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THE DUAL-PURPOSE COW. 
After reading a large amount of sense and nonsense as to what a dual- 
purpose cow is, and what she is not, we (Dairyman) have concluded that she is 
a beef cow not quite so perfect as the single-purpose beef cow; and that she 
is a dairy cow not quite so perfect as the single-purpose dairy cow. She would 
not win a first prize at a dairy cow show, nor at a beef cow show. But if a 
farmer wants a fair “ show” for his money the dual purpose cow is as likely to 
win as any other on the farm. : 
PRESERVING BUTTER, Erc. 
It is stated (writes the Dairy) that a Danish dairy expert has now, after 
experiments extending over several years, succeeded in perfecting a new method 
for preserving butter, margarine, and other articles of food for a year or more 
without their suffering any tangible alteration in quantity, smell, or taste, even 
if the goods are kept under unfavourable circumstances, such, for instance, as 
being exposed to heat, which would otherwise in a very short time materially 
deteriorate the article. Samples which had been kept for a year under the seal 
of the Danish Public Notary were opened in the presence of experts appointed 
by the commercial court, and they declared them to be fine, first-class goods. 
Reports from eminent analysts state that no added substance could be traced. 
The invention is likely to prove of considerable practical importance, and a 
syndicate has been formed for its exploitation. 
BEETROOT FOR DAIRY COWS. 
; Although the cultivation of beetroot for the purpose of making sugar has 
so far been a failure in Victoria, dairymen are beginning to realise the value 
of beetroot as a fodder for their stock. The story of a very successful experi- 
ment in this direction was told recently in the Argus. It seems that Mr. W. 
Thomas, a dairy farmer near Traralgon, in Gippsland, began feeding his cows 
on beetroot at the end of March, with the result that from nineteen cows on 
half-an-acre his milk cheque came to £36 17s. for two months. Mr. Thomas’s 
next-door neighbour, Mr. Beard, was much impressed with these results, 
especially as from fifteen cows, fed in the ordinary way, he had received £7 5s. 
only for the month of April. Mr. Beard therefore began to feed on beetroot 
at the end of April, and was gratified to find that for the month of May his 
milk cheque rose to £13 7s. 1d. In reply to questions as to the variety of 
beetroot most suitable for the purpose, the Agricultural Department (Victoria) 
recommends the following varieties :—Vilmorin’s Improved, Heine’s Vilmorin, 
White Silesian, Imperial Red, and Pans Yellow. 
CURE FOR WORMS IN SHEEP. 
We (Pastoralists’ Review) are informed by a subscriber in Uruguay that 
Mr. Hugo Tidemann, of Flores, has discovered a simple, but certain, cure for 
“lombriz,” or worms in sheep. This is to keep them from forty-eight to sixty 
hours without water, and then give them to drink a solution of common salt 
in the proportion of 20 lb. to 26 lb. for each 100 quarts of water, about half- 
a-pint for each animal. Two hours after taking this they can be given fresh 
water. ‘Too much salt water is apt to kill the animals, but so far Mr. Tide- 
mann has only lost four for each 1,000 cured. Another friend writes us to 
say he used to get a lot of lung worm, but after he fenced off all stagnant 
water, and only allowed his sheep to get well water, he had no more worms. 
