46 ; QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Juxny, 1898. 
Mr. T. Wurreney (Coowonga) concurred with Mr. Coulson in his opinion 
of the benefits of culling in dairy herds. He knew one herd, starting with a 
lot of mongrels, by careful breeding and culling, reaching a very high state of 
perfection. ‘The trouble, however, that had been so disastrous to the Central 
district, had not spared that herd, and it was now no more. He had had nine 
years’ experience in feeding dairy cattle in the Rockhampton district, and was 
quite sure of the benefits of feeding them right through the year. He had 
been pleased to hear Mr. Robinson’s remarks about stud stock, and he felt 
confident that if the system advocated was carried out in his district it would 
be largely availed of. With regard to the difficulty in cream testing, he 
pointed out that there had been some trouble in the sugar districts through the 
varioas associations trying to have check clerks appointed in connection with 
the cane weighbridges, and dairymen could agitate for a similar privilege. 
Cancer was spread very largely by other means than through dairy stock. On 
one occasion, at a boiling-down works, he saw more than thirty sheep—all very 
bad with cancer—killed and fed to pigs intended for human consumption. 
Mr. J. H. Noakes (Maryborough) said that in his young days cancer was 
very seldom known. When a person died of cancer it was generally some 
woman who had been badly used: The disease, however, had grown lately, and 
whether it was the milk or the cattle there must be some cause for it. He 
had known a high-class bull to be imported from New Zealand, and this animal 
showed cancer after a couple of years, so that it had to be destroyed. His young 
bulls also developed the same disease, and he (Mr. Noakes) wondered whether, 
by breeding such animals too finely, it tended to bring about cancer? The 
speaker also desired to know the best food for dairy cows, and stated that 
personally he had found sweet potato vines a splendid dairy fodder. 
Mr. A. Warker (North Isis) desired to know how a man could tell cancer 
when he saw it, and what was the most likely place on a beast to find it? The 
sore often seen on the place where an animal had been branded was by no. 
means necessarily cancer, although it was called so by many people. 
Mr. F. W. Prrex (Loganholme) referred to the establishment of the 
Health Board, and stated that in the division of Tingalpa the local board had 
been asked by the Health Board to pass by-laws dealing with the dairies in 
the district, although the district was a large one and its nearest point was at 
least five or six miles from Brisbane. It was pointed out to the Health Board 
that the regular dairies in the district were very small, and that the carrying 
out of such by-laws as those desired might only cause annoyance and do 
little good. However, the Health Board insisted on the by-laws being estab- 
lished, and to comply with the regulations, draft by-laws were adopted and 
sent to the Health Board for consideration. This body declined to approve of 
them, and sent back in return draft by-laws which they had themselves drawn 
up, and which the Tingalpa division finally had to adopt. The result now was, 
the divisional clerk was appointed inspector, which was an anomaly. If there 
was to be an inspector, he should be a properly qualified man, possessing 
veterinary knowledge. or instance, an inspector who would pronounce a 
tumour to be lumpy jaw, would be worse that useless. With regard to the 
special care suggested by Mr. Coulson, the speaker stated that the Logan 
Farming and Industrial Association had had this matter placed before 
them, and they had referred it to Mr. Mahon. Mr. Mahon had had referred 
to him a case of where cream travelling by train to a dairy had developed a 
taint, and on investigating the matter he discovered that the cream when 
shipped was placed in the same car as fish, oil, and other material. At the 
instance of Mr. Mahon, a deputation then waited on the General Traffic 
Manager, and he (Mr. Peek) was now happy to say that a refrigerating car, 
as well as an insulated one, was carrying cream to market in his district. He 
believed the railway authorities would do everything in their power to meet 
the wishes of farmers in this connection, and although of course they could. 
not be expected to run refrigerating cars on every train, still, where arrange- 
ments could be made to suit a district, they would be made if desired. 
