FARM NOTES

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 275, 15 July 1932, Page 7

FARM NOTES

! Produces 7771b Butter-fat. A new record in butter-fat production has been set by a Jersey cow, Erinview Queen Bee, helonging to Mr. J. Murray, of Woodville. This cow's production over a period of 305 days (Government official h'erd test) was 777.221b of butter-fat, compared with the previous record of 7631b. Erinview Queen Bee is a seven-year-old ' cow by Meadowvale Jellicoe, out of Erinview Queen, and is a herd-mate of the previous record holder, Te Ngatu Irene. Fert'ilisers Increase Production. How the use of fertilisers and modern methods in farming have helped progressive districts in leaner years is shown by the returns of the UrutiValley Dairy Company, says the Tara- ; naki News. In 1928, when butter- : fat was worth Is 6d per 1b, suppliers j received a total of £19,500. During ; the past season, when only 11.166. per 1 lb was received for butter-fat, th'e j total payments to the same number I of suppliers was £18,500. The achievei ment was possible by the steady inj crease in production hy 42 per cent. | in the past four years. I New Uses for Wool. j Members of the Marlborough Counj ty Council had the opportunity recdntly of examining some interesting examples of new woollen products which ; have b'een produced by the Bradford 1 Research Committee, an organisation j which is spending thousands of pounds | in its efforts to discover new and profitable uses for sheepi's staple. These products were brought hack from Bradford to Blenheim by Mr. T. Teschmaker and were exhibited by Mr. H. J. Stace. They comprised different materials from imitation leather in rubber-like composition for gumhoots, waterproofed cloths for rugs and overcoats, patent leather, and several other varieties of textile scarcely recognisable as the product of sheep's wool. Though it has yet to be proved that the materials can he produced in commercial quantities at competitive prices, there seems to be every reason to believe, judging by the specimens examined, that the future of the pastoral industry will be rendered more secure as a result of the research that is being conducted.