1905.] Live Stock Import Regulations. 231 



Reference to the use of apples for cattle-feeding was made in a 

 previous number of this Journal (December, 1904, p. 549), and it 

 was pointed out that this is regarded in France 

 Use of^Apples as a use f u ] me thod of employing any surplus 



Cattle-Feeding". cro P which cannot be otherwise profitably 

 or conveniently dealt with. An experiment 

 which was carried out in the past year at the Canadian Experi- 

 mental Farm, also suggests that this means of using refuse apples 

 is one which may be adopted with satisfactory results. Four cows 

 about six months in milk were selected. They were fed on the 

 usual ration of 50 lb. of silage and roots, 4 lb. of hay, and 7 J lb. 

 of meal, for two weeks ; in the two following weeks 25 lb. of 

 apples replaced 30 lb. of the roots and silage previously given, 

 the quantities of hay and meal remaining the same. The total 

 yield of milk by the four cows in the first fortnight was 1,353 

 and in the second fortnight 1,395 lb., and their average weight 

 at the beginning of the apple-feeding period was 985 lb., and at 

 the end it was 1,008 lb. If the value of the apples is estimated 

 at the cost of the food saved, they would be worth about 10s. a 

 ton, roots and silage being valued at 8s. 4d. per ton. 



The cows seemed to relish the apples, which were of different 

 sorts, and to thrive upon them, as shown by the gain of 

 23 lb. per cow made in fourteen days while on apples ; whereas, 

 during the subsequent two weeks the animals went back and 

 a loss of 16 lb. per cow occurred. The health of the cows seemed 

 to be very favourably affected by the apples. Calves were given 

 a few apples each day, and seemed to like them. 



Horses, cattle, sheep and swine may be imported into South 

 Australia from Great Britain under the provisions of the Stock 

 Diseases Act, 1888. The regulations sub- 

 Live Stock Import • ct to w hich importations may take place 



Regulations:— J . 

 South Australia.* are as follows:— 



All cattle, sheep and swine imported 



* Live stock import regulations have been published in this Journal for the follow- 

 ing countries :— Transvaal, March, 1903 ; United States, June, 1903, and Oct., 1904 ; 

 Argentina, Jan., 1905; Cape Colony, Feb., 1905; Canada, March, 1905; New 

 South Wales, April, 1905 ; Germany, May, 1905 ; and New Zealand, June, 1905. 



