852 - QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Ocr., 1899. 
THE COLLEGE HERD. 
RETURNS FROM 1st JUNE TO 30TH JUNE, 1899. 
Date of "Fat Cont. 
‘4 = ‘at. ¥ 
Name of Cow. Breed. Calving. Yield. B abeo ci ee Remarks. 
lb. | percent. lb. 
Star) ..: ...|Grade_ ... ...|17 Dec., 1898 | 599 3°6 24°15 
Dairymaid ... | Holstein ... ...| 7 Feb., 1899 | 379 3:2 13°57 
Ranger ...| Grade Shorthorn | 9June_ ,, 495 3°8 21°06 
Roany ep if F 1June ,, 621 31 21°56 
Rose. ... teu 1 43 Ligkebas 588 39 25°68 
Leopard 44) °r) 4 23 Nov., 1898 | 468 3°5 1834 
Polly ... ry ry 1) — Oct. ,, 486 | 36 19°58 
Princess ve 43 in —Oct. ,, 443 3:7 18°35 
Trial ... a oH 3) —Sept. ,, 356 | 3°7 1475 ‘ 
Daisy ... os A} 33 11 Nov. ,, 56 41 2°56 | Dried off, 7-6-99 
Duchess ae. 4) os, i Octees 182 3°5 517 3,  18-6-99 
Whiteflank ... of) " 4 June, 1899 | 728 38 80°97 
Biddy ~ ey ee sy 18 May ,, 747 3:7 80°94 
Lady ... 7” 6 7 6 April ,, 532 | 3:4 20°24 
Rusty... tee rf} ~ — Oct., 1898] 365 | 3:4 13°89 
Gertie 7 53 3 June, 1899} 721 3°4 27°45 
Pansy ...| Devon... ... | 7Oct., 1898] 3875 3°8 15°96 
Lucy ... ... | Grade Shorthorn | — Oct. ,, 467 3°8 19°86 
Laurel eet 7 7 —Sept. ,, 362 3:7 14:99 
Peggy ie ” oe 15 Nov. ,, 421 3°8 17°9 ; 
Ginger 43 n A 2310 cts 119 3-4 | 4°52 | Dried off, 17-6-99 
Podge Hes - eh) —Oct. ,, BT Bis 4°92 r 15-6-99 
Uanewerie rcs 99 rex) i OChauss 119 | 3:9 5°19 ” 15-6-99 
Rosebud __... | Ayrshire... ... | 18 April, 1899 | 473 37 19°6 
Blink ... be : 23 April ,, 603 | 3:9 26°33 
Isabelle... ry, 2June ,, 583 | 3°6 23°49 
Annie Laurie +5 12 June ,, 486 3°9 21:22 
Laverock ... . 20 Sept., 1898 | 281 | 3°5 11°0 
Lena ... te ir 17 June, 1899 | 231 471 10°60 
Leesome.... or 12 Aug., 1898 | 365 | 3°5 14°3 
Linnet & f 19 June, 1899 | 287 | 36 11°56 
Ream... nt ” 26 June ,, 49 3°5 1°91 
Opale... + | Jersey... <2 BAY oy 345 4°8 18°54 
Baroness”... _ 13 June ,, 216 4°3 10°39 
ffie ... ah py 10 Feb. _,, 437 41 20°05 
Connie oe of 18 Nov., 1898 4 | 4:2 16°64 
Queenie... | Shorthorn ... | 20 April, 1899 | 562 | 3:9 24:53 | Heifer, with first ca 
Nestor oy ” 27 Feb. ,, 452 | 38 19°23 | With first calf 
Hilda... oe 9 1Mar, ,, 358 | 3:'8 15'23 iS fj 
Maggie ” 5 April ,, | 325] 37 13 4G eee i 
Glady nee 7 3June ,, 327 3°6 1318 ~ 3) 
Plover Py, A 25 April ,, 586 | 34 22°31 " rt 
May ... 3: ” 3June ,, 462 3°8 19°65 3} 4 
Louisa : ” Br: 348 37 14°41 rt) rT, 
Fancy ...| South Coast ...| 7 May ,, 583 | 4°1 26°76 i > 
Misery a ry 4May ., 513 3°0 17°23 
Scarlet aa ” 17 Oct., 1898} 173 | 3°8 7°35 | Dried off, 20-6-99 
Nore.—In addition to the natural grasses-the dairy cows were fed on green Cape barley, 
which was fed to them both night and morning, the quantity consumed being at the rate of 
52:5 lb, per head per day. 
THE SUNFLOWER. 
By HENRY A. TARDENT, 
Manager of the Biggenden Experiment Farm. 
Tire Sunflower (Helianthuus annuus) is a Composita.’ Its stem is cylindrical in 
form, full of a kind of soft pith, and reaches a height of from 6 to 12 feet. 
‘the leaves are alternate, broad, hairy, heart-shaped, and from 8 to 15 inches 
long The flowers, with their golden yellow petals, are the very image of a 
radiating sun. Hence its name, and not, as some Beg think, because it 
always turns its face towards the sun, although the plant has a tendency to do 
