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Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 301, 15 August 1929, Page 6

INTENSIVE DAIRYING ; EGE PEE ACRE RETURNS. i f HEAVY TOP-DRESSING. Tt is now accepted that economic success in dairying must be judged by'.production per acre. The main contributing factors to this are subdivision, rotational gazing, top-dressing, harrowing, production per cow and judicious fierd management. Of these, subdivision, tcp-dressing and production per «ow are of first importance, but it is principally top-dressing that is the means of building up pastures so that they can maintain high-producing cows. YIELD WORTH £24 PER ACRE. An instance of the judicious combination of the above-mentioned factors in whieh many and frequent dressings of phosphates particularly superphosphates—in late spring played an important part, is a 50-acre farm near Te Aroha. •foe y : eld of butterfat per acre has steadily increased until during last season the production from 38 cows on 50 acres reached 214 lb. of fat per acre. | This return, valued at 1/6 per lb, gave £l6 Is. per acre gross return. Again we lave the example of a 25-acre farm in the vicinity of Papatoetoe, Auckland,, "which is carrying 24 cows, 1 bull and 1 pony, together with 15 calves, during the season. The yield of fat from this farm last season worked out at 326 lb. per acre, worth £24 9s. per acre. In this case the main factor producing this result was h.eavy top-dressing. Fertilisers, principally superphosphate, were used liberally, the amount per acre licing well over 5 cwfc. The possibilities of intensive dairying on smaller areas is thus well demonstrated. BUILDING UP THE PASTURES. While good farm management anr.r Tigh-producing cows are necessary, it is undoubtedly the gradual building up of \pastures by top-dressing and harrowing that makes it possible to carry oil comparatively small areas a herd sufficiently large and productive to support a family in comfort. Heavy and frequent top-dressing with phosphatic fertilisers, of which superphosphate is "the most important, is the means by which these smaller areas may be made fhe envy of the more extensive dairy farmer.