THE DAIRY INDUSTRY IN VICTORIA

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2324, 9 January 1890, Page 2

THE DAIRY INDUSTRY IN VICTORIA

The :> Age" report! that according to a paper read by Mr D. Wilian at a recent conference, the quantity of milk produced in Viotoria In oute year (■ no lest thin 116,000,000 (gtllong. At 84 p.i gallon Its vaiue is £4,866,000- RtokonIng tbe consumption at § pint pet head per day, a roeal of 41,062,000 gallons, valaed at £1,368,750 la obtained. Of the remslndar about fi>e.eixths or 87,500 000 gallom are made Intu butter, ard one* sixth, or 17,500,000 gallous into cheese. The value of the bu tei pr doetlon U £1166 600, ftbd olthe chee.e £437,240. " Out dairying industry" (aaya the 'Age") "the-efore i presents annotily £2,972 590 oi more than double that of the prodnotlon of our Roid mines. Farmers who regarded themselves ai rained rot very long ago, ace no* making a satisfactory iucotte by their dairy produce, The Colony la reg >itded aa peculiarly ad pfed to the manafao'Dte of oondensed and concentrated milk, and one membei of the conference al.atad that be had tried oondunaed milk, but It did not pay, and ujder the new tariff, with the 21 duty, he would be able to luro it oat at a profit. There le no branch f farming (hit haa made tuch rapid etddea of lateyeara in tbe old ooao-rie* of the world aa that of dairying, and a gre«t future may be predicted for It in Viotoria." In this connection the paper pilnts oat the Importance of ensilage for winter food, "la 1884 the &n silage «Uo? in the UDited Kicrgtruui did not exceed «v, but they had inceeieed to 2352 in 1887. Information received from Oanade. tends to show that tbe ensilage may be yet mote cheaply produced thta hasi hitherto been supposed, as It is stated that Mr Kobertion, super fntendent of the Ontario Agricultural O>llege, reports that there ia bo oouaelon to bring prafenre to bear on tbe elUge in tbe pita. Fifty aorea of green staff that would .produce 100 ton* of hay at an outlay for nankin^ of about £1 per ton, will produse 300 ton* of ensilage for an ou lay of 2a pun ton ; and it la confidently asserted that the latter will be worth at lent doable the amoant of tha former, either fok fattening or mik-pro-duclng qualities. Oar faiming industry 's likely to develop* enormoasly as these advantages beoome known, and it will be well for tbe varloai agricultural soolotles to adopt measures for ha ring the value of ensilage praotiolly tested.*'