1 Noy., 1899.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 469 
Dairying, 
THE ST. HELENA HERD. 
Turovan the courtesy of the Comptroller of Prisons, Captain C. Pennefather, 
we are enabled to present our readers with illustrations of seven of the best 
pure Ayrshire cows of the dairy herd at the Penal Establishment of St. Helena, 
together with a photograph of the fine Ayrshire bull, Lionel. The pedigrees of 
all these fine animals, together with the yield of milk of the cows for the past 
year, are also given below :— 
LADY MAY 2np. 
Name of Cow. | Date. Lb. of Milk. Remarks. 
(| September, 1898 ... 906 Twenty-six days’ milk onl 
October it 1,017 te z I 
November ,, ... 807 
December tk 20 790 
i January, 1899... 700 
Lady May 2nd... re 4|February ,, avi 619 
| | March ty or. 5d1 
| April ae ek 409 
| May 1) Aa: 329 
| June 3 ate 189 
Ul July 1 ay 31 Twelve days’ milk only 
6,348 
| 
PEDIGREE. 
Lavy May 2nd; born 18th September, 1887. 
Colour, white with little light-red. 
Sire—Duke of Randwick (imported). 
Dam—Lady May, by Rival of Drumlanrig (78 A.H.B. of A.) 
d Flora, by Rob Roy. 
g 
ge@d Daisy, by Donald. 
g@@d Molly, by Rob. 
ggggd Maggie. 
gegg@g_ed Annie (imported). 
Duke of Randwick (imported), by Beaconsfield; dam, Snowdrop 2nd of 
Drumlanrig ; ¢ d, Snowdrop of Drumlanrig. 
The Duke of Randwick was imported by Mr. J. B. Pemell, of Sydney, from 
the Duke of Buccleuch’s herd in Scotland. 
RUBY’S PRIDE. 
Name of Cow. : Date. Lb. of Milk. ‘ Remarks, 
( November, 1898... | 425 Fifteen days’ milk only 
;December ,, ... 851 
January, 1899... 752 i 
wept i) 34 see 
; | | March , 5s 
Ruby’s Pride ... 1 er 2 418 
May ny) 366 
| June 3 ~ 861 
July i = 372 4 aed 
\) August —_,, ar 318 Still milking 
5,010 
