THE DAIRYING SEASON.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 334, 4 February 1911, Page 2

THE DAIRYING SEASON.

EARLY BUT GOOD RETURNS. In some sections of the Manawatu district, as in other parts of this island, dissatisfaction is being expressed with the decreasing returns from herds at the present time. The fact is quite overlooked that a highly favourable spring and early summer led to exceptional production in the first halt: of the season, and that as a 1 cow's production is limited she cannot i be expected to give as much mill. ! after Christmas a3 she did before it if | she has given an exceptional supply in the former period. It is certainly disappointing that when tiie supply was approaching its maximum the i market value of butter should be at a low level, but the Hush of the supply ; promises to reach the market when prices are on a satisfactory basis. i Thi3 season New Zealand butter ship- ! pers promise to secure a much higher average range of values than Austra- : iian exporters, allowing for the better price realised for New Zealand butter at all times and for the much higher per cent, of high-grade butter shipped from the Dominion. Generally, the dairy farmer of this season, while he has never before had such good reason to congratulate himself on the favour- '; able climate for milk production he enjoys compared with that of the South.