EFFECT OF THE WET SPRING.

Putaruru Press, Volume II, Issue 56, 20 November 1924, Page 4

EFFECT OF THE WET SPRING.

BUTTERFAT PRODUCTION. Diverse Opinions. Spring-. 1924, was one of the wettest for several years, and the opinions of the Morrinsville farmers as to what the effect has been on dairyingdo not at all coincide. Many fanners aver that so far the season has not been a good one for butterfat production. The growth of grass, they say, has been rank, caused by the lengthy period oi: wet weather. The fact that too much moisture was contained in the grass gave a great flush of milk but the butterfat content was very low indeed. The grass in some cases had grown to top. On the other hand there are others who state that they had never had a better season. There was a g-oocl growth of grass, which, however, had not gone to top but had a good healthy appearance. It is noticed that those who have complained of the season are those with farms on low-lying land, and those who state that they have benefited have farms on high ground, which can stand a lot of l-ain. One of these men on high land was now gaining- an average of 1 l-31b of butterfat per day from a herd of over 100 cows. Another man was obtaining- an average of 401 b of milk per day from over 60 cows, but it is not known what the butterfat average is in this case. ,