THE DAIRYING DISTRICTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 409, 19 January 1909, Page 3

THE DAIRYING DISTRICTS.

: • EXCELLENT CONDITIONS PREVAIL. .. A;, satisfied; feelingseem sto possessi the dairying districts \ concerning- tho' 'conditions .of the .present, season, .. , : . •- Our.vPahiatua correspondent reports:— Despite boisterous winds, tho' weather has • 5 been mostly fino-.du'ring.ith'o past weekJv The : heavy - rains .. that had..-previously been 'the a- rule: were, of immense 1 benefit- to\the--district, ; ' , and the surrounding .country; h'as. never looked bettor at; this'.-time.'df : .th'eyear.-i'--plentiful,v and, ; the -suppliers '.to,''-the -various . cheese and" butter factories are * having -;.-.a , . season; .Tvhioh, should ; go : a'long .way-jfe'-inaljei. .-' /OP.' fe' the losses, they incurred ' during the : drought; of ;last year. As an instance of.,the prosperity in -this direction, a private cheese , factory is : :reported-'to.have' distributed;about £600. among-ten suppliers for • month j of • R ec ?- n ?k. or ' ' rom all; quarters -reports st.ito thattho supply was never better; and is keep- , ing up well.-- Agood deal of hay ! has, how-! ; ever ( ;beeri spoilt jbut'those who have delayed cutting should, from tho look of the ■- fields, do very well. A good quantity of wool .has . gone through,' but there is. still a considerable --.- quantity while.the;recent rough ; ;v weatheif h^s : mt«rfered/.witti the'bringing Vof ailotifroni the.backblocks that isalready , shorn" and, on. the: state of the ..v-7. w.;j. Our Eketahuna correspondent says that tho ..weather of late has been very changeable, and has' impeded•-harvesting- work.The cold weather on Friday has not ■ interfered as ; greatly with-;the- inilk' yield as : was-atfirst thought would bo the case.' At the. Bongo cheese , factory tho 'difforenco in weight•' ;->f ,v milk./received was onlyj about thirty gallons, but- this has' sinco. been-'"made up. ...' ■ ' Somo of- tho finest crops of oats - in ~ the province can at present be seen in this dis- . trict. -whilo tho rapo and turnip crops are a ■■ : v.,S