Tlie Farm-Prize Competition^ 1884. 
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They were mostly out at grass, but had only been in the pastures 
since May 12th, as Winston is not a forward country, and it is 
considered desirable to get a good bite. These cows have the 
run of 90 acres, shared, however, by the working horses, Y in 
number, which are turned out at night. The cows are a very 
practical lot, mostly of shorthorn type, with here and there 
a dash of Ayrshire, all having well-formed udders and good 
milking qualities. They have from 3 to 4 lbs. a day of 
decorticated cotton-cake given at milking time. One red cow, 
six years old, a great favourite, gave 11,000 lbs. weight of milk 
last year, which is equal to 1100 gallons of milk ; and calcu- 
lating that a gallon of milk will produce a pound of cheese, we 
have 9 cwt. 3 qrs. 8 lbs. of cheese — a most extraordinary pro- 
duction. She was looking thin and out of sorts, having been 
much pulled down by twins in calving. These twins, when 
rubbed dry, weighed 142 lbs.* In the case of large milkers, 
when there is risk of fever, especially in hot weather, a part 
of the milk is drawn for a few days before calving, and the 
calf is left with the cow for three days, and care is exercised 
that the milk is never completely drained, as this checks the 
flow. Another precaution in hot weather is to keep the cows 
in during the day, and only turn them out at night. In the 
case of cows calving in winter or early spring, that is before 
they are turned out to grass, the calf is removed after having 
been licked. Most of the cows are reared, being by a short- 
horn bull, selected from a good milking herd. We saw a 
yearling and a younger bull. The former was bred by Mr. J. 
Edwards, of Foxhill, and looked quite a likely sort to carry 
* As in the case of Mr. Nunnerley, we obtained from Mr. Bathe tlie produce of 
hiB cows, on June 12, 1884. 
42 Cows produced 1686 lbs. of milk. 
Deduct 100 „ given to 8 reared calves. 
1586 „ 
which, calculathig 10 lbs. of milk to a gallon, equals 158 gallons and 6 lbs. of milk. 
This yielded 210 lbs. of curd when salted. 
Cheese weighed on June 26, 1884 .. 159 lbs. 
Butter from all sources 8 „ 
Given an average per cow of 1 lb. 5J oz. per week. 
The animals yielding this milk comprise 33 Adult cows. 
Remainder of stock consisting of — 
8 Heifers 3 years old. 
1 do. 2 years old. 
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5 heifers suckling calves. 
4 cows to calve. 
4 do, fattening. 
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