Dairying.

Manawatu Herald, 1 October 1895, Page 3

Dairying.

CLEANLINESS.

Mr Young considers sufficient care is not paid to cleanliness. It is most impoitant that the milking yards, bails and cans should be porupulously clean. The cow's teats should be washed with a little luke* warm water only, and no milk should be rubbed over them. The fingers should not be dipped into the milk cio under any pretence whatever. Before being brought to the factory or creamery the milk should be thoroughly aerated. When this is done the milk will keep at least 12 hours longer, and it is absolutely necessary in order to secure the best results.

QUIET HANDLING.

Mr Young is very much opposed to the use- of dogs on a dairy farm. Cows roughly handled or frightened in any way, in almost all cases refuse to let down their milk readily, and the richest -part is retained, to the great loss of the dairyman. The more quietly a cow 13 treated the better the^retvtijns.tromher.

WINTEB FEEDING.

Mr Young 'gives it a3 his opinion that dairying jwill never be successful unless the cows are fed during the winter month?.. When feed is scarce in the paddocks the milk goes off, and it is impossible to get it up again. He recommends the free uso of ensilage made of Cape barley or amber cane. Mr Young does not see whyv ■farmers should not so arrange matters as to keep up the supply of milk all the year round. He speaks very hardly of those who rush in their milk to the creameries during the summer months, when it is almost impossible to make butter, and set it for butter making purposes in the winter when they can secure a gocd price for it. Be intends to recommend the Biiectors to remove creameries from districts where they are insufficiently sup* ported. He also intends to pay suppliers, who do not supply regularly, a less sum per. gallon than those whoJp. „_._ .

DEHORNING CATTLE.

In order to prevent cows from apnoying each other in the yards, Mr Young recommends the dehornia *u! °?l vea SlH»*^Wßfcfc. %}- --nigbt old. Toe process is simple •ad ii known to moit settltn,

SKIM MILK.

In order to avoid the trouble which has hitherto existed in the matter of delivering the skim milk Mr Young suggests that one supplier should check the other, and see that he does not get more than his share. He recommends the feeding of skim milk to pigs. In his opinion every pig brought up in a sty dies a " bankrupt," and it is only by feeding them in an open paddock on good grass and skim milk that they can be made to pay.

TheCampbeiUoWri Dairy factory's report and balance sheet for 6 months shows a most satisfactory state of things, and that during the sifc months past 124,196 gallons of milk had been taken at the factory, for which £15G7 16s 2d had been paid to the suppliers.

This quantity of milk had produced 58,82?1bs of butter, which had realised £2,200 19s Bd.

The expenditure, including the amount paid to the suppliers for the milk, was £2124 11s 9d. The income from all the sources was £2269 Os 2d, leaving a credit balance of £144 8s 5d on the half year's business transactions.

The report stated that the average obtained for the butter was 9d per lb, and the average price paid for the milk had been 8d per gallon. One pound of butter had been made on an average from 28;bs of milk, at an average cost of l£d per lb.

A good winter trade had been kapt up, which at present aniounts to 20cWt per Week, and suppliers were urged to keep up a good winter supply and therebymaintain good price?.