PEDIGREE HOLSTEINS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1846, 4 September 1913, Page 10

PEDIGREE HOLSTEINS.

SHIPMENT BY THE DEVON. Twenty-seven ■ head of cattlo were Handed from tlio Deva.i at Auckland for tJlessrs. Chum awl Sinclair, of PalmersVtou North and itaetihi. They aro pediigree Holsteins, selected by Mr. Neil j&iigster, premier jitdgo and presideait lof tlio Il'olstein Cattlo Breeders' Association of Canada. Tlio cattle aio at present in quarantine, but will bo shown at the Falmers<ton North Show in November. SHEEP RETURNS: • SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE. The Prime Minister yesterday presented'' to the Houso of Representatives a return of sheep in the Dominion up to April 30, 1913. This shows that as compared with 1012 the number of sheep amd increased by 441,G57 throughout the Dominion. The totals aro as follow:— 1912. 1913. North Island 12,018,089 ~ 13,145,445 . South Island ... .11,132,064 ■ 11,016,305 23,750,153 24,191,810 North Island net increase ...... 527,350 South Islands net incroaso 85,G9!) "• Dominion 441,057 Tho number of sheep in tlio Dominion is the second highest on. record, being ■beaten only by tlio 24,209.020 recorded in 1910. The district totals are lis follows: —Auckland, 1,340.318; Napier, 5,780,201; Wellington, 0,021,920; Marlborough, Nelson, and Westland, 1,293 - 287;, Canterbury, 5,193,091;, Otago, 4,554,357. .There wero 21,527 sheep owners ns against 21,471 last year. If yem aro a director or manager or a e'uepM factory, you aro certainly anxious to earn bi;n,'cr Big profits, however, depend upon the quality of the ehotso—how to improve the cheese ia the over-present problem. ■ Install ".Victor" VaM in. placo of tliose old-fashioned, incQicient Hut-bottomed pans. Tho Vietoi with its sloping bottom ensures a free (lovj- of whey,leaving tho curd .high anc :iry >tus helping .von to secure bettei ju.i.iity clweso and better results. Send 'or oe.Tt.icuUirs of tho nroiit-bnildins i'Viotor" to-dav. Albert J. Parton Plun'.her. Ciirtortou.-—Advt. l'ntutf, crops in the Otakklisti'ict suffered somewhat from the recent fio'st but tho damago on tlio whole was nol serious.