On the Farm.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 23 July 1913, Page 4

On the Farm.

MrSingletoa, o£ the dairy division of the Agricultural Department, while speaking at Clieltenha m in connection with the formation of a herd-testing association, said the department had been in the cow-testing business i'or four years, and really good progress had been made. About 25,000 cows were now under tho system and the department was still going ahead with tho work. It had been found in other centres that an association with 2000 cows could bo run at about Is 10d pur cow a year. The experience of the past season in New Zealand has definitely proved thatsilage is as valuable for stockfeeding, especially for dairy cows, as it is in such countries as Amonea, whero its value is properly appren ciated. One South Islaad dairy farmer writes to this e&eet : •' I am satisfied with the increased production of my milk and cream ns a result of ensilage this year. My cows havt> i milked during the past winter equal3y ' as well as when feeding on suramei " pastures ; in fact, they usually gain in quality and quantity when fed on first class silage. Besides the cost of the ration being reduced, there is also a reduction in the cost of producing a i i giv&n amount of butter-fat." Amongst the remits to be wwi-sid'ered at the annual conference of agricuN tural association^ to be hold at WeV I . lington, this month, are two eruhftiy- I ing proposals for organising f&xmexsi under a board, or chamber of agrieul* ture. The Canterbury Association is responsible for a remit covering this suggestion, the chamber O r board to : consist of aU associations or boclks I concerned or interested in agriculiim-ai j industries. The Manawatu Assooiation proposes that a gOY^rotag body, to be known as the National Agricultural and Pasfc>w} Societies' Obnfen l enco, should ««liob3islied. i Mr Singleton, of the Bairjitio- .\;^ Ii vision, stated at Cheltenham the^^r }• day that a rich cream from tl\Q, horn& ■' separator was in the best i^Jsaresbs of \ of the company. He .\^"Tsaea ask^a a question as \f\ \)}s. constituemey »i j the PA'vM'aft vvliick •' suj>piiers sVotild ' »^ncl to. the factory, in viow of the fact that all tho suppliers row do *"" their own separating, and Mr Singleton pointed qv,j that a rich cream would & nee.d accommodation, and Ihe fftcifoyy eoukl couirol the cream in such a way as to make a bettar article, says the "Fielding star. For the . farmers, it was equally desirable, as i they could keep more skim milk afc I honji.e.. A -10 per cent, cream was a j yoiy gcod standard. Below that i it y?as noi adrisablo to go.. *