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(Continued from page 3). the calves the trouble disappeared and the calves at once made splendid progross. This also is the experience of every farmer who has installed a separator. Not only this but the calves in the following spring are very much healthier and show a better growth than those which have been fed on the factory skim milk. It is not a question of butter-fat for the hand separator skims just as clean as. the factory separator. The average dairy farmer drives about one mile to the factory or creamery, and if he takes ten cans full of milk he returns home with nine—for cream represents just abont one-tenth the bulk of milk. If home separation were the custom one farmer could take the cream for ten farmers without any more incon* venience than if he were taking his milk, and in taking cream his cans would be full one way and ho would return home with, them empty. This would mean one cart and horse on the road instead, of ton, and the ten go practically fully laden both ways, where as the cream cart goes fully laden only one way. This would effect a saving of wear and t6ar of over 90 per cent, on the roads up, the saving in road rates would be enorm-* ous, There is also a saving in horses, harness and traps, but perhaps the greatest saving of all would be in the farmers' " time," for all he would have to do would be to deliver his one can of cream at his front gate and leave it there to be picked up by the man who regularly calls to cart it to the factory. If a farmer's herd is free from tuberculosis, he would have clean milk to feed his calves and pigs, whereas by taking milk home from the factory he suifers by taking home germs which are taken there in milk from vnclean herds, To sum the whole position up home separation means that butter will be equal in quality ; that a farmer will nett lid per lb for butter-fat where he now netts 10d or 13d where he now nets Is ; instead of the two hours which are now wasted by taking milk to the factory, the milfc can all be separated by a boy in half-an-hour ; the horse, instead of going to the factory, can de working on the farm, calves and pigs are healthier and considerably ltss outlay would be required in, the dairy factories, because separators, milk vats and other machinery would not be required. Farmera are daily learning irom neighbours the benefits of home separation and are rapidly falling in to the' new run of things, but there is a very great majority who do not understand the position, and many are of the opinion that the clirec* tors of the factories for some unexplainable reason are not agreeable to take cream which has been home separated, whereas there is hardly a case where this opposition exists. I hope you will excuse rue for writing at such great length on this subject, which is of such vital interest to i Taranaki. Put in a nutshell, it means that for eyery £100,000 worth of butter that is manufactured in. Taranaki, £10,000 is being thrown away, and this extra £10,000 in the pockets of the farmers would buy many improvements and comforts. Alfred Buckiand & Sons., Sales. —. » . Messis Alfred Buckiand and Sons report: —" At our weekly Westneld fat stock market on Wednesday February 19, our beef pens contained 469 head. The demand was less keen, and the values sulfered a further diop of fully 10s hoad. Choice ox sold to £1 6s Gd prime £l 3s Gd to £1 0s; cows aud heifers 19s to £1 4s; steers ranged in price from £G 10s to £12 7s Gd; coavs and heifers £3 10s to£9 7s 6d. Choice heavy suckers £3 to £l Is; medium£2 to £2 lbs, light £1 5s to £1 15s; small and fresh dropped 3s to £1 Is (61 sold) The mutton pens were well filled but many of the consignments were unfinished and prices for these were lower. Keally prime sheep sold at late rates. Prime heavy wethers 19s Gd to £l Is 3d medium to heavy 16s to 18s 6d and unfinished 13s6d to 15s best ewes 14s Gd to 16s, good Us 6d to 13s Gd; others 7s to 10s 9a (2,07Gj sold.) Prime lambs 13s 6d to Hs Gd good .Ms Gd to 13s, others 9s to M3 6d. (1,648 sold.) Pigs camo forward in increased numbers. Heavy baconers £2 18s to £3 3s lighter £1 8 to £1 Ms; good slips 15s to 13s, others !0a to 15s, well-bred wyaners 10s to I 14s others 8s to 9s, suckers 2s Gd to 55.(232 sold.) THE N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO Ltd. J ♦ . The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile AgeDcy Co., Ltd., reports as follows: — At Westfield yards on Wednesday fat cattle were yarded in larger numbers than usual and sold at lower rates. Prime oxen selling to 27s per lOOlbs, others 24s to 2Gs cows rand heifers 21s to-245; steers sold at from £6 2s 6d to £12 2s 6d; cows and heifers £4 10s to £7 17 6d. Yeal calves were yarded in average numbers .and sold at high rates, Extra heavy £5 3s, heavy £3 to £4 4s, medium £2 5s to £3 Is others £1 10s to £2 lighter aud smaller sorts 3s to 18s. Sheep were yarded in large numbers and showed an improvement in price, Best wethers 17s to 20s,others l3s 9d to 16s 3d; heavy ewes 15s to 17s 6d, others 9s 9d to 13s. Best quality lambs lls 6d to 14s 9d, others 8s 6d to 11s 3d. Pigs were yoided in large numbers and sold at late rates. Baconers £2 12s to £3 5s large porkers £2 2s to £2 10s; porkers £1 10s to £1 18s;\!ips 18a to 25 s Breakers $$ tQ A2s ,6d} ; ,-. \