The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1913. DAIRY FARMERS PROSPECTS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 August 1913, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1913. DAIRY FARMERS PROSPECTS.

I'uosit.cts for dairy farmers arc μ-ood. This prognostication i* l)iisc(l u])on the considered opinions of experts in such mailers. .For llorou henna County the news is exceptionally welcome, for (his county depends upon dairying much more than most others. Provided the settlers do not repeat the extravagances which, some of them arc μ-uilty of in paying too much Tor their land, and in consequence having to be mortgagees' slaves for years to come They should benefit by the prospects ahead, and allow the town and district to share in their prosperity. A μ-ood deal of the financial stringency ilia I Levin lias been hampered by for several years past is traceable to the diminished spending power of the bulk of her farmer-;. They have been receiving payments for their butteiTat. and the seasons have been kindly, but beyond Ihe cost of a hare subsistence a »Tent many ul them have retained iinlliiii"from 1 heir comparatively lar.u'e reccipls. The ])ast is a closed book, no doubt, bill for ihe μ-ood of the (lisiri'-l it is to be hoped that the lessons learned will be well remembered. This district needs fanners nol farm sellers.

FITI'IiK OF DA IK VINO. Supplementary lo the foregoing Hole on tile prospects of dairying in li)l : '-!-i, sonic remarks passoil liy the Chairman of (he Xow Zealand Dairyfarmcrs , Tnion should be of general interest. Ife touched itpoii (lie advisal)leiiess of keeping down expenses of marketing builer, and referred to the cos! io llie fanner of the present met hods of buying and the expense of the system of distribution on the Home jnarket. He considered co-operation among fanners would cheapen both buying and selling. Mo reviewed the progress in the methods of dealiug with butter, and hoped that farmers would still keep to co-operation in view of certain schemes which were to be laid before them. It was far cheaper to deal in a big , way. and the cheaper the cost of production and manufacture, the belter returns did the farmer receive. ITe quoted AVairarapa figures to show that flic larger companies yielded the better returns to the farmers. The prospects for the coining; season, lie said, were fairly μ-ooil. There would be a "■odd deal less butter made in Xew Zealand this season than for some years. First-class butter would, therefore, command good prices. He was sorry to sav trie stores at Home were full of second-class bitiler. ITe advised them to deliver their milk to the creameries 'in first-class condition and keep up the high standard. He considered the but lei' makers were in for a μ-ood season tTus year, in Xcw Zealand. He was raljier doubtful about home sonaration, which was making , great strides: "■real care would nave to be exercised in this direction. In other words, Mr Parson's voice is one more added to the chorus to impress upon all. dairyfarniers the μ-reaf advantages of scrupulous cleanliness in every detail o? their calling - . Fortunately the fact is vpry widely recognised, and the exceptions lo if in practice are comparatively very few.