THE CULLED COW;

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1875, 8 October 1913, Page 10

THE CULLED COW;

At present there is nothing to prevent tho rejected cow from finding its way into an auction yard or even into a clearance sale, to bo again tho subject of disappointment to another farmer until ho similarly gets rid of it. This can go on until through sheer ago the cow disappears from the dairy farm, after boing all its life an unprofitable drag on somebody. Under a better system, says tho Auckland "Herald," the animal would bo fattened for beef as 600n as its milk-producing capacity, or rather incapacity, was discovered. Of course this immediate elimination of the unprofitable dairy con - does take placo in innumerable instances, but it is obviously necessary that its fato should bo automatically sealed the moment it is weighed in the balance and found wanting. Cow-testing has now fortunately become so general throughout Now Zealand that fanners would foe well advised to introduce tho rule that at all sales an authenticated milking record should be produced with eacn cow offered for sale.

Ono of the new fruit eases suggested by tho Department of Agriculture was exhibited at tho ' Canterbury Fruitgrowers' ( Association's meeting a few days ago. There was a generally expressed opinion that the case was too light to stand handling.

A severe frost was experienced in North Canterbury on Saturday morning when many residents found their new vegetables affected and tho pumps congested with ice.

Wool bought in Now Zealand and Buenos .Avres during tho months of January, February, and March "has all proved to bo wrong, many Now Zealand importers losing an all-round sovereign per bale," says tho Statist. It is added that thero aro considerable stocks of unsold wool in Bradford today, owners simply waiting a favourablo opportunity for turning them to good account.