SEEN FROM THE RAIN.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 662, 12 November 1909, Page 10

SEEN FROM THE RAIN.

•■,Xbeab, land anp nAiRYiNG.;..; 's Allrlhe .way; : albng' .thorManaifatu line (saye ing. 'is\ carried, mi, ."and that; is; almost. everywhsro, the same tale cows are. domp so much.better th,is,seaspn than-usual. .Ihey. h4Jra -sb; much . better in "condition this year,' ana, 1 consequently', the production, of, miJk has been, going, oii from the \ery.'.r-nrs't.';i'.ln:.-som J p; years, ,-i^hen,,we \have had .''a- : bi'd l, winter Jand , -iough. Spring,-with : :a sh'irtnessVof'-.;£e'e'il,;:Jitr;lias ; taken. :'daiiyy' cattle a condition .necessary to produce, milk. By that; fame'much .of the • season his gone.;. ;■ / What a remarkable' outlook^there' is at'the present, time..: Last .year'theigeneral ;impressioii ; was that there.wbiild .be'a'.substantial,!.drop; in ,butter/; arid:: that : it- would;, be ' the . dairyman's- turn ; to,'; f eel', the ; pincH'., -|But,.. so far, thore' : seems' 'little : prospect., of •; it... Prices c are holding tip well, and - promise to do 50. , : There is on[e,disquieting '.thing about (.this business, and;'.thatjisVthi}t;;;t.h'ere ; is still an'upwarrt 'tendency'.'iii'...dairying.lands. ' Surely., arej* getting ,tpb high; ', but : ..,then;' so )lo'ng:*as people give 'amoun%li'so loig;wijl! , the; seUeif i-keep.i up ,-jthe price.. .iThere; would riot be sb.'much' harm if, the Values of .produce ',high> and; lasting,; buf. nb>ono; knows/ wjhen the' drop Qwriefs[',pf-land(;at, .'and .£SO. an ..acre.'iW.ill know .exactly' :what' those .'figures,'mean. T ■■'. .">;'■'::; ; .' • :

\ ;■'.', Still; it-' seems: Vas' , if. highly,. 1 priced•'land- is I ' , havinK/cne. Rood. ;effecti_'. It 'compels the dairy, folk to .pay'more' attention'-tb , 'the .'class of ■ammnh.which.they; are';-.mill£irig.. ; Lots of , men bers" oil idear'-land,:.and 'Hhey-j.'aYe,'gradually ceasing. .to" depend' on -the Brass.;, alone. Tip .to' -recently. :it .'was oil -they had,- except a bit of I hay; ;as. a v ;stand-by 'in. the winter. '' Now , they are supplementing the;;grass., by growing maize I for green' feed; (in some, cases for, silage), and m»ngpl|ls; : ,fpr.JTfintci;. , ;:.';.''- , -.'i:'.'' ; .'' v :-v;-:-''. , ,'.- ; P"'-.-:i ■■I. always'- thinkithat- k .the' prettiest'., bits,, of -country line.VisVtJfa.t. in;',the' 1 of ■'Ohatl : " : :atid*Maa'uk/tfl:..: l lhe; , grass- 1 there. always.s_eems.iijVbe : plentiful, -and always , grceui. and fwsh::' iSome- splendid 'land - occurs', dqwn/.'thq -Knku' ■Epad.C;Mr..: -F. : :Hall .right'' andvMry,' G/'.Gowor,; o'n Vthe',' left, .haye', 'some wonderfully;fat 1 land,..fif J ;.tb/carry.:easily!, a bullock,to the ncrei; AlT.;it : .wahfe/is , 'the river and othbi , 'streams ;'.clckred of:, timber, a' 'bit"' \more.'^'llr.;GoTCr;\h'as -.done ,a;'-Rreat deal ,in this way, and ;,; has,v ■' of. ■. course^ ; greatly*, benefited ;by; lowering '■'the water. ..,,:.,■ v> , ; ... :