AIDS TO YIELD-TESTING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 617, 21 September 1909, Page 8

AIDS TO YIELD-TESTING.

.V.r,'A;;mWemint' : is'on foot : 'at''Pah'iatua to-iMm .i-ihat'the Go'venuaotft'Sffillf mfiw&ffi sbnd;an. A^offidalv.to^at/.tdWtt'foi'^tKeVfttirpbSaiof'ad- 1 ' ;:'. dressing a. oneoting'rof.66ttlers.'.on;the subject.' ;'.lt;; appears jlikelyr;h6wevor; .that 'the' Govern-" /i.menrs replyj''wonld.:be'tho same '.-as .'that, sent <■ to iniTaE.Dominion - ; 'lhe'bircumstancos.i'areJsiraila'r.^:■ <;-'; ■KrThe; position'bfj the ■'•DepaTtnle'at'*:iU§t','n'tlw;, v i3. ( :V.thatJt: is':desirojs; of'/'cbnfinihg l tovorie' l .ce'titi;S • v.(for the•presont*Sbasd3)'i"aH ; tlVa'ttentjiaiihai. ,; : it be'the better ■iable.: to'enslave. that -the" first/venture inT.this' schema : shallvbo : successful;.'; Prob-' •?.:ably .-thisis "a vory- wise,,decision; (although bec£ s;plo;at' Pahiahia/'Dannovirke/; and s ;'"'elsoirhere 'i'who; wish :tb''makb;a '■ beginning :.wiil.naturally ,'lfeel; some- 1 disappointment: ?,;D.epaTtnientnl ,;as-r'sistarice.-.hofrbver/is.prpmired'for'next 6cason';' V,and ; meanwbile, : ; perhaps,-",something, .may ~be'' :;-done in ; thejprbgressive.'districts mentioned by" ,-.the.aid of ;tho A dtt.iryjfactories;:;;The.Australian "•factories aro auoMin'g./isucn'-/aid r to 'Australian i"farmer;, .'and the/example';set:is ..worth looking ■v'.'At Now- "Wales/ s: : BnppUers'arb/assisted:in..'tho testing...'The sup:C.phersv'Seriil'' in ■iartplb-/Kitties''of -:milk from! virarions ' cbws,'-'taken:?at''corisecutivo. milkings/ .-'and.the'factory;tests..thb , '.samplesV'for butter-;.fat;.'-TJievdairy..-farmer.'himself.,can/ unaided, /ascertain-/the -actual'weight ,of : ..milk -yielded. 1 :.He.sends/iri/with"-the .samples', a/'nbtebook re--\cording the: heights of :■ milk', for ■/ a"' certain I .period, arid each'cow's'production of commer- ■:. rial butter for.' the,year, is then computed. ■'•■ The ■'information -thus, obtained-'.-enables''the. :, dairy; ./farmer/ to, see 'at :a. glance : which. ,of, his, cows /are/best.'and.which.worst. ':/ '-. i-V-',' '';:///