The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1886. DAIRY FACTORIES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1648, 2 March 1886, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1886. DAIRY FACTORIES.

Some idea of the influence of dairy factories on the price of stock may be gathered from the following, w,hich we : take froni-the Southland 'Neyisi^-A bout three month ago a farmer residing a couple .pf miles from Fairfax was m negotiation with a nighbonr f or thtf "purchase of a dairy cow, but owing to some cause or other ; the transaction was not completed at the time, the price wanted for iiie animal being £3 10s. About a fortnfght ago, however,' negotiations were again opened, aijd miich to his disgust the purchaser was"asked, and gave £7 for the beast, which he could have bought a couple of months before -for half the money. Writing on the" same subject the Bruce Herald observes : — The collateral advantages of Dairy Factories are only just beginning to 1 maljp their appearance. We have often written about the importance of a constant and regular supply of first-class butter and" cheese being produced, and have, likewise set torth the direct and relative gain to the farmer of being able to sell. his iriilk at a fixed price for certain leash, and of the great boon to the members of his household m being .spared all labor and responsibility 'with regard- to "thej milk save that connected with milking and delivery. But it appears there .4s another important advantage which had escaped our attention. It lies m the lact that where dairy factories tia^ve been established, the value ot farms has' been considerabl enhanced. We learn from .the North Ofago Times that a num^ her of farms have recently been. sold, irl the Waiareka district at prices far itf cx -I cess of what they would haye realised were it not that there is a dairy factory m full operation m the neighborhoodt From £14 up to as high as £17 16s per acre was realised, which it mnst be ack- l npwledged is an excellent figwre at the present time. It means at least from ' £2 ,to £4 an acre more than the land would have realised prior to the establishment of the factory.