THE PIG INDUSTRY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1492, 15 July 1912, Page 8

THE PIG INDUSTRY.

A PROFITABLE UNDERTAKING,

For the. first time the production of pigs has proved the most profitable enterprise of the farmer's year, says the annual report of the late Minister for Agriculture. At tho commencement of tho season, the, report 'add*, it looked as though the returns from this by-product would bo anything but satisfuotirv, owin'j;. to the poor prices offering on British markets. This left the producers dependent on the local demand. Circumstances conspired, however, to iho advantage of pig-producers. With good prospects for cattle more cahvs were lenied than formerly, and this caused a diminution in t.ho niimbvr of pigs j.-rwliiMMl. With tho lessened supply the consumptive dcirand increased, a combination of circuinslanees which led to the i:.:,v.iu'ut of the highest prices for the raw materia I yet recorded. While the export trade jr. netically erased, curers at the end n -f the s.eas.on were forced to bring small shipments of pigs foiu Australia in order to meet the requirements of the local trade. Thi! report considers it gratifying to know that tho pristeuri.-a.lion of skimmilk and whey, in order to check flic spread of bovine tuberculosis among pigs, is steadily gaining ground. Though butter-making companies aro not adopting this neccKsrir.y principle lo the extent thev should, there is linrdly a climmcnuiking concern in Ihe Dominion which dues not now heat its whey and thereby make it a j.afc. mid improved foodstuff.'

" "I'is UKwir-c to buy .'i. pig in a poke." Ik'l'cre <l<'[;i(!in*! on what. \'ats to install, Mii._liti[i|!atoki and Ivllhnin Dairy Companies made thorough investigations in order to get the- he.-.1. miike. Thev camo to the c-oiurli!.-itm Unit "Victor" Vals arc easily lirst. and placed order for til'tv. Other factories should follow suit, at once and so make certain of geltijig their "Victor" Vat* nt an early date. ATi;ert J. i'aalon, Manufacturer, Cartertoni