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with regard to their yield of milk. The Malmo Union have 

 adopted a calculation which differs from that employed in 

 Denmark, each of the following being regarded as equal to one 

 feeding unit: — rz lb. molasses; ri lb. wheat or rye bran; 

 ro lb, palm-seed cake, malt sprouts ; 'g lb. rape, sunflower-seed, 

 linseed or sesame -seed cake ; '8 lb. cotton-seed or earth nut cake. 



The Danish method does not attempt to distinguish between 

 the various concentrated foods, which are all treated as equal, 

 a method which is considered sufficiently exact for practical 

 purposes. 



The increase in the average milk production which normally 

 follows the adoption of this practice of systematic milk testing 

 is to be attributed to the knowledge of the productive 

 capabilities of each cow, which enables the farmer to weed out 

 unsatisfactory animals and to breed from the best. 



Even in the case of a large number of cows, as in the table 

 above, the increase amounted to 13 per cent, in four years, and 

 the records of individual societies frequently show a much 

 greater improvement than this. Thus the Vallakra Society 

 increased its average yield per cow in six years from 6,703 lb. 

 to 8,767 lb., or by 31 per cent., while the fat content increased 

 from 3*09 to 3'2i per cent. 



The Dairy Produce Act of 1904 which is now in force in 

 Queensland provides for the registration of dairies, factories,. 



and milk shops, and the inspection of these 

 Queensland premises, of the cattle, and of the personnel 

 Legislation. as re g aro -S an y disease likely to con- 

 taminate dairy produce. 

 The Act defines pure milk as the whole of the milk, includ- 

 ing the strippings, drawn at the time of milking. The term 

 does not include milk which contains less than 3 per cent, of 

 butter-fat or less than 8*5 per cent, of solids other than butter- 

 fat, or which is mixed with any preservative or chemical or 

 colouring matter of any kind whatsoever. Separated and con- 

 densed milk can only be sold on certain conditions, and there 

 are limits for water and fat in butter, viz., 16 per cent, and 80 



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