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Shannon News, 10 January 1922, Page 1

Hoof deep in grafes, in some places almost up'to their knees, the cows of Taranaki have literally been pouring milk into the factories. More cows, too, are being milked this year than last year, because the farmers need all the money they can get. Milk is plentiful and cheap in Taranaki. The advent of the milking machine has revolutionised the industry, greatly lessening the ' work, and ensuring a much greater degree of cleanliness. A big herd which once required the manual labour of a whole family for several hours night and morning can now be’ disposed of by a couple of workers with comparative ease in a couple of hours. What a change, too. has come over the sheds und yards! Concrete, washed down after every milking, now predominates, one does not now see Rose or Darkie waiting leg deep in evil-snielling mud for her turn to enter the bail. The conditions under which milking is carried on in Taranaki now leave little for fastidious people to cavil at—Wanganui Chronicle. The cricket, match, Otautau v. Scotts Gap, played on Monday, probably supplies a new record, in that each team made the same number of runs in both innings: Otautau 51 and 51, and Scotts Gap 32 and 32.