New South Wales has many fine herds of all the approved breeds. The Jersey is perhaps the most popular, but there are also many good herds of Ayrshires, Guernseys, Holsteins, and other approved breeds.
The co-operative system flourishes in New South Wales. Every important centre has its own co-operative butter, cheese or bacon factory. The Byron Bay Co-operative Company, situated in the heart of the rich north coast district, has an enormous turnover in the neighbourhood of $4,800,000.00 sterling each year, and is at least one of the largest concerns of its kind in the world.
Calm II.—Champion Jersey Cow.
To stock a dairy farm of 100 acres, the detailed cost of stock and plant necessary to make a good start, exclusive of a bull, is given by practical farmers as follows:—
| $ | |
| 30 Cows at $31.20 | 936.00 |
| 10 Heifers, springing, at $24.00 | 240.00 |
| 2 Plough Horses at $86.40 | 172.80 |
| Harness for plough horses | 31.20 |
| Pigs—2 sows at $10.08; one hog at $15.60 | 35.28 |
| Separator, cans, buckets, etc. | 240.00 |
| Cart and harness | 86.40 |
| Plough, $21.60; harrow, $14.40; cultivator, $12.00 | 48.00 |
| Sundry tools, etc. | 24.00 |
| $1813.68 |
Including the bull the cost might roughly be put down at $1920.00
How the Dairy Fodder Question is Settled in Australia.