"ENORMOUS STRIDES."

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 665, 16 November 1909, Page 8

"ENORMOUS STRIDES."

.PAHIYTUA AND STOCK, i That,tie Pakatna district is fast becoming one of tho largest dairying contres of the Dominion,! 13 very evident (imtes our Paluatua correspondent), ny the large amount of milk delivered to tho various butter and cheese fac tones in* the district during the month 3 of October—a! rpiantity irinch 13 very much in excess of the amount supplied for the same month Ihu former,, years i'ho sum paid out yesterday by the* Ballancc Dairy Utapany (.£SIGO)/is a rerordHor October for tliat company, notwithstandjng that several cheese fac tones havo commenced operations in. the vicipjty ounng tho present season Added to this amount aro tit? pajments of tho Manga tainoka ChcesoTactorj , (SS2o), TaTarna Chccso ' I'actory, at Ballancc, Co-pperativc l thcese ructory, Knjtawa Co operate Company, Melun Pongftoa Dairy Company, Hiwlce Bav Buttei Factory/ at Jlnngatainoka, .Noiv Zealand rarmers* Union Cromery at Makairo, and tho Rcxdalo* Cheese Factory, at Alangam lire i At tho'kst named factory, payment was made on November 10 at the rnte of Is pw lb of bntter-fatj but tho total iTiourt out is not yet rfscertninible About TiOO gallons are now being delivered v diily at this faotorv, and it 11 intended shortly to put in a third \at i as the breacnt two vats hrcvq onlj.a capacity of , 17ft) gallons, and it is expected that the supply in thji height of the srasdnlCftill' exfceed this amount' The highest mdividu-il supplier, * Mr , it Cn'jßrpchiii, js dsliyfiring At \)id lG>nini (Ballanco No 2) Butter Tac tory, a fesro-concteto lloor ha? been put down in the separator room, ami tho whqle of tho interior of tho factory has-been painted Ihe two pasteurisers recently installed on tnnl, aro giving nvery satisfaction, and the manager, Mr. D /Kelly, and the batter maker, Mr G Stout , , .conajdqr thow vresnonsiblo for tho--botter clns9 >O f r Witftr «tf\t"is »oinj J fumed on? this season , <ln respect to this, it wil! bo noted that the butter from this factory secured first hononrs at tho lecent fartfrtoji Show, whereas the mother factory ut Ballnnce, ivhich usual'y l ahead .of pthi?,4s°t ( >fy4Xhad t;o- b,B 4ll contyit ■with serond pasteans.-ir6*nre~n(e yet .i3j V nnderstoijd-that thev will bo put in it a later date Afcj|the sano company's JlakomaLo Crcamerr, 1300 gallons are being delivered daily, vhile the largest suppliers' at the Bal lance Factor} (Messrs J Miller and , T O'Neil) aro each ■" delivenng of mlk daily . \ -f- N~e_* ' Seventy^soven bo T eii of buiter wcio manufac twpd jStyfie Hawkc'a Bav Dairy Company's Butter iTjictory at Mangatamoka on Saturday, but it/is only fair io stato that jiart of the cream comes from (jutnide tho PahiStua dis tnct V 1 lA \\A The'forogoing particnlars will to show the enormous strides that this district has made in'the past fev years, aud, as a dairy farmer^remarked ,") rfiiranfer I pmiijg" horo at any time o{ the<yt?aji be isjiowi "grass all round 'this^distnct" Formerly this district had aonamo for being a wet place, but the lainfaltTfor' tho past few joars has averaged lietween 45 and 50 inches per year, which is less than , fie * rainfalls iji at,g<X>d number of dis * \A the-,news of the splendid wool sales lir'liapier and Wellington loached them, ' and the>pr.ospects of this season lqok, bnijjii; for them-? Sheanng has been startedni}" serial places,«c;ti(t , owrng to tho penenced'the wool ehonld be in good condition The .quality of the stock submitted at tho . ' >attlo fair(,on Thursday last was freely com tnontedVirpon, andiilo wonfier, fer several of the jienaSff'pre aVjiittuTa at ,£ ' Pigs of late hava not been, in such demand TheTe""was>'a good ponhing.,at,the« l 'slirfl on Saturday£aft(>rnoon, and trnces"were rtalisdd as (small), 9s 9d , ordinary, lls to32a J6d , slips, 14a to 14s 3d , store:,, 18fs Fowls brought 2s each