1 June, 1900.] 
QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 
475. 
Toran Amounts or MiLk AND Burrer OBTAINED DURING EACH Pertop or SixrgEN Days. 
Fed on Natural Pastures, 
, and with the addition: 
Ted on ee Se iy GELIRY eatin Ge 
- NE ol 20 Ib. Chaffed Green: 
Name of Cow. Name of Cow. Maize. 
Milk. Butter, Milk. Butter. 
i 1b. Ib. Ib. 1b. 
\ Rileen ... 242 14:07 Eileen Sytgatie Bly 242 14:24 
Efie  <.) 280 13°91 Effie a 288 14-24 
-Taverock sta Mate 365 15°02 Laverock 367 15°38 
esome ae see it: 3105 13°61 Leesome 308 14°10 
"ANS ap Gs Miele B)ptia dee 342 13°92 Ouly ... mh ts Ret 377 14°83 
a a oe 375 18-08 Gap | (Rusty snes | etka: 414 17-02 
19145 85°61 1,996 89°81 
With a view of ascertaining if the milk flow of cows grazed on good 
hatural pastures could be increased, and if so, to what extent, by the additional 
food, six cows were selected and allowed the run of a well-grassed paddock 
for a period of sixteen days. A daily record was kept of their yield. For 
Sixteen days subsequent to this period they were allowed the same pasturage, 
_ teceiving in addition a daily ration of 20 lb. of chaffed green maize daily. In 
_thaking the selection heavy milkers were avoided, the preference being given 
to cows having a tendency to decrease the yield. From a perusal of the table 
of yields it will be seen that the increase that resulted from the additional 
Yation daily was small, being 81°5 lb of milk or 4°2 lb. of butter from the six 
| Cows for the period of sixteen days. The smallness of the increase is no doubt 
due to the good condition of the pastures at the time. 
TUBERCULOSIS. 
Ine: tuberculosis question seems to have entered upon a new stage in the 
United States, and in some respects we think a retrograde one. The New York 
State Legislative Committee haye had the whole question under consideration 
tely, and they have made a report recommending that the inspection of cattle 
‘hall be taken out of the hands of the State Board of Health and placed under 
the control of the Commissioner of Agriculture. So far so good; but the next 
Proposal comes as a surprise, and is somewhat mixed. The State is to select 
4 farmer familiar with the values of stock as appraiser, and the officials shall 
_Condemn cattle by physical examination only. It is thus a proposal to dethrone 
tuberculin and put physical examination first, such examinations, of course, to 
© made by veterinary surgeons. ‘This decision has been arrived at after a most 
xhaustive inquiry into the facts connected with the use of tuberculin, as the 
Tesults following its use have not, as yet, been sufficiently uniform to be 
depended on for universal application. ‘This decision puts back the hands of 
the clock some years, and we feel sorry, as, though the results have not been so 
| tniform as desirable, we are fain to believe the veterinary surgeons were going 
%n right lines, and, given time, would arrive at certainty and uniformity.— 
Scottish Barmer. 
