Testing Dairy Cows.

(From the N.Z. Farmer.) The various agricultural and pastoral societies throughout the colony will now be making U p their programmes and schedules of prizes for the Spring shows of JBB7, and therefore it will probably be use- Mto secretaries of these societies to know oow things are managed in other farming communities. Hitherto the competitions in the department for dairy stock have been conducted in a somewhat loose fashion. *or instance, in very few cases if any has snyallowanco been made for the length of tune since calving when testing the relative richness of the milk yielded by the different competing cows. We have before drawn aitenhon to this gretit oversight, pointing «* that in the English shows so many Points are always allowed for every week S, aCmI, haS calved- Another "matter ™»eh greatly affects the practical value of ' 2f C°m t P,efci^ tests ls the amount and £/• ° °°d which the cow has consumed prior to the milking for test -2 £•1 ed 5n The Farmkk the system peSinfr'.f6 jud"ed iH such corn- Sol iv the olcl countl>y- We »™ give the gS ,1 k S^embei> of M year under ™ JWialw pervision of the State Bxjieri^ tioTiof"rifi, "n °, f cows for *he produc *£*2s mh hutter > or cheese- Th^ «Kjwg.£competition took «^3CW on *-Bhall be °pen to all cow 2 I °"l dlf f tlon of breed, but no vm£L for more than one of the

«4 a ceitS^ Bhall make fco fche 3. Eacliam! T Of each cw entered. for f f 1 ood giVen durin * b^veikhedi f KWi Ye llollrs before sh»U thet4 l! ,S ? eisoh «upervisin-g r/^Mby 0^^ 1^0" •"'icEJ 111!! Milijed twi<* daily of fte perS Ye days iv the present ST l7fn^ fc»e test, who of milk y iE; d of the number of pounds 5 Thif cc lafceadiinilkino-. b- y T h ctw durin S the >cal analyst Peßofthote8 t) by chem «'«iw CoT t S fcll en b6 Credited ™th taJe<JJ^ to her according K4? n D» Pomt for every ten 2! Dee of toff "6J °ne poinfc foi> every matter Priced in %s since calvin.f, P°mt for evei T ten ree of hi lL hVQf oints f°f every botjii m Plod«ced in twenty-four J^ since c;, E v ; no . one Point for every ten T1 * ofProtein " n 'mJ ree I point3 for cv «"V ,urs;iftlc ,nf Ced in twenty-fouV J B*^ one anT™ °f fat Produ^d i, E& deduct tile?; 6 -TThf h times defce ießey _ "nee points lor every ounce

analysis, and the number of points awarded the cow on each count The cow receiv ing the largest number of points in her class shall be entitled to the premium. The competing animals bad to be de livered over to the show officials by 2 p.m., on the day preceding the show at the latest, the test beginning at 5 a.m. the next day. There were offered three prizes of £10 each for the best milk, butter, and cheese cow respectively. The objects sought to be attained were to ascertain the relative value of individual animals by an impartial trial by actual yields, and also through a sufficient number of such tests to learn something of the relative value of the different breeds for milk, butter, and cheese production. Under the above rules, each animal tested is tried on her actual perfor mances independent of any personal opinion as to excellence. We strongly commend the adoption of some such system to the committees of management at our forth coming cattle shows.

Description of a Mortgage.— An editor who had succeeded in paying off a mortgage, on a small farm of 60 acres of very superior land thus graphically described a mort gage - " A mortgage is a queer institution. It makes a man rustle arid keeps him poor. Ifcis a thing incentive to action, and a wholesome reminder of the fleeting months and years. It is fully as symbolical in its meaning as the hourglass and scythe, that represent death. A mortgage also represents industry, because it is never idle and never rests. If is like a bosom friend, because the greater the adversity the closer It sticks to a fellow. It is like a brave soldier-it never hesitates at charges nor fears to close in on the enemy. It is like the sand-bag of the Thug—silent in application, but deadly in effect. It is like the hand of pro vidence—-it spreads all over creation, and its influence is everywhere visible. It is like the grasp of a devil-fish—the lohgror it holds, the greater, its strength. It will exercise feeble energies and lend activity to a sluggish brain, but rib matter how hard the debtors Work* the mortgage works harder still. A mortgage is a good thing to have in the family - provided always it is somebody else's family. It is like a boil — always a good fcliihg oil some other fellow. It makes one soitr, cross, selfish, unsociable, and miserable, and rarely does him any goud, only to exercise him. In that respect it is equal to Vigour of Life or the latest patent medicine. We've had our last one as far as we knov ourselves. We would rather have the ague than have a mort gage. Adieu, old death-pall, a fond adieu."

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