justifiable at present, and that any further 

 importations of breeding cattle may well be left to private 

 enterprise. 



The Crop Reporter for February last gives the number of 

 farm animals in the United States on 

 1st January, 1904, as follows: — Horses, 

 16,736,059 ; mules, 2,757,916 ; milch cows, 

 17,419,817; other cattle, 43,629,498; 

 sheep, 51,630,144; and swine, 47,009,367. 



Farm Animals 



in the 

 United States. 



* Journal of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction /or Ireland, 

 Vol. IV., No. 3, March 1904. 



