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Questions on Lesson 11. 
1. What is the most important matter to be attended to in dairying ? 
2. How should milk cans be cleaned ? 
3. Why should cows be treated gently? What is the result of rough 
treatment ? 
4, How would you provide shelter for dairy cattle? Why is shelter 
necessary ? 
5. What rules should be observed in feeding cows ? 
6. What quantities respectively are required as a daily ration for cows of 
—(z) silage, (6) lucerne, (¢) oaten hay, (d) green maize, barley, rye, or wheat ? 
7. Why should all cows be allowed access to salt? 
8. Describe the right and the wrong methods of milking. 
9. Why should the last possible drop of milk be taken from the cow? 
What difference in butter-yield is there between the first and the last milk? 
How can this be proved ? 
10. How should a blocked teat be treated ? 
REPORT ON WORK, QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, 
JUNE, 1902. 
Farm.—Notwithstanding the dry weather, a great deal of work has been 
- earried out on the farm, 25 horses having been kept constantly employed 
during the month: 29 acres of Algerian oats were planted—l4 in the 40-acre 
lot, and 15 inthe sheep paddock; 40 Ib. of seed per acre was planted with 
Paul; 5 acres were planted with rye in plot 3, at the rate of 1 bushel per acre ; 
4acres of Allora Spring wheat were planted in the garden paddock, and 5 
acres in plot 7; 10 acres of Cape barley were planted in plot 10 (5 acres) and 
40-acre paddock ; 24 acres were planted with lucerne in plots 11 and 12. As 
there was not sufficient moisture in the soil to cause the seeds to germinate, 
the method of planting without pickling the seed is the safest one to adopt, as 
the seed in its dry state is not likely to take any harm in the ground, and, 
should rain fall, there will be no hindrance to its rapid growth. Seven tons of 
umpkins were harvested. It is needless to state that the yield was poor, 
Heine a little over 1 ton per acre; 1 acre of Cape barley, a plot of lucerne, and 
the garden were regularly irrigated, and all are showing good results. A 
method of “sub-drainage’ is now being carried out; the system adopted will 
be fully explained in the next report. A good deal of clearing work, including 
hauling, cross-cutting, and burning logs, was carried out; 20 loads of manure 
were placed on plot 3, prior to planting with rye. The cow pea, which did 
well ‘Aiaanta the dry weather, was conyerted into ensilage. The water supply 
in the Lockyer Creek holds out well; at the present time 109,000 gallons per 
hour flow past the College. I have brought the matter of irrigation before the 
notice of some of the farmers on the creek. All of them realise the importance 
of a scheme, but the cost of carrying it out places the work beyond their reach. 
The total rainfall for the month was -03. 
Garden.—A great deal of irrigation and scuffling have been done. Aphis 
has been very troublesome, and has been treated with tobacco-water. Cabbages, 
carrots, and beetroot have been planted. Successional sowings have been made 
of lettuce, leeks, caulifiowers, cabbages, tomatoes, &c., for transplanting later 
on. The garden is in first-class order. A splendid lot of vegetables are now 
being disposed of locally—viz., at Laidley, Forest Hill, Gatton. and Helidon. 
Dairy.—During the period under review, 805 gallons of milk gave areturn 
of 352 lb. of butter, and 150 gallons yielded 159 lb. of cheese. Forty-five cows 
were milked daily. The milkers were fed night and morning on wheaten straw 
chaff, which had been steamed, and to which molasses had been added, the 
daily average being 7 lb. of molasses per cow. The increase for the month 
included—Ayrshire, 1 male; Jerseys, 1 male; crossbreds, 5 males and 3 
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