DAIRYING IN HAWKE'S BAY MERINO RAM AT MARAEKAKAHO.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 930, 24 September 1910, Page 16

DAIRYING IN HAWKE'S BAY

MERINO RAM AT MARAEKAKAHO.

4. . ONE COW 'TO THE ACHE. The dairying industry. (says a writer in. the Hastings municipal hand-book)';.' '-; is one of the. industries that should bo made tt./,psvJ*.-lian<Jßpraely in Hawko's Bay.. The chief drawback is that our. .. : | i'-. land is of such good quality that pooplo ij can make handsome returns, from' sheep 7;•

or fruitgrowing,-; and as the -latter work--, does not entail so: much hard; work the vv ; j -.' farmers, naturally -[.prefer--''tor leave 'dairy- v ing alone! We have, however,.on-tho " HeretauHga plainsi'Sorae excellent dairy ; farms, - such as Mr. C. L. .Mackersey'sr, at Turamoe, Paki Paki, where over one. hundred cows are "milked • night' and 1 • ' morning! ' -Their milk' is all. separate^-;• ::••• on thp station, and the cream - tho factory.,- Mr Mackersoy has;nad.' , considerable •['experience of .sheep and.-y* fruit-growing,: - : and •he • state that • the.-. ooW;.payy ; just a® ; :weUi as,;: anything lio has' handled. ; Then.we.have;Patter- ; son, Mossman and Co.* at Clivo, and v ! Mr. "Joll's Pukahu dairy farm.' At both .■ • y these places the ' ownets . have! milking-. ] nothing; else' '; also.>_■ several ; smaHeryplaces;,too f niimer«;r33s < ous to mention...-. Dairy Factories.-r-We .are. welt. sup-.,-. .... plied.. with; [factories"[ in .this district;f

the-'-vHeretaunga- Co-operative Dairy: vCo., Ltd., which is situated)m Marae-. ■ ykakaho • Road, near tho. celebrated . . Fnmloy. orchards. .This factory is .now. -;, i .very...strong financially, and has,about sixty suppliers, the - average; output per V year being >about • 100 tons. ihb - tac- ,'. •" tbry.;is installed twitK lie, latest madiin-' ery, and they also run a'cool storago . and-ieo works with their business.' -'• '• •• . ; \ Then .we have a creamery .situated in'.. St. George!s Itoad;- also,owned by tha . Heretaunga; Co-operativo. Dairy Com- i

pany,; Ltd. This > place r being. situated >• V/,- . •at;fchejj'Havelock erid ; .;of .the suppliers-thereito vget: rid; or-isheirvjvj V; milk'' without going too far from homo.: - Wo liavo at Clivo one of the best; dairy---ing, distH^^tontrtthe^wiaiiigi-. Fao-.;: ■;; .tory, owned and worked by Mr. H. .Lan • , ; Simsoh At another good . . . dairying; district; ; ; 'hav4; a ; creamery .■% which .takes the milk from the "dairying' people of that district. • • V.;; ■ ;.:HayihEi.nojv*' shown > visitors . who\ > ' glance. through* .ucers have.no trouble in, getting, salov-. .in. a..convenient way::for ..their our next e.(fort wili. : bo to describe the ........ district and tho land. ...,* •■.

: • ,Allt. around Hastings.liauroka, Pukahu, Havelock, Chvfe, Pa-- ;■ : kowhai, and, in fact, every places in' Around tho :townj . goo 3/ ,ricb.;flats,V ( tho : top' soil being: -rich black • earth- with a good substantial sub-soil. We can graze one cow to the acre on grass'"all.the-year round,-or''threbyrowij-'IVJ 'orija'i®ficial ;^e^¥!^Bis'cW^»:•:^.•l3orie'i^^•{.', ; cept-ni exceptional seasons.*. Wo.-can~ - grow- ' : maizft:i'and lucerne;:-;. . 50' that jno;. dairymfe u ineod . ,of-droughts: troubled with).-. We ran.- also - grow:: .wonderful r<K)t-crops.Jsuc;h::.as':raangold3v-:--. '- —\yhieh yield from -GO.- to SO.tons.-.-por,-' acre. Paddccks that are.' closed -down-., - ''fori.'hay" from. : September ."to.;' DeccmberVf- : : •yield :two tans, per acre. . .. . .