Illustrates Nos. 0, 1 and 2. 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
The “DOMO” 
August 2, 1909 
Cream 
SEPARATOR. 
MOST SKILFULLY BUILT. 
PERFECT SKIMMING 
MORE BUTTER 
CAPACITY 
PER HOUR. CASH. EXTENDED TERMS, 
Household A Q 
9° Gallons 5 £3 10.0 £4 .0..0) 
11} - 4 0 0 410 0O| Deposit £1 
16 i 415 0 515. 0 cand .10/ 
20 a 5 15, 0 6.17 6|,Monthly , Instalments. 
28 Ms yf © 810 0) : , 
45 t 1010 0 12 10 0 }$£110/ dep., 10/ monthly 
673 iw 14 10 0 17 10 0 }£2 dep., 10/ monthly 
The “Domo” is the Latest and Most Remarkable Develop-. 
ment.in Cream Separators ; is STRONG and DURABLE and. 
Use the ‘ Domo” and Ensure 
BETTER CHURNING 
CHOICE. CREAM. 
Altho’ at least as good .as any Separator obtainable it. 
COSTS ONLY ABOUT HALF THE USUAL PRICE. 
SOLE AGENTS FOR SOUTH AND WEST AUSTRALIA, 
® Ww. DORBIE & Co, 
—a 
Systematic Dairying. 
W.A. Herkes, Senior Dairy Produce 
, Grader. 
‘To show what can be attained by the 
exercise of perseverance and systematic 
effort, attention is drawn to the farm of 
Mr. J. J. Swingler on the Moe Swamp? 
The property, known as ‘Glen © Iris 
Farm,’ is situated on the banks of the 
main drain. 
Previous to settlement, the land in 
question was covered. with a mass of 
trees, tussocks, and reeds. Readers can 
imagine the hardships encountered by 
the pioneers. Many of them, like Mr. 
Swingler, had large families of growing 
boys and girls and practically no capital 
when they commenced operations in this 
now famous district. The intelligence 
and energy which this particular family 
must have expended to bring their small 
holding of 37 acres freehold and 35 acres 
_key to his success. 
ay 
leasehold to the present state of excellence 
in the comparatively short, period of 9 
years command admiration. 
The farm buildings are not by any 
means elaborate, but there is a comfortablo 
home. Improvements in the form of an 
up-to-date milking shed and a: modern 
piggery will shortly be erected, the 
opinion being held by the owner that the 
more comfortable the stock are made, the 
better will be the commercial return. 
With few exceptions the condition of 
_the herd is good. As, the cows, Jersey- 
Ayrshire and Jersey-Shorthorn crosses 
are certainly very little if any better in 
appearance than many other herds in the 
district, we must therefore look to 
_ Mr. Swingler’s methods to provide the 
Several, notable 
features stand out, the principal being 
(1) system of feeding, (2) treatment of 
cows, (3) system of crop rotation and 
cultivation. 
—1l. System of Feeding.— 
Whether a cow is in milk or not, she is 
fed up to her capacity. When dried off 
sheis so fed that when coming into 
GAWLER PLACE, 
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production again her condition is good 
and no time is lost in making up the waste 
that too many of our herds show at. this. 
particular period. 
—2. Treatment of Cows,— 
‘The members of Mr. Swingler’s. family 
are always amongst the cows, and each of 
the children has a favorite cow and the 
kind treatment goes far to swell pro- 
duction as evidenced by the cheques. 
received, 
—3. Crop Rotation and Cultivation,— 
The home farm of 37 acres, subdivided 
into paddocks, lends itself admirably to- 
the rotation practised. Such rotation, if 
complete theoretically, certainly 
leaves little to be desired in the matter of 
production. The rotation is oats, pota- 
toes, maize or Japanese millet, followed 
by grass (rye grass, clover and cow grass): 
which in turn is cut for hay. 
During 1908 there were 25 acres under 
cultivation, the crops being as follows,, 
viz., 7 acres maize, 6 acres oats (for hay). 3 
not 
acres oats (for green fodder) 7 acres 
potatoes, 2 acres Japanese millet, This: 
