GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2004, 11 March 1914, Page 10

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

An official estimate of tho quantities of products annually .placed in cold storage in tbo United States is aa fol-lows-.—Fresh beef, 131,000,0001b.; pork, 170,000,0001b.; butter, 157,000,0001b.; eggs, 10,000,000 cases. The limit of time of storage seldom exceeds ten months. Tho charges for an average period aro reported to range from a fraction of a cent, por pound of meat to 3{- cents por dozen of eggs. According to a study of the chemical changes produced by the pasteurisation of milk at different temperatures carried out by tlio American Bureau, of Animal Industry, milk pasteurised by tho Holder process- at 14odog. Fahr. ffor thirty minutes did' not undergo any material change. The albumin did not coagulate. But at a temperature of loOdeg. G. 75 per cent: of the albumin ■was rendered insoluble, and 30.78 per cent, at 160deg. Tho timo required for coagulation of the oasoin by rau'net was slightly less with milk pasteurised ci)) .to 149ileg, than with raw milk. At 158dcg., however, tliero was h slight retardation, and at lffiHe". the timo; required was nlmost doubled. Tho Taratahi Dairy Company, which exhibited cheese- at tho British Dairj Farmers' Association' Show iiv London in October last, has just received a certificate of commendation for its. exhibit of Cheddar cheese. The supply at the "ffinton ])nir.\\Factory is keeping up remarkably well considering tie dry w«ufcher that lias.been exuerienced for some yon'-j uast. Dm-.

uig the presflit month tho company will ioimn ° ases of cneose > valued nt £•1000. Tho company has raised the pneo of butter-fat from Is. to 13d. Tho first consignment of lambs this season from ; the- Mataura Freezing Works left Mataura , the other ■?' ■<< com P ris cd somo 800 carcasses, and tall be shipped by tho Star of Australia from tho Bluff.

Contagious mammitis is again reported to be somewhat prevalent in Taranajjiv Somo farmers are threatened rail heavy lossos by this disease getting into their herds. In one case a tamer is lite'y to havo to condemn eight fine, cows worth about £15 each. . : What the manufacture of whey butter means as. an adjunct to dairy factory production is shown in tho case of the' JWeudale Factory (states tho WyrfHham Herald"). Tho milk supply is falling now, and; at tho main factory is down to 4300 gallons per day. Tho output of butter is at the present time 2001b. per day, 14001b a week. In round figures, this represents a value of £70 a week (at .la. per 1b.)..

Pear, a red poll cow belonging to the Jean Duluth Farms of Mirnesota, has recently completed a twclvo months' record of 13,0001b. of milk and 6051b. of butter-fat. This is an excess of 901b. of fat over -he preceding record. Her aggregate record for four years is fully as impressive, she being the champion long-distance cow among the red polls as well.

Tt is said that, tbo fleece, of som* sheep will absorb as much as 101b. of water from rain or melting snow. ,To get tho animal dry again the water must bo evaporated by tlio body heat. Tho wot fleece keeps the sheep cold and mis-c-rablo; meanwhile its food is wasted in the difficult and needless effort of evaporating rain water from its wool. Several pounds of grain and forage will have to be. burned "in the sheop's body in the unnecessary work of drying that wet fleece.

By encouraging the organisation of silo building circuits, .and then renting at _ a nominal cost the necessary silo building forms, many farmers in the newer sections of-the State have been induced by the, Wisconsin College of Agriculture- to build silos and have been ablo to eave money in tho construction. Tho engineering department of tho collego,has extended its service to includo the planning of other farm buildings, and last year supplied 1500 farmers with barn plans. It is now prepared to aid farmers in planning their hog houses, machinery sheds, and other buildings. Tho most important of all farm buildings, the home, will of course bo given special consideration. Mr. F. G.. Treweck has resigned his position as secretary of the Ejfmont A. and P. Association, and is going in for farming on his' own account.

The world exacts from you its toll of worry and work—there's no need for you to add to it. Make things as easy as yon can—"Victor" Vats ■ lighten labour and help increase the quality of the cheese. "Victor", Vats have that sloping bottom which caused such a sensation in tho cheese-makin? , ■ world. Every' factory should have Victor". Vats, 'they are built for efficiency and satisfaction. Write for particulars. Albert J. Parton, Plumber, Carterton.—Advt. .