260 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JouRNAL. [1 Aprin, 1899, 
Dean.—The standard of production in our dairy is 6,000 lb. of milk, or 
250 lb. of butter, or 600 lb. of cheese. 
Wing.-—Of butter 250 lb., and cheese 625 lb. 
Goodrich.—-250 lb. of butter, or 570 Ib. of cheese, though 200 1b. of 
butter or 450 1b. of cheese would probably pay for the keeping and work. 
Alvord.—From 250 lb. to 800 1b. of butter, and 550 to 600 lb. of cheese. 
Gurler.—The minimum of butter should be 250 lb.; of cheese, 600 lb. 
Gould.—Of butter, 250 lb. and above; of cheese, 600 lb. and above. 
Curtiss. —Not less than 200 lb. of butter, or 350 1b. to 400 lb. of cheese. 
Dodge.—Of butter, 250 Ib. to 850 lb. ; 
Dawley.—This depends much on the cost of keep and the prices of the pro- 
duct. I cannot afford to keep a cow that makes less than 300 lb. of butter per 
year, and I set the standard at this and 5,000 lb. of milk. 
Mathieson.—Not less than 250 lb. of butter or its equivalent in cheese, 
Carlyle-—A good dairy cow not above average size should produce, when 
liberally fed and carefully managed, at least 250 lb. of butter or from 500 lb. 
to 600 Ib. of cheese annually. 
Adams.—It depends on the cost of feed. Ordinarily the mitimum should 
be 250 lb. of butter and 500 Ib. of cheese. 3 
Boardman.—The value of feed and the price of butter would enter in, but 
T would not consider a cow that produced less than 250 Ib. of butter per year 
profitable enough to be permanently retained. The mark should be for 300 lb. 
or more, -- 
Monrad.—250 lb. of butter, aiming at 800 lb.; cheese, 550 lb. to 650 1b. 
Professor Robertson.—500 lb. of cheese, or 200 1b..of butter, under 
extensive rather than intensive dairying. 
Fraser.—In her prime, 250 lb. of butter. 
Brandt.—Butter, 250 lb, and up to as much more as she will make. 
Morgan.—In Kansas, 150 lb. will pay under present conditions ; this is 
about the average production of butter per cow for Kansas; am not posted as 
to cheese. 
Nissley.—A bout 275 lb. of butter. 
Jones.—Irom 250 Ib. to 3001b. of butter, and 500 Ib. to 600 lb. of cheese. 
Eyth.—WNot less than 200 lb. of butter, or 450 lb. of cheese. 
DWARF CATTLE. 
THE newest breeds of cattle coming to the Dexter Kerries, that were landed 
with the first batch of Government imported dairy cattle, are the Cingalese 
cattle. They are known to zoologists as the ‘sacred running oxen.” They 
are the dwarfs of the whole ox family, the largest specimen of the species never 
exceeding 30 inches in height. One which is living, and is believed to be about 
ten years of age, is only 22 inches high and weighs 1094 1b. In Ceylon they 
are used tor quick trips across the country with express matter and other light 
loads ; it is said that four of them can pull a driver of a two-wheeled cart and 
a 200-Ib. load of miscellaneous matter sixty or seventy miles a day. They keep 
up a constant swinging trot or run, and have been known to travel 100 imiles in 
a day and night without either feed or water. No one knows anything con- 
cerning the origin of this peculiar breed of miniature cattle. ‘They have been 
known on the island of Ceylon and in other Buddhist countries for more than 
1,000 years. 
HOW TO DEHORN CALVES. 
Snrck caustic potash is the medicine. The earlier the application is made in 
the life of the calf, the better. The hair should be clipped from the skin, and 
the little horn moistened with water, to which a few drops of ammonia have 
been added to dissolve the vily secretion of the skin, so that the potash will 
