MANAWATU NOTES

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 274, 13 August 1921, Page 8

MANAWATU NOTES

+i PROSPECTS FOR DAIRYING SEASON. From Our Own Correspondent. Palmerston North, August !/• The weather during the. past fortnight J,as been most unpropitious from a ' farming point of view, and the cold snap “ien<£l has caused a stoppage in the Growth of feed, and has detrimentally affected both the dairying and pastoral industries. Lambing has now beeome general andl the extremely cold nignu • t a ve taken a fair toll of the young lambs. Quito a number of cowshave died Xn close on calving-in one case, a returned soldier lost six in two inghte —while others which calved successfully aro showing a very poor supply ot milk, tast at a time when they were expected to begin to give good returns. Tho dairying season has now com menced, ami from what can be gatheiI ed there will be much larger supplies or ' milk than was tho case last year, a many farmers who had devoted themsolvffi to grazing in tho past have now gone in for dairying, having been induced to do so by tho glut in the wool market, and tho uncertainty which pre--vails in tho moat export trade. Th© Whakaronga Dairy Company, which closed down early last season has reopened ami intends to operate a dual cheese and butter plant this year. 1 addition it has bought out several milk rounds in Palmerston North, and is supplying customers direct from the fuc torr Tho company has also opened a shop in tho town in which are supplied retail bntter, cheese cream and, milk. This action has considerably reduced the price of these commodities to customers Some factories have already sold their output of both butter and cheese for the season,, but several who have been holding for higher prices are consigning direct to London in tho meantime, and do not appear to bo at all alarmed at tho fact that some of the Homo people have stopped buying forward, as they consider that the market will soon right itself, being of the opinion that tho glut in cheese is only temporary. Although a considerable amount of damawe was done by the recent floods, ' more especially in the Makerua and Motoua districts, it is not as great as mi"ht have been expected, and the silt which has been deposited on the land will have a beneficial effect as soon as n, little warm weather is experienced. The Manawatu River in the Hokowhitu district has carried away a good deal of land, but the protective works at this part have stood) very well. Naturally the macadamised roads have suffered, from “ but the portions in the Kairanga County which have been coated with asTdmlt have proved that their treatment Enabled them to withstand the water and wear and tear much better than ■ th W very S qtoet C and the rough wXTtas intorfereil with sales of tho only class meeting with any ftiUW* - - h, ' h havo firmed considerably.