80 Milcli Cotvs and the Production of Store Stock. 
to the upkeep of the supply of breeding stock which we send 
out to foreigners from our National Stud Farm. It is essential 
to his business that he be supplied with a sufficiency of stock 
suitable to his purpose and it matters little to him who breeds 
them, provided that they are good and at a price that allows of 
his selling them when fat at a profit. Finally, he does not run 
the risk of quite such terrible results if contagious disease 
appears. His beasts, animal for animal, are not quite so valuable ; 
the stock is on his hands a comparatively short time and, 
compared with the housing of milch cows, his yards and boxes 
are not quite so favourable to the spread of disease. This 
being so, it is not surprising when, to use the words of a 
correspondent who writes with the authority of an expert 
“ there is no doubt whatever that the store cattle stock of this 
country is not what it ought to be'' that we find feeders, 
singly and collectively pointing out the hardship to which they 
are subjected, by the exclusion from our shores, of Canadian 
or other suitable store stock. It must undeniably be a hardship 
to the feeder, for experience has shown that economic 
conditions make it possible for the English producer’s rivals to 
raise good “ stores ” in their homes and sell them profitably in 
our markets far cheaper than it can ever possibly be done by 
the British farmer. 
This hardship, it must at once be admitted, is a necessary 
evil, if grave risk of the importation of disease is to be avoided. 
But, as a hardship to one part of our population is neces- 
sary for the general welfare, extra attention should be given 
so as to avoid injustice, and the object of this article is to 
draw attention to a state of affairs which cannot be held to be 
altogether equitable. 
A long course of observation while studying the markets, 
in which the feeder has to make his selection of store cattle, 
has made many besides the writer aware that much is offered 
for sale of so bad a quality as to constitute an injustice to the 
man on whom an Act of Parliament forces so limited a choice. 
The fact of oversea stores being kept out of our markets 
limits the number of cattle on offer, but it is most unfair that, 
even unwittingly, the breeder should take advantage of this 
fact and callously force on buyers so-called feeding or grazing 
stores that are quite unsuitable for the purpose. This is, 
however, only too often done and there is no doubt that much 
of the trash the feeder is compelled to buy is the product of 
that class of cow-keeper who only looks on the calf as an evil 
necessary to the continuance of profit in his milk-making 
machine — the cow. Nobody having acquaintance with many, 
and friendship with some of them, would accuse the milk- 
producers as a class of willingly being unjust, nevertheless, 
