DAIRYING IN AUSTRALASIA.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1602, 20 November 1912, Page 10

DAIRYING IN AUSTRALASIA.

A USEFUL GUIDE, -■ .. One of th© best and,.the most complete rtrorks on dairying : 'in'Australasia that lias ■ r ■ 'yet appeared has recently teen'published . I iby 51r. M. A. O'Callaghan, Chief of the JJDairy Branch of the Department of Agri- " iculture, Now South/Wales.'.The book is la most comprehensive-work l of 741: exce- , f',"' jlently printed pages,- and -is illustrated [• : r'with some 200 plates., - The' author has' : ; jihad fourteen.years' practice amongst Aus'tralian dairying, in'addition to European I.; 'experience, anda:'close, perusal of. the, '.valuable information, which has been put • ! . on record concerning all, branches of dairying will be of advantage to everyone engaged in. the industry', who 'desires-'to come to a thorough, understanding of, the ' work. 3lr. O'Callaghan : -has .written- his book in such a iDannernthat. there is: no difficulty in following ihis': teaching and reasoning throughout..-If>iany recommendation.other than the name of the author is desired, it may be stated that , tho book ]' is-now.tho recognised', ;text-~book'. at. ;the-. ' Hawkesbury Agricultural: Collego; at "tie; Farm .Schools, and' nll/.:the. dairy classes ; "of tho New South Wales . Department of , , ■ Agriculture. An .adequate-review of,.the ; outstanding of . tlie ; is impossible in. the'!;pace at our', disposal.. Suffice it-to give I .'the: headings rif. some. I of tho matter. A.,chapter i?y,devoted ,to,; : the question, of- "How to select aiid equip u.'dairy farm," .particular'.,points /.being, i' — given on the typo of cow, forage, and.pas- .. ture, ; disease, the water supply, 'the silo, . milking pails and,yards,.etc., ■ The writer then goes on' to "deal exhaustively -with ' the dairy herd, pointing', out" how. to. ! (choose a good bull/and dealing in detail ..with the interesting.question of calf-rear-', j. . . 'ing. In this connection: somei"excellent, r advice is given. An''interesting history, i of the Jersey and" th'o. HolsteinS'treeds t v makes very interesting reading, and in 'this division is -also to be found a history ' ' ' »f practically every breed of dairy cattle '• extant. Cattle breeding, management'of the dairy herd, feeding, cattle diseases, 1 machine milking, ■ butter- -.manufacturing, clieese manufacturing, and the pig on the, dairy farm are all.dealt with separately i -and at considerable length 'in a , most !. interesting and instructive manner, which, I cannot fail to hold- the- .close interest . -of every dairy-farmer. Other sections are i 'devoted to judgingdairy-cattle,' herd-test-ing associations, the microbe,, and the '■■■ Hairy-farmer, the cows' milk, milk standards, testing milk- and its -products, eep- . 'tirating, tho cause, of decomposition and jnear.s of preserving dairy; products; ,cream , ' . fading, bacterial butter ; .taints, condensed i milk, and numorous;,,other'subjects ,of particular interest-to those engaged in ■ dairying. In addition to Mr. 0 Callar r Shan's well-written matter, the . book coni tains a number, of special articles by other dairy experts. -. />•■ ; "Dairying in Australia and New- Zealand," as the book, is.named, can-be confidently recommended.'to all students of (scientific dairying.- -Theories of.tho work is 12s. 6d., and copies'can be obtained from the editor- of the "New Zealand Dairyman," Wellington. «