THE JERSEY COW

Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1929, Page 8

THE JERSEY COW

AYOItTHY OF A AIOXUAIEXT. The Jlon. J. G. C'obbo, who is a practical farmer, made some very interesting remarks when opening the AYhangarei Winter Show. Seldom, if ever, had he seen a belter exhibition of root* and limits. The exhibits of butter, and eliee.se, iie said, were wonderful, showing that the cow, particularly the Jersey, was one of the greatest contributions towards the wealth of the Dominion. If the peoplo ever decided upon a monument to what had played the most important part in .the development of the country it would he to the Jersey cow. She had done more than all the politicians put together. The minister proceeded to deal with some aspects of future fanning in regard to the meat industry. Prospects on the whole, he said, were good. He would not say that excessively high prices were going to he obtained) but he was sure very fair prices would obtain. The ravages of foot and mouth disease in Argentine, which had resulted in a large amount of New Zealand meat being disposed of in the American market, must have a beneficial effect on prices of stock iii this country. In the Foilding district the tat lamb market was the chief one. His experience was that a Romney mother mated with a black-faced ram produced the best results. He was pleased to see that there were some very good Hocks iii the North. Prospects for wool were very fail ndeed. The tendency was to go hark ;.o the stronger classes. Fine wools bad enjo;.ed a long run. but Ronnie; breeders were now * coming into tlieii own. The pig industry was growing enormously throughout the whole country. A feature was the exportation of frozer pork which in the district had netted ilu»;it sixpence a pound to the producer The outlook for the whole Dominiot was particularly good. Farmers shook •be particularly proud of the tact tha ,r .C-37,000,000 of exports last yeai -•YJ,Sol),000 came off the land. Tliii spoke well for the productivity of the soil, which was still ill a state of do velopnieiit. The latest hank returns showed that deposits exceeded advances by some thing like nine millions sterling. Tw< years ago advances exceeded deposit; by live millions. He hoped that tin improved financial position would no' lead to undue extravagance on Liu part of the people of the Dominion 01 excessive importations iliy business men. Regarding unemployineijt, Air Cobhc said it was impossible for the Govern mo lit to continue indefinitely subsidising relief works, some of which were not altogether remunerative. His idea was that the problem would never Incompletely dealt with until the Domin ion went in to a greater extent ioi ■loser settlement and more intensive farming.