GENERAL FARM NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 47, 19 November 1907, Page 2

GENERAL FARM NEWS.

. ~ ■ ," 4 'l ■ . ''" s Mr. Newton King writes to correct' a state* ment which has been made Wto the'milk ' yield of his champion Holstein-Ereisiari ,tißw:' . The yield Mas not 65 gallons per week, 1 ■ Golbs. per day. ' v

At; the meeting of the Marton' Branch of the Farmers' Union; on Saturday, the chairman (Mr. Edward Newman) suggested' that some effort,,should be,made.to.get, the..!site' . for tae dairy school in the'vicinity of Mar« ton Junction. Railway., There was a lot of. dairying going on in the district,', and.- tlie industry was fast developing along the Main Trunk line. He,was not urging this for the sake of getting the school -at Marton,. but for the reason that the junction of a railway would bo best suited for the require* meuts of a large darying district. The. memper for the district is to bo asked-to inter*: vieiv the authorities- in support of this claim. • Speaking at 1 the opening of. tlle r K'airauga : Dairy Company yesterday Mr. Arnold- (chair- • man of directors of Buanythorp''', Daii'/. Company) stated that his factory,' Wnich had ' only been operating a few- months, was turning out four tons of butter per week, \ and paying IOJd. per, lb. ' About 3300: gallons of milk was received, and tlie report of the Dairy Commissioner was fuli of compliments at the quality of- the butter,- which -.was mainly due to cleanliness ou behalf, of'-.the. suppliers. There is not a single instance ■ where-tlie test was below three points, : and some were as ihigh : as '4.2. •, ; - . ; .• . Speaking, to our, reporter yesterday, Mr/' Arnold; >iio! represents Messrs;. Diniock and ' Co.',. stated;, that: the. ,pr6spects : 'for.:..farmers"•[ ■ at the present time'were the best : itliat had'. ' come tyithin his' iit'- 1 'the"'district. His company liiid'guaranteed',4d. per 'lb v for : the' season for pigs.' It rested with ' the 1 farmers whether they would continue 'to secure good prices, and send along .only the best quality of pigs, and give special attend ' tion. to feeding and breeding. At the present time there was a. great demand Jn-the". Domihidn'fdr bacon, and, in his'iopifiion',' it', was greatly, on the increase. X Mr. Arnold intimated that there , was . a - i prospect in a few years of Kairanga Dairy v Company. sending ■ the whole of their milk to Wellington to be retailed in that city., ;■ He saw no reason why .such a course could o not bp adopted, as he had rtiason to v -be-< >' lieve there would be special rail, facilities-, when the Government took control of the Manawatu Line. ' . , " .'•'• ••" . ■ Mir. Lang at the gathering yesterday stated that bo had bedii informed by a "• Danish expert who was now visiting the' Dominion that the New Zealand tests we're higher than those of Denmark. In. that ' country the return per cow was -about £17, • and about 331b.' of milk per day.,. The . expense of. feeding' was higher than here, ■■■ and, taking-all things' into consideration,;'' tliore should be more, profit for a dairyman in New Zealand provided he gave his whole ' attention to sending, along 'the very Tbesb ' article.