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32 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Juny, 1902. 
published, and in accordance with my anticipation a decided increase on all previous 
years has taken place. The figures are :— 
Pounds of butter, 2,085,998, valued at .., .. =£86,171 
Pounds of cheese, 246,576, valued at... Ree 6,015 
Pounds of bacon, 421,767, valued at Re d 12,035 
. _ While the value of hams exported was ... Peo 04 
Making a total of ar 5 * ... £123,585 
As bacon and hams are so closely associated with the dairying industry, I merely 
mention them to show the total value of export that may be reasonably attributed to. 
this very important industry. 
Mr. Hay (North Pine): The paper that has been read is of very great: 
terest to the dairying section of the community, and it is one that deserves. 
the earnest consideration of that section. I do not stand up to differ from Mr. 
McShane, except where he states that the use of the home separator has not: 
been asuccess. We that have used it have found that it has been a great success. 
It has been a great convenience to us, and our pigs and calves have benefited. 
through it. We find, moreover, that we make more money than we did when 
we had our milk separated at the creamery. I believe, however, that it will be: 
necessary in the future for inspectors to go round to see that there are no: 
diseased cows milked, and that the dairies are kept clean. Round the towns. 
the dairies are inspected, but, outside, I am convinced there are a lot of people: 
who are not too particular. If there were a system of thorough cleanliness, and) 
the cream sent regularly to the factory, Ido not see any reason why as good 
butter should not be made from home-separated cream as from cream separated. 
at a creamery or factory. ‘The Shorthorn, taken as a whole, is about the best 
cow that we have so far tried. I have been dairying for this last thirty-five 
years, and have tried the Jerseys, but they have not been a success with me. 
They gave rich milk, but not enough of it, and in the system of farming I 
follow I depend upon the natural grasses. This system does not suit the 
Jersey. We had a breed of Shorthorns of a milking strain, and have some of 
them yet. Although I have had the Ayrshire in between, you can trace that 
breed of Shorthorns ali through, and they have proved better than the Jersey or 
the Ayrshire. For those people who depend upon. the natural grasses, you 
cannot beat the Shorthorn. If you artificially feed your cattle, of course the 
Jersey will do well. 
Mr. D. Wexster (Gympie): In my opinion, a good deal depends upon the 
district in which you are dairying as to which is the best breed of cattle. 
Where I am, the Shorthorn will not do, as our country will not carry large 
cattle. We have tried the Jerseys and the Ayrshires, and the cross between the 
two seems to suit our country best. You get the milk from the Ayrshire, and: 
the butter from the Jersey. I was rather astonished to hear a few of the. 
statements in Mr. McShane’s paper. Where I am, they would not take cream 
from seven to ten days old. With respect to the hand separator, I used to 
take my milk and cream to the factory ; but now I make my own butter, and it 
is equal to if not better than the butter made by the Gympie Butter Factory. 
It is the fact that so many different creams are mixed that causes deterioration 
in butter. From two to three days is the longest we can keep our cream. 
Mr. O. Jones (Blackall Range): In our district we find the Jersey or the 
Ayrshire makes the best dairy cow. We have a lot of scrub and forest ridge 
country, and there is generally no lack of rain. In the wet weather the cattle 
go on to the ridges. In 1894 we first started the Paspalum dilatatum, and that 
has now spread over the whole district, going up as far as Woodford. 
Mr. J. L. Bowman (Boonah): The best cross we have found for dairy 
cattle is a Jersey bull ona Shorthorn cow. These half Jerseys stand the pinch of 
dry weather far better than the pure Shorthorns or Jerseys, and altogether as 
a general purpose cow you cannot beat the halfbred Jersey. ‘ 
Mr. A. Surru (Woongarra): An important point is the housing of dairy 
cattle. I have tried both housing and letting them run out, and my experience. 
