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Testing of Farmers' Milk. 



[Jan., 



for breeding purposes. In the present financial year the amount 

 of these grants is limited to the sum of ,£2,000. Notes as to 

 the importation of live stock into the Transvaal appeared in this 

 Journal, April, 1904, p. 41, and June, 1905, p. 166. 



The farm live stock of the Ger man Empire are not enumerated 

 annually, but a special inquiry is held from time to time as may 

 be thought necessary. Five of these censuses 

 Live Stock in the h ave b een during the past thirty years, 

 German Empire. . 00 0 Y 



viz., in 1873, l88 3> 1892, 1900, and 1904. 



The results of the last, which was taken on 1st December, 1904, 

 have recently been issued, and may be compared with the figures 

 for 1873 3 — 



Live Stock. 



In Thousands. , 



Percentage 

 of Increase 

 or Decrease. 



1873. 



1904. 



Horses ... 



Cattle 



*Sheep 



Pigs 



3,352 

 15,777 

 24,999 



7,124 



4,267 

 19,332 



7,907 

 18,921 



+ 27-30 

 + 22*53 

 - 68-37 

 + 165-59 



The changes in the live stock industry which are reflected by 

 this table are very striking. It will be seen that the extension 

 in cattle-breeding has been substantial, and probably more than 

 counterbalances the decline in sheep-breeding ; in addition, 

 pigs are now two and a-half times as numerous as they were 

 thirty years ago. 



In connection with the arrangements which have been made 

 by most of the agricultural colleges for determining the per- 

 centage of butter-fat in farmers' milk for a 



Testing" of f ee G f sixpence per sample (Leaflet No. 146), 

 r armers iviiik. . . . 



the Board think it may be useful to point out 



that the services rendered for this small fee are by no means 



identical with the exact chemical analysis made by a public 



analyst. There is, indeed, an essential difference between the 



rapid mechanical tests carried out by the agricultural colleges 



for the purpose of enabling farmers to effect an improvement in 



