October 1, 1907 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
The Milking Period. 
An important poinc in dairying is the 
length of the milking period. It has been 
laid down that a not abnormal shrinkage 
is 10 per cent. of the record of the pre- 
vious month. Naturally, the shrinkage 
varies very much ; some cows will give a 
good flow for some time, while with others 
the yield of milk falls off very rapidly. 
Sometimes the shrinkage is as high as 
15 per cent. That is too high altogether 
The object of feeding is that the cow may 
produce milk through a reasonable period. 
To maintain the flow of milk is one of 
the sec:ets of good dairying. To do this 
we should give the cows plenty of succu: 
lent feed—any quantity of it. The cow 
needs plenty of juicy material out of 
which to make milk, Peas and oats cut 
green are very valuable. and roots, but 
do not give them turnips. Every dairy. 
man should have a silo; two tons of 
ensilage, costing about 12s. 6d., are equal 
to one ton of hay, which would cost from 
£1 5s. to £1 18s. 4d. In summer let the 
cows have plenty of shade and see that 
they are well protected from flies, Nothing 
. will cause greater shrinkage than those 
two things—exposure to the hot sun and 
letting the flies worry the animals, The 
cows should get plenty of water and there 
should be no excitement, because that 
tends to lessen the yield of milk, Give 
the cows access to salt. By these means 
and by looking after their comfort in 
every way that we can, and by milking 
regularly and clean, we may maintain the 
flow of milk, 
To Correspondents. 
Alex. Blake —A good nest for hens can 
be made as follows :—Geta kerosene case 
and take the top off and nail two strips 
on the underside to make a lid, which 
can be easily removed and put on again, 
Knock a portion of the end out just large 
enough for the hen to get in and out, 
leaving a piece top and bottom to keep 
the box firm ; you can then take out the 
eggs by removing the lid. and can also 
keep itand free from lice or tick by 
claensing out every week with suds on 
washing days. 
N., Klemzig.—Yes, the London Connty 
Council recently passed certain by-laws, 
under which the owner of a crowing rooster 
may be called upon to abate the nuisance. 
Thos. Brown—Spent hops are equal in 
value to 85 percent. of stable manure, so 
that if the hops can be had at a nominal 
figure, we would certainly use them. 
Like stable manure, they are useful when 
fresh for ploughing into land, or when 
sufficiently decayed so that they can be 
rubbed through a coarse sieve, for mixing 
with soil for potted plants or for filling 
benches. 
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Dk. Ch. Stallion. 
14 Hands High. Plenty of Substance. 7 
Splendid Action. 
Good in all Harness. 
Is by Young Tipperary ; grandsire, Tipperary. 
Dam, Leah, by Sir Lucius O'Trigger; g dam, Lily, by 
Rushtroom (Imp.); gg. dam, Conrad’s Mare. 
FIRST PRIZE, Adelaide Show, September, 1906. 
FIRST PRIZE, Gawler Show, September, 1906. 
FIRST PRIZE, Two Wells Show, September, 1906, 
FIRST PRIZE, Mount Barker Show, March, 1907. 
Extract from Tne ReaisrerR:-Among an excellent lot of ponies 
Mr. A. Brown's St. Elmo stood out prominently by defeating two 
hardened prizetakers in the entire class between 13.2 and 14.1 hands, 
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TERMS, £2 10s., payable on or before ist 
January, 
Groomage, 2s. 6d. 
A. BROWN, Proprietor, 
Tattersal’s Stables, Pirie Street, Adelaide. 
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Waen evergreens lose their leaders 
they become of very broad outline for a 
while, with but little addition to their 
height. A strong shoot should be tied to 
a stake as a leader. It will form one in 
time; but the perfection of appearance 
of an evergreen depends on the retention 
of its original leader. 
Au CorNWALL, in the south of England, 
many eucalyptuses are quite hardy, the 
only place in that country of which this 
can be said. H. coccifera is considered 
the hardiest, but cordata. unigera, saligna, 
resinifera and viminalis all live out, A 
specimen of coccifera there is 70 ft. high. .. 
Cornwall is the southernmost part of 
England, 
One of the finest subtropical large 
shrubs or small trees for high, dry eleva- 
tions is Wigandia urens. »The foliage, 
which is large and of a most beautiful 
shade of green, is covered with sharp, stiff 
hairs, as though a protection to the plant. 
The flowers are of a dark purple color, 
borne on one-sided spikes a foot or more 
long. 
SEVERAL of the Cichoriacze formed the 
‘bitter herbs’ of the Jews. 
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Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) was used 
as a remedy for wounds in the fourteenth 
century. It is bitter and a tonic, used in 
the country for fever and other illnesses, 
and is drunk as a ¢ tea.’ It was also used 
in cookery in the sixteenth century, when 
Tansy cakes were highly esteemed in 
Lent, as well as Tansy puddinzs, accord: 
ing to Gerarde. 
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