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generally went up to 12 and 13. I used to feed them on general feed, 
such as sour milk from the dairy, and corn, green, with the stalk and all. The 
best breed of pigs that I have tried is the Berkshire, not the Berkshire with the 
turned-up nose, but the one with the more pronounced snout. I believe there 
are two breeds of Berkshires. As for Mr. Williamson’s paper, in my 
experience, the best way of rearing calves is to take the calf away from the cow 
as soon as dropped, and feed it about a week or a fortnight on the milk from its 
mother, giving it as soon as drawn. Then gradually add separated milk, and 
finally give from 5 to 6 quarts of the latter twice a day. 
Mr. H. Carrermunt (Woongarra): I consider the Government would be 
justified in appointing an inspector for all dairies. A couple of months ago I 
was inoculating a herd in the Bundaberg district. The next day the owner 
came and informed me one of the beasts had died through the inoculation. I 
opened it and when we came to the lungs I found the beast was tuberculous, 
That animal had been milked twice a day, and its milk sent into Bundaberg, 
and I think it is quite time the Government appointed an inspector to enforce 
the destruction of such beasts. As for what Mr. Landsberg said, I maintain 
that a beast with ticks is diseased, Act orno Act. In the Bundaberg district, cattle 
in the last stages of redwater are being killed for food, and their flesh goes into 
consumption. 
Mr. J. Hupsoy (Rosewood) : When writing of the question of the sale of 
pigs, Mr. Robinson speaks from the auctioneer’s standpoint, but I would like to 
say a few words form the seller’s. Where I live, we are about 50 miles from 
Mr. Robinson’s pig sales at Toowoomba, and about 12 miles from Ipswich. 
There are no pig sales between those towns that I know of. SUpEOsing I send 
my pigs to Ipswich, and they are not sold, what becomes of them? If they are 
sold, of course it is all right, but if not, I must be put to the expense of having 
them sent back, or else get rid of them at a loss in Ipswich. In order to meet 
our requirements, a man took out an auctioneer’s license in our district, and had 
what was to have been a sale of pigs. He was boycotted, however, and nota 
pig was sold. Co-operation, I suppose, is the only remedy for-that sort of thing. 
With regard to the question of rearing calves, it is a bad habit to allow the ca 
to use the cow at all. I have found that if you allow the calf to go with the 
cow for a week or so that the cow is continually looking for the calf, and 
keeping her milk back. In fact they often get dry through this, and altogether 
you are apt to spoil the cow. The best thing is to take the calf away, throw a 
sheet over it as soon as it is dropped, and never let the mother see it. 
Mr. P. W. Cameron (Ipswich): As a dairy farmer, I am looking forward 
very eagerly to the time when some Act like the Dairy Bill that has been so 
often referred to this evening shall come into force, and the sooner it is the 
sooner will all decent dairymen be pleased. At present, in a district the work 
of half-a-dozen clean dairymen may be nullified by one careless one, and as for 
tuberculosis and other diseases, I really think the destruction of affected beasts 
is the best remedy. We are all anxious for the health of our people, and should 
therefore look after the health and cleanliness of our stock. With regard to 
Mr. Robinson’s paper, I have both reared and sold pigs, and certainly hold that 
auction sales are the best means by which to dispose of them. I feel certain 
that the auction system is the best for the seller, even though I who say it am. 
a bit of a middleman. TI believe in the calf being taken away from the cow as 
soon as dropped, but for the first week I always feed the calf on its mother’s. 
milk, and afterwards with separated milk. 
Mr. R. J. Buaxe (Blenheim): I do not think Mr. Robinson’s statements 
about the prices pigs fetch are correct ; not by along way. If a pig weighing: 
a hundredweight touches 22s. 6d. or 25s , most pigbreeders think they are fairly 
well paid. The system we were working on in the Lockyer district was for a 
representative of one of the big bacon-curing firms to go round to the farmers, 
and say, “You brings your pigs into Laidley on such a date. TI shall be 
there.” The farmers had to bring the pigs in or leave them at home. They 
were bundled into the yards, and the buyer would say such a pig was worth so 
