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pig. But we must all agree on the necessity of good blood as well as of good 
size and proportion. These we may call essentials. So long as vigour and 
stamina and feeding qualities are prime requisites in the profitable boar or sow, 
and as Nature has coupled these with the strong back and loin, and these short 
“rather than long, the great hearth girth and deep side, we cannot expect to find 
the ideal pig in the one of greatest length. A long back is a weak back, along 
leg tells of restless temperament, and these, with a long neck, slim waist, and * 
narrow between the eyes, all point to lack of feeding quality. One cross from 
an animal with any of these measurements ‘s enough to give a young man a life- 
time job to correct or eliminate from his herd. A strong shoulder is a good 
thing, but one abnormally large, and coupled with a slim waist or cut-up flank 
and narrow loin and ham, is a greyhound combination that has no place in a, 
_ feed lot. Symmetry does not allow any abnormal development of any part of 
the animal. 
PREVENTION OF SWINE FEVER. 
Dr. Sanmon, of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, as a result of 
extensive experiments, recommends the following mixture as a useful preventive 
and probable cure of swine fever :—1 lb. wood charcoal, 1 Ib. sulphur, 2 lb. sodium 
chloride, 2 1b. sodium bicarbonate, 2 1b. sodium hyposulphite, 1 Ib. sodium sulphate, 
and 1 1b. antimony sulphide. A dose of these ingredients, which should be 
thoroughly mixed, is one large tablespoonful per 200 Ib. live weight in a pig once a. 
day. Dr. Salmon explains that it may be given in soft food if the pig is not: 
too ill to eat, or otherwise as a drench. 
THE DAIRY HERD. 
QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 
Rerurns From lst to 301TH NovremMBer, 1899. 
Per cent. % 
Name of Cow. Breed. Date of Calving. | Yield. Tat z aT Remarks. 
Babcock | Butter. 
Test. 
Lb. 
Annie Laurie*| Ayrshire... ...|12 June, 1 5 5 : 
TB fiir teaamail | carve nanitite paeeieal | BASE? ae 368 3 ita 
Isabelle... 1 x43 ...| 2June ie 489 3°3 17°9 
Lena ie Hy SS ..j17 June, 671 3:7 27'8 
‘Linnet sie ee 119) rine ae 710! 31 | 924-64 
pee an os "= a0; # ae 4 ot * 36 20°56 
Bsn et Ree pee A earth pe ahs 
ReamRouthie* 5, ... .../19Sept. 647 3:4 246 
Content... ” x33 ..{11June ” 552 3:9 24:1 
Hileen* rr as OAT, 641 4:4 31°58 
Jersey Belle me ut caslh cham ae 563 3-9 24°58 
SRA cH ee ee ..| LJuly i 677 46 34°87 
Te u vie a tr ani OA 5 464 4°3 22°34 E 
Bore ry) Sy ... | 2 Oct. on 431 3ID 16°45 | With first calf 
Bashfal |, i ey 1 ib No a 64 36 8. iB 
Connie Ay ‘. ie 1. | 29 Sept. ab 419 33 1788 % 
Faney | South Coast. (.| 7May ” | 370| 4-0 | 165 
Scarlet |. “ {18 0c, 2% | 676| 35 | 965 
Misery ie m3) .. | 4 May - 471 30 15°82 
Toughy* ... a) {11 Sept. ?? 671 31 23°3 
Banjo...) Devon... | 5B Oct. «=? | gas. | 3:8 «|| 184 
Wiel ash ys OK Bll | 42 | 24-03 
Rosie £5) ||: el Smetana 1 TT chan Es 589 | 4:0 | 26:38 
Mond ays | eau au eeiegnieas| 24. Ocha esa tl s5a) | 063-69 009-06 
atience ... ry) an ...| 5 Oct. 5 443 3-7 18°3 
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