THE DAIRYFARMERS' POINT OR VIEW.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1801, 14 July 1913, Page 4

THE DAIRYFARMERS' POINT OR VIEW.

SHARE-MILKING IN TAKANAKI, Thte needs of West Taranaki—tlio dairy?' ing district lying between New Plymouth, Mount Egmont, and tho AYaimate Plains —arc thus summed up by Mr. E. AV« AVright, of Eahotir.— A purely dairying district lying I)<h tweer. New Plymouth, Mount Egmont, and tho AVaimato Plains. I. Yes, but fewer subjects lwtter taught would bo infinitely better than tho iivo and' ton-minute lessons on such a wide, rango of subjects as tho children now get. 2 and 3. No, decidedly not; Uio 30s. and. 355. per ton cartago now paid to get our butter and cheese to freezing works pro* vents any other produce being shipped. ■4. Not a single telephone into a settler'a house in tho district. 5. Yes.- Great benefit i'b derived from! the shows. G. Yes. A r ery greatly, i Without it th<3 ordinary farmer would have no means o£ seeing many of tho difficult problems 6olvcd. - 1 7. There is a co-ipcrativo storo in connection with our co-operativo factory a£ Capo Egmont, which allows us to buy alj' lowest rates. f 8. Yes; routers aro doing satisfactorily. 0. Usual tiling happens every year (this winter excepted). Plenty of liands in win;' tcr and not ono in summer. 10. So many cows are being milked on shares, which is absolutely the shortest! cut to independence, known to four years being, tho period allowed f<t liavo their own farm, for tho er.crgetid milker and -his smart wife, who as partners in tho cows are as anxious to do the light thing as tho 'boss. AVithin half a milo of where I write a young fellow man ricd tlireo years ago tho right sort, anq now he lias bought a farm and d-s,oows< AVHt/lil tho scarcity of labour -unless a dairy fanner marries right when lie commence!, to climb tho ladder, lie had 'better go -on,' to AVellington wharves. . ' _ 11. The railway every time. This id your limit, but another tiling is wanted (not that-1 want it), a. bigger supply of monoy. Mortgages expiring aro renewed at absolutely ruinous rates to my own knowledge with a 33 per cent, margin at i 8 and 0 per cent. No farmer can pay thisj^