THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 256, 27 April 1906, Page 2

THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

(to the editor ) Sir—Since tbe move towards the establishment of a dairy factory in this district has been nn.de, several people have told me that the growth of grass is not sufficient to make milking cow? profitable. We all know that by keeping the grass shirt there will be a better growth. I forward you some coeksf mt out of about an acre which was closed up for seed. The straw, o’ course, is longer, but I am only send ing you the blades lo measure to show what growth there is through a summer. Some time ag» I also sent a small sheaf of rye grass to your office measuring 9ft. 61. Judging by this I j should think cows ought to do fairly well.—Yours, etc., W. W. DAVIES. [The cocksfoot forwtrdel measured 7ft. 2:n.—Ed. S.]

(to the editor.) Sir, —Kawhia is as yet a camparatively unknown part of tbe colony, but to be appreciated it has only to be knowa. Unfortunately adverse reports have been circ fluted about tbe Kawhia district by the ignorant and interested. Dairying has been the means of putting many a struggling settler on his feet, but where small ‘ factories have been started success has . not been so pronounced as where a ' large number of suppliers unite in one i central concern. In this district we have every facility for the cheap trans port of cream by water carriage, the cheapest yet discovered, and by uniting in one large central factory success is assured Nothing that a settler can produce will return as much money as good cow's properly milked. With home separators calvesjcan be reared with success. The addition of linseed to tbe skim milk has been proved a great advantage ; the linseed or linseed meal is boiled and mixed with tbe skim milk. Where milk is carted long distances to the separator on the return journey the milk beemie.treated, thus it becomes injurious to calves. Where there is water power haudy to several milking stations one separator would serve several farms. Where water power is not avaiLble the next cheapest is a gas engine ; the gas is generated from c">ke or charcoal, l|lbs. of either per horse power per hour, aud the generators are made by Tangye, of Birmingham, who can also supply engines of any power, required. has been suggested that the different settlements around the harbour thought of putting up separate factories. Of course it is possible to do so, but I do not think it would ba wise on account of the additional expense. For a commencement wo shculff unite and put a factory at Maketu, run out a wharf where cream launches and a steamer could tie up, start the business on a large scale and thus ensure success from the very beginning. There is no part of New Zealand to beat this dis trict for dairying—we have the land and climate, and if we turn these to good account we cannot help piling up the dollars. Other districts in the c ilder Southern climate make dairying pay well, although the stock require to be provided with winter feed tor three months of the year, whilst here winter feed is only required for a m mth or six weeks. By tbe time our factory starts tbe Hutchinson milker may be ready. Eac’a machine has four hands and as many as five 4-handed ma chines have been worked at once, whilst after an exhaustive test of from 4 to 6 years no evil effect has resulted to the cows. -Yours, etc., SOUTHERN FARMER.