THE NEW DAIRYING SEASON.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 892, 11 August 1910, Page 8

THE NEW DAIRYING SEASON.

(EXPANSION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND PROSPECTS. ' If the expectations of the dairy farmers are realised the season now being entered upon will be one of the bost on record. There is clear indication ;■ that 'there-', will ' be a .much greater number of cows milked . in the Dominion. this season than, over before. Every ' district, it. seems; has increased its ' total of cows,' That' will'.be duo not so much: to their being more farmers, bul through the-farmers, having considerably , increased : their/herds. On a great many farms big improvements: have been made'"during, the offseason. Concrete yards, have been laid at • the byres,. races- have, been ■ built, concrete. floors i have been.:-put'.do,ivnin .the, ."'sheds/and. drainage has. been attended t0.,. Last season thero was a. big . .mods 1 improvements of . that'. ■ kind; •;. and : this' year... the, tendency, has; been pursued : much further:-'■-It' is a wonderful change from' the ' old; order-. to • see • vegetables; ,:-bei:dg . growir .in paddocks near the' co wished, which paddocks used to be seas' of jnud.; * : ; There is not much uniformity of design; -about the new sheds;: for , all farmers have their own, fancies as;, to'tho typo'i'of shed which should be built, but / the main objects of sanitation and con>venience;are being achievedl .; V-: There is; sfill. considerable diversity of opinion about the value of races,, and, on ; :the whole,-.they. are.not;being erected un- ' 3ess it is 1 to! avoidthe' expense!. of con'creting a yard. . Milk, stands have in many' instances ;been-.rem'o.ved to- greater ..distances ; ..from . ithe sheds, and a'good- deal, of care . has 'been-exercised in the selecting of the.sites. . Shades' have been placed'oyer, the stands . to keep the milk', as cool as possible "dur- - ing }the: time it l has to remain under .'-the lays, of the strong morning sun. ..- Though, officers'of.'the Agricultural De-. .. .partment are not allowed •• to ' : express opinions to pressmen; or to give them information,'. itJ;is;. understood-from other . EOUTces that: the 'Dairying Division of'the' ; Department considers that, the farmers have, met tho. instructors; in excellent spirit, and quite shattered, the/ notion, .which some people have, that it takes the . agriculturists a long time to move. There. • appears to bo a better understanding between the.'officers of the just' .. ; now//than,: has 'been the case in - some' former years. .■?•". - Thereis a' good deal' of. talk about the; ■' pasteurisation of .'cream.:. The Department: as • advocating it strongly,- and the dairy are considering .the question.' ■ (Several: companies have deferred action ■j toll-next season,.others,have:gone a little further, some -hivei'decided to, .adopt the method, but a great many have yet to "bo heard from on the., subjeot.; However, ,there .will be-Imuch more', pasteurised i but- . ter ;made in? the ' country in,- the" season . now dawning than. there was! in tho one just-past. •The pasteurisation of . by-products has ijreceived insufficient..consideration. so ! far; Probably,- next ye-ar, -it will .be .taken ,up, . more generally., . ■ ■. .'■-.-/'The price,-Nek Zealand butter is.going; bring is a matter for the .future' to - tell. Everyone whose.' opinion lias been 'iworth - publishing .has stated a .conviction'that, the price will be high; '/The':price of dairy cattle mil : low.j', and ;a ; noticeable change from Teceht seasons, is that the. calves are being "kept.this year. In some places there is . ; quite , a demand for' them. . Without feying that.there is no indica- ,- tion.-of a. fall in land values, it. can be ; 'stated".'that/the price, has .not yet,come down in any. general sense.' •'_: , ~ CONFERENCE; '■; a' 7 ■ A LIST OF, mriTS/..; ~;>:^i-thevF^t*^ifo^^-iGoitferencS^6^B'' ; in "Wellington'-., lust ;.y.car,: it ivas ' decided to hold this year's conference at Hastings, U'' ,«r tho auspices, of the Hawke's Bay ; :Bayr-Associatiori,'..,which "is.[recognised as one:'of the best'.orguuised-societies of tho kind/in New Zealand, is'making: preparar! , tion, for-the reception of'the-, delegates , ahd: the conducting of the ..conference. ~ It has '.been decided by . the Ifawke's■Bay. Association' that each : association; /represented' at t the conference shsill. ,ba allowed'/ohe'fdelegate' for every 30 members, associations members, .to be allowed one delegate.! -' ' The : following; .reniits . have, iibeen set •.down for 'discussion 'at .the -conference 1 1. Government:'•-Experiment Kuit .' ■ Stations.—ls V the '•- expenditure - made oh the.-most useful fruitgrowers generally? .-_• - ;:. 2. of Lead. and '.Bliicstone '•' arid. :;Manuresi-fThe:"desirability.:of : obtainingcombined Dominion qrders., " •3; The advisability •of arranging t-for - 'annual visits'of the:various. associations, to their ; local Government, , .-Experiment'Fruit Stations officers to be asked to -be present.,.,and explain the experimental -work in progress. 'f 4.-That the .Government be-urged tb >make . strenuous';'.efforts :to discover - a ;.aneans of combating; the silver blight and ' .woolly aphis' pest*. -- ' 5. -Marketing : of .Fruit.—(aj.; The:' bestj method to.bo.adoptcd: for regulating : ,isupplies/for,;local . markets; .' (b) :, .single | agencies in principal .centres,'with dis-l crefaon. as to- selling;; powers(c),. with-> holding.'^supplies', of: late'. : -apples.wlien. . peaches are... .'selection , of- ' best-days'" 'for'" fruit , "sales;.; (e) fruit : Balesmen in Wellington to be asked to . give/tetter facilities at Christnfas ..and New;. Year for selling fruit; , (f)/discretion as : to,':placing; surplus. supplies of pip' ,m,' cool storage, when ,supplies are in excess of demand. • ! 6.;CooljStorage—Necessity of establish-.-mg cool'storage in principal centres :'ol population. . . ' . ;7. Canning.—The bearing of this 'on' tho fntureof the fruit industry; best 'varieties for this,'purpose. 8. :Export.—(a) Growers to„furnish -an. . estimate.' of crop as,'early as possible.season; (b) the more careful. handling ' of; fruit tiefore packing,: especially. 1 when, required for cool. storage; (c) .'■ uniform" system' of grading, particularly for apples and pears, when' the export trade-has to be considered; (d) uniform it eystern'rof wrapping "with a view? to' exgrading. and wrapping foi local -markets, with a view to gaining - experience in packing for : export;' (f) ■uniformVsystem, of packing, ,•. especially ; apples; and pears, .with ;a ■ exporting;. (g) •" conference to. discuss and^deter- ■ jnino'standard' sizes- 1 of -■ dillerent.-' varietics of friiit suitable for export; (h) gi'Dwera to adopt cases of uniform shapo and capacity- for apples and pears with a view-to export trade. .9. Growers as a. federated body to organise . industry as a whole on cooperative lines. .' 10.V'Conference . discuss, the control , of orchard pests. ' 11. Delegates to report to the ' conference the varieties of fruits most suited to their 12.; The advisability of asking for''additional protection for lemons, oranges, and canned fruits. - 13..'Retaining tho Id. per lb. duty on imported apples and pears from Julv 14 to October 14. 14. Dr. Findlay's scheme of planting orchards by prison labour., WAIRARAPA AND A. SOCIETY. . "; ANOTHEIt CHALLENGE CUP. •(From Our Special Correspondent.) :- ; Carterton, August 10. Tho,.town, canvassing committee in tho :' interests' of the Wairarapa " arid ' East -Coast-P.; and A. Society to-day received a promise from Mr. W. 31. Halley, on behalf-of the licensed victuallers, in the ■Wairarapa, of a twenty-five .guinea challenge cup for the most points in cbccse classes at thfc forthcoming show. The continuous showery weather of the last few days has' put a stoj) to all farming work for the time being in some parts •f the Nelson district, and tho land is Jvow in- a very wet state. The rain so far-has'been warm, fortunately, ami )I. culd southerly .weather'-, docii'not .' set-' iu--110 great harm, will .have bcen.'dono tsavs S country correspondent).