GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 684, 8 December 1909, Page 10

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

. During the tor wteks ended November 27 (writes o?r Palmerston correspondent) the New Zealand. Dairy Farmers'... Union;.made 14 tons more' butter, and 18 tons"inoro,cheese, than .in the'eorresponding period of. the previous season. ■ .The -increased output is vahied at >62000.' A Wnirarapa farmer points oat an additional value of yieuWesting, not hitherto mentioned; B,e: says . that it causes' the hired men to' take more interest in their worlii.and get . better .re-' suits, in-: a large milking "shed, where .' the owner's-interests can be so seriously affected, by tho nrenrthe point is:one of some import: auce; *. Kinder' ; treatment, better ■ stripping, more ' fellow feeling' between • man . and 1 rbeast,; more interest in .the produce of - the herd .generally, 'all .have a. commercial valuo which, 1 conceivably, may be..very great. ' Mr. H..' iW. /'Lawrence, P.C.S.: (Lond.),: aim.' cultural and : analytical chemist, lias been .lecturing under,,the'auspices of ..the Farmers' Union during tho past month to "the; farmersat Teiliorangi, Toko, Tiriki, and Bltham, deal?,, ing mainly with artificial fertilisers and,- the manuring .of the -soil. Mr. Lawrence says that Tara.nala. is looking; exceedingly .well, and the farmers' ; should experience 'a; very' profitable season'."'- Considerable has been . paid to the improvement' of the milking' herds, and 'Mr. -Lawrencc. is .endeavouring -to get . farmers to improve the "pastures also. 'i. ; A record of tho milk-yield of, a cow may,'be improved by adding her record in tho,production of, "goou calves. • A cow's value is lessened iff her calves, 'sired by. a'.bull- of selected utility pedigree, .dq, not .show good; dairy, qualities 'when.-their time "comes, v' - • -.'y--1 'Additional "subscribers'tothe;South Taianaki;l Winter.' Show Company (Hawera):Mast; week; .wereirr-Mcssrs. E. G. Betts (Okaiawa), T. Hur-i lev' (Waihi); HI E. Batten (lhalia), W. Hooper. (-Tokaora), J. Finlay (Tokaora),' J. -H. Pratt (Waihi), V. Harrison (Hawera), T. H. Hill. (Hawera))" Henry M'Corraick (Hawera),'. John Cook (Hawera), G. H. Gibson (Hawera), A. S. Touks (Hawera). '■ Mx. .H. P.'Greayes, of Hawera,-a prominent; member of the Egmont.A.- and P. died 'on Friday,'-aged'sß years. 1 v- ,- ' : j. ; ' Farmers are haymaking around Beaconsfield! Mr. White . has . a seven-acre crop of hay ready, iii. stack. Trefoil is said to be unusually abundant. -.V.■ > ■>.;': ,'Y , ■ Speaking of. silage, 'a'Wairarapa farmer - said if- a'famer. had no silage a email plot■ of-• coin co,uld^be < 'j)laAtcdt^arlyt^ii- ! feed''tKe -cows -as soon; ns'it' Xva3 , 'welP'-fiV;"'ctftting v 'frbravtb'e'-field' and' hauling, to the paddock. This was a more expensive way. than feeding .with/silage',' but it was very much better than- allowing the cows : to"go hungry.. Of. course,; in; a.-season .such as-this, ;whcn: feed .was': so 'plentiful, - the" need, of other fodders <was not, felt; : ibut tho farmer, with any foresight /would,' - "makci,"* hay . '.while - the sun ; .shines', and,'fill,a good. and build a substantial"'stack 'of .hay for. a'-possible bad. sea-