GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 884, 2 August 1910, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

"At .the.annual :: meeting : :pf;''i:ho: Mells (South .Taranaki)".' Dairy."'' ■•■■ a 1 shareholder urged that .the. .directors should endeavour to £nd'out if water was added : to. the : milk. -'-He- believed there were aided'.tho detection of;adulteration'.'''"lib' did'-not say", that milk wa3 ; watered'o)y»suppliers, nor would ; he say that it .n-fcuot;-. Another shareholder instanced .variations in the quality of milk' owing to cows being afiected by the weather. • '".;,. The annual returns: of. the ■ Meremere "(Taranaki) Company 'show (according, to. tie llawera Star") that.the'milk'receivett"(hiring the past season-totalled 6,656,21111);-..Tho butter-fat came to'"2-19,1801b.,' and ."the commercial butter to. 125 J .tons.', The, number of sup.plie'rs' was -27, average test" 3.95, over-run •12.82,,p0unds of milk.to' make llb. ; of butter 23.67.'-Tor the" season's I output the receipts were ;ißs.' A bonus of iSOO -.will }je ; disfaibuted lamong suppliers. During the .year' 'ended' 'June' 30 the Egmont Box Company ...(Eltham) made 211,518 butter . boxes and "150,078 •' cheese' crates. Their contents" NvoSlld represent ' about ■ J!l,lß2,d2s.—"Hawera-Star.",. : .. ■Mr. Goring Johnston ftaVilecided to cut. up the Kopene Estate, near Awahuri; into convenientsized ■ dairy ; farms. Tho land is some of,, .the very.; best .'of-'a'.-■district'' famous for its productive qualities—in fact/'ideal dairy. : country. It is conveni.close .'.to , .'Palmerston and Feilding, and- doubtless will command considerable attention" from dairy farmers. The sale has been placed in the hands .of- Messrs.nAbraham .and Williams, and full particulars wiU«be,given shortly, plans being in preparation.