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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 560, 24 August 1920, Page 2

A business man, whose aft'uirs take him frequently through the Waikato and other dairying' districts In the North Island, is exercised in his mind regarding the probable scarcity of cuttle in a few year's time. "Too many calves are being sacrificed," he remarked. "At some farms where they used to rear sixty to eighty calves each year, I now find only four or live are saved. This is the outcome of the good prices that are, being paid for the milk. It pays the dairy farmer better to sell his milk than" to rear the calves. If the calves are not being reared, where is the supply of cows to come from in a year or two years' time? One thing is evident, namely, that the price of cattle is not likely to come down unless more calves are retired. It seems to me that instead of £ls to i!2O each, the pi ice of good dairy cows is more likely to be nearer £3O to £lO each.