Lucerne as a Crop for Dairy Cows.
The Lockyer Star, Queensland, quotes for instruction of small farmers, the experienceof Mr Hunter, Burnside. At present Mr Hunter milks 22 cows. These are fed amply and at no cost by turning them in two paddocks, of which one was planted with wheat and showing signs that the season forbade all hope of a prodtable return from the grain, was devoted to dairy purposes; the other sown with lncerne, was also placed at the services of the dairy herd, the returns from this crop during the winter season rendering this course judicious in the opinion of the proprietor of Burnside. Each paddock had an area of ten acres, and, in the case of the lucerne field, the crop in the words of Mr Hunter, " fairly mastered the cattle" that is, it grew faster than they could consume it. Here we have the question of an ample yet economical supply of feed for dairy stock during a protracted dry season. One hour devoted to milking daily gives a result of twenty three to twenty six gallons of milk, and that at the present price paid, represents a return of £10 per month.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 117, 15 November 1895, Page 3
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198Lucerne as a Crop for Dairy Cows. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 117, 15 November 1895, Page 3
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