1 Jury, 1898.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL, 53 
Dairying. 
DAIRYING COMPETITION. 
Te following results of the milking competitions, lately held at Rockhampton, 
have been supplied to us by Mr. Mahon, Dairy Instructor :— 
MILKING COMPETITION. 
ROCKHAMPTON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Prize offered by the Department of Agriculture, Brisbane. 
For Best Cow in Milk.—To be judged for quantity and quality; the bond fide 
property of the exhibitor. The cow yielding the greatest percentage of butter fat in 
two consecutive days to be awarded the prize. The cow to be on the show ground 
at 5 o'clock on the evening previous to the first day of the show, and shall be milked 
dry in the presence of a judge or steward. Milking competition to commence at 
(a.m. on the morning of the first day of the show, and be carried out for two con- 
secutive days, commencing at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. each day. ‘Testing to be done by the 
Babcock milk-tester. 
Date. Owner. Name of Cow. | Milking. eaeet Reteeavers AE OIBEN Me 
1898. ? Lb. Lb. 
10 May | Archer Bros. ... | Cherry... ... | Morning 124 3°3 0°476 0965 
Buttercup... yy, 18 4°4 0684 1°423 
Lady Lindsey mn 10! 3°83 0°399 0°750 
A. McFarlane | Lovely ay 3) 174 3:2 0°672 1°314 
Queenie oe aa 7 3°5 0:273 0°624 
Archer Bros. ... | Cherry... ... | Evening 114 38 0°489 
Buttercup... re Viel 6°0 0:739 
Lady Lindsey ) 94 3°4 0°351 
A. McFarlane | Lovely Re ry 14 4°1 0°642 
Queenie is 5k 30 0°351 
11 May | Archer Bros. ... | Cherry... ... | Morning 121 3°76 | 0493 1'293 
| Buttercup... } 12% 4°6 0°656 1°311 
Lady Lindsey ~ 7 10 38 | 0°425 07962 
A. McFarlane | Lovely f. n 19 36  0°766 17548 
| Queenie in 7 4°6, 0°360 0°560 
Archer Bros. ... | Cherry... ... | Evening 134 54 0°800 
| Buttercup... in 13 4°5 0°655 
| | Lady Lindsey in 10 4:8 05387 
_A. McFarlane Lovely A 7. 164 43 0°782 
| Queenie : 1" 6 30 0200 
| 
ROCKHAMPTON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Class 112.—Milch cow, to be milked dry by some person appointed by the 
stewards—no exhibitor is to milk his cow on this day—at 5 p.m. on the day previous 
to the show, and to be milked in the morning and evening of the show day, in the 
presence of one or more of the stewards. Butter return for the twenty-four hours’ 
milk as shown by the Babcock milk-tester to be the test. First prize, £3 3s. ; second 
prize, £1 1s. 
Date. Owner. Name of Cow. | Milking. | ae eee ples bie for 
1898. Lb. Lb. 
10 May | Archer Bros. ... | Cherry... ... | Morning 124, 3°3 0°476 0°965 
; Buttercup... n 13 4°7 0°684 1°423 | 
Lady Lindsey 3) 104 3°8 0°399 0°698 
A. Macfarlane | Lovely... aa 1 175 3:2 0°627 1°269 
Archer Bros, ... | Cherry... ... | Evening 113 3°8 0489 
. Buttercup... tf 11 6°0 0°739 
Lady Lindsey in Ot 3°4 0°359 
A. Macfarlane | Lovely... +h A 14 41 0°642 
