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PEDIGREE OF JERSEY BULL, LORD HARRY. 
Colour, silver-grey. 
Calved November, 1895. 
Sire—Reliance. 
Dam—Fairfield. 
(i Reliance, by Neat Boy (imp.), (936) Island Herdbook, from Assurance 
mp.) Reliance calyed November, 1889. 
a edigree of Assurance, imported Jersey cow, bred by Mr. E. Denize, 
h and of Jersey :— Assurance, by Allow Me (612) from Jennie Fertile (6902), 
Fcount St. George (341) from Lowme (1547), by Sir George (221) from St. 
Baynes (917), by Guy Fawkes (251) from Brown Bess (755), by Coffee 
n ) from Angelica (1738). Coffee, by Imperial (37) from Coomassie (1442) ; 
igelica, by Orange Peel (129) from Garenne (1525). 
Ral Assurance was purchased and shipped by Mr, E. P. Fowler for Rev. 
ulph Brown, Preston, Victoria. 
; Fairfield, by Lord Napier II. from Jersey Queen. Lord Napier II., bred 
Y Hon, John Baker, South Australia. Sire, Lord Normanby; great sire, the 
prize-winning bull, Lord Napier Gmp.) Dam, the noted cow, Dorcas ; 
a » Pride (Gmp.) Pride won two first prizes in England and four in Adelaide, 
oe having been beaten. Jersey Queen, bred by Mr. Dunstan, Victoria ; 
Ri &, Napoleon ; dam, Tulip, by Sir William ; gd, Minnie, g gd, Jeanie ; 
588d, pure Sumner cow. fees 
LEARNING TO MILK. 
Na stranger begins to milk a cow it usually results in some decrease of 
PC HON, though he may be a good milker. The better the cow, the 
fs ikely she is to be of a nervous temperament, and the more she is apt to 
a affected by a change in handling, milking, or surroundings. It the new 
aahin lacks experience it usually results in a permanent shrinkage of the milk 
ee and early drying off of the cow. But it 1s necessary that-the boys should 
ae Fs to milk if they are to remain on the farm, and therefore they should be 
heif ° learn upon such cows as will naturally dry off soon. Do not give them 
aa ah with their first calf, as the heifer should be kept in milk as long as 
eee ble to get her in the habit of giving milk 10 or 11 months in the year. Do 
ti Sive them hard milkers or kickers, or the uneasy ones which never stand 
Work Vhat is too much like giving them dull hoes and scythes or other tools to 
tale poe that no man would consider fit to use, for a day’s work. It is 
ae ated to disgust them with the business and drive them to seek other 
pe geons as soon as they are at liberty to leave home. When it is not 
20m Icable to give them such a cow, allow them to partly milk her and then let 
_ Ne experienced milker finish the job, who will be sure to obtain the last drop. 
ark Lane Bxpress. 
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MAIZE-FEEDING IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA. 
THE DIFFERENCE IN ITS EFFECTIVENESS OWING TO CLIMATE. 
jt, Hanonp Lernny, M.R.C.V.S., writing on the above subject in the 
Oey cultural Gazette (London), says:—Weight for weight maize appears, in 
eeason with other corn, to be by far the cheapest. We have always valued 
‘its ple of oats (other ghings being equal) by its weight, and a 44-Ib. oat is 
that, than proportionally valuable to a 36-Ib. sample. We say, and rightly, 
isp the difference in weight is chiefly in the kernel; so that the lighter one 
ot only less in gross weight, but of less relative feeding value, because so 
