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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Pt Agbioola.

A Farmfer. — Hitherto, as y<p. say, your factory has baea paying for your milk on the weight -basis, and 'under that system each Bnfpii«r received the same amount of money per gallon of milk. The change insystem s now probably being brought about lor the foHowiag reasons:— (1) The farmer ~i§ to be paid- according to the quality of the mjik as well as ifoe quantity be supplies. (2} Under the butter-fst test each supplier receivee the same amount of money for «aoh pound. M fat from the milk delivered by him. la other words, if youi milk test is iigh| yoH will receive more, and if low you will get less money, because the eheeeemalber- wests to pay for futter-fat - instead of miQc, -which certainly seems the most bustnees-Hke method. (3) The butterfat test system does away with all temptation -to akim or water milk. (*) It encourages the farmer to produce the best quality of jnflk, which means increased profit to him. (5) It stimulates the producer of richer milk, at the expense of the farmer who supplies poor milk. The method i« carried out under what is called the Babcock test, which is used in all dairy factories more or, lose. Summet 1 up, the position is this: Farmers supplying milk containing p-sreentagss of fat" above- the average receive more money for their milk, while those furnishing milk containing percentages of fat under fche average will be paid- less. In future you will' be paid according to results, which means that the quality as well as the quantity of milk you supply will be taken into consideration. W. W., Pahia, writes: — I would like to endorse Mr A. Robinson's (of Orangi) remarks with regaa-ds to death of sheep caused through enlargement of gall. I may mention that 1 put 130 lambs on rape, and after they had been on the rape about four weeks 1 notioed some of the lambs dead • and the vest locking very bad I removed them to anothar paddock, where the 'eed was fairly short. In doing co 14 fell, anc* %v.are not able to walk, and I had to carry them through the gate. -Since then they have done fairly we-11, having only lost three during 'the winter — two drowned and one apparently from. the same disease. I opened thejn all, &nd the two that weve drowned were in gcod condition, and their gall was of the usual size, while the gall of the one that die<) was about fiv« tim-es tha- site it should be. I put about 300 more on another paddock of oatt and "ape, and about 50 of them died. I opened them all, and found the gall was about five times the usuaJ size. The disease appears to aOict calves as well as lambs I would be rerf plzaaed if any person cculd give me any idea of the- cause or a cure"" for it The causa of the trouble and mortalitywas probably dt»c to an excess of nutritious food causing inflammation from continuous feeding .on JLhe rape in w«t and cold w-ea-ther. You would probably have found the death rat© very small if you had turned the- lambs off on to short, dry feed occasionally ; or, bettor still, if rou had supplied them with a little hay when, off the rape. Lambs 'n the winter always thrive better with a little dry feed to counteract the watery nature of continuous f€eding on rape or turnips. Seeing, that you have lost so many lambs, apparently from the came

trouble, you should consult w-ith^or write to the nearest Government veterinary surgeon on the. subject. . "Enquirer" writes: — WHI you kindly inform me^what is the feeding value of yarrow for' sheep, as I think it might possibly grow on come dry, bros f/loee on Jcny coun*try or which grass would Bot take. Yarrow is an herbaceous perennial, its properties being astringent. It is .generally looked "upon rather as a weed, atfd ehould never be used where grass is intended for mowing. 'Borne years ago yarrow war recommended for mixture with grass seeds for eheeg pasture, but it is apt to usurp the ground which should be allotted to other plants. However, on dry, bare faces on which othe. grass does not take, it might be sown to advantage, aaad sheep are kept ' in large numbers they will keep it cropped down, and it may therefore be found useful under the conditions you mention.

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Otago Witness, Issue 2895, 8 September 1909, Page 6

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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Otago Witness, Issue 2895, 8 September 1909, Page 6

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Otago Witness, Issue 2895, 8 September 1909, Page 6

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