DAIRYING IN AUCKLAND.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1619, 10 December 1912, Page 8

DAIRYING IN AUCKLAND.

VIEWS or' A WELLIXGTONIAN. "The Auckland district as a whole looks • v.'cll tin- mis seiiMin of the year," said Air. s J. tl. .lliu-kn'ess, who n-ni up to Attck- [* liiiut to jiulgo tlio Jerseys ui Ihe local :« show, .aim louk tue oppoi-luuily «i going . timmgli (lie jiroviuce. lJtiruig oiu- m > his ouuiigs Air. liarknciis luul Hie oppori I unity til driving ilinuigh ilio rupaKiiru , i)ml I'lipntoi-to:; i-ouii-try, over ii'lncll ho . had only gone in llio train previously. ; lie «\as agreeably surprised with tliu i greater extent, ot country tnoi-o than lie nml believed alter train surveys, and ho was struck by tlio lino condition of tlio pastures lor this time of year. itlr.' , llarkncss says there is somo very good land in the districts mimed, and as I'mas he could judge at tlio moment, tlio sot- ! tiers appealed to bo tiiirly pi-ospuron's. : "At tho saino time," added Air. .llarliness, | "1 am inclined to think that land values are probably getting a little too liigli." [ Generally, throughout tlio Auckland province, tlio dairy industry is inn-rasing, ! and iu the near futilre it will, in tlio ! opinion of Jlr. llarkncss, dovelup to a much greater ratio than it has dipio so far. The increase indicated by r'-Auclt- , laud's exports as against a period of, say, ten years ago, is lrom 3/i(l to -KHI [n;r cent., and in the visitor's opinion llicre is no reason why tho industry xlioiild not. expand uiiicli'further if sol tiers ciigngi-d in dairying are prepared to make pi'ovi- ' vision for autumn feeding in Vase of n ■ dry season, and also do not neglect; to : feed their stock well iu winter. Willi the two above necessities provided for, ; and with systematic testing of tlio herds, and judicious culling the industry cannot help expanding.Home separation is, says Mr. Hnrktiess, going ahead very strongly everywhere in the province. Even sonic of the factories which used to be averse to tho system uro to-day taking home-separated supplies for butter-making, although sonje of tlieili keep this class of butter separate from their ordinary- make, i Referring to the Auckland show, Mr. 1 Harkliess said the gathering might, be regarded as a success, although there was not the attendance on People's l')ay that might have been'anticipated. This was no doubt duo to two strong counter-at-tractions in a. yachting carnival and Iho Takapuna races. Probably the most noteworthy exhibits at the show u'ero the horse classes and the dairy cattle. Tho total exhibits in the Jersey and grade Jer soy classes numbered about Kitl, and amongst the stock shown wore some very fine specimens of the breed.' The best of them, said Mr. Harknoss, would bo difficult to . beat in any part of New Zealand. 9