CORRESPONDENCE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 4517, 20 November 1884, Page 4

CORRESPONDENCE.

The Judging of Dairy Cows,

(To the Editor.)

Sib,—ln answer to the letter which at.! peered in your edition lost night in regarri to the judging of the dairy cows at tie late Show, 1 think myself bound injustice to mymS to repudiate the false charges attributed to m_ in that letter. According to the schedule, tha rules of which wero laid down by the Societr the cows were to be judged tor dairy purposes! ■which I should suppose means mi_k.produci___ Sualities. Your correspondent says that from ie seven cows exhibited, three of them were carefully selected a. the beet. Now, if the cows were judged for dairy or milk-producing quail ties, how could they be properly judired -unless they were milked! And all that was done on Saturday towards milking waa thet the quarters wero tried by squeezing a drop of milk out of them. Thete fore I say the cows were not fairly and properly judged for their milk-producing qualities. Your correspondents also say the first-prize cow was milked on Monday morning at 4 o'clock and gave 3J gallons of measured milk. Now, if she gave this quantity (which is doubtful), how was it that she was running her milk at midday? Anyone who has had any experience with a dairy will know that a cow which tuns her milk three or four hours from milking time axain is utterly useless for dairy purposes Again, he says tho cow wasmilked on the Show grounds at 3 o'clock, and filled a bucket Of three gallons. I deny this, for the simple reason that the bucket would not hold more than 2} At filled to running over, and then there was the froth to allow for. Mr Paton did say there was three gallons of milk in the bucket, but this Was at onccdeniedbyscveralpersonsstanding round amongst whom was an exhibitor, who Imay be supposed has had quite as much exoerience with cows, and the milking of them", as Mr Paton; and that gentleman offered to lfty a bit that there was not more than seven quarts which wasatwut the quantity in the bucket This was a slight dill-rence from tt-ee gallons" but it was not denied. Again, he sari that the bucket which I milked my cow with was a bucket holding two quarts leas. But this I deny, hav'-if; seen both buckets f_ gether, and not perceiving any difference in them, as there was none. And then, to wind up with, your correspondent says that" the total quantity of milk taken from the lirize cow .on Monday was eight gal. ons. I don't think anyone with any common sense will believe this, especially when it is a cow which runs her milk with 2} gallons In her bag. And now, sir. I think I have clearly, shown that I made no falso charges Or insinuations in my letter of the 12th, and therefore'! shall not think it worth while to carry on any further correspondence on this matter, unless Mr Paton is willing to place his cow in the hands of any competent and unprejudiced men with mine for one week, as nothing would please me more than to see which is the best cow for milking qualities. — I am, yours, etc., J. Bea-Lky. [Any further correspondence on this subject mustbass through our advertising columns,—