SHORT MILKING SEASON.

Shannon News, 16 June 1925, Page 4

SHORT MILKING SEASON.

SCARCE WINTER GRAZING. There is every sign of a short milking season as is evidenced by the sudden falling off of supply at the various factories. The monthly statistics issued by the Dairy Division, which up to March have been well ahead oi ! the previous season, now begin to show a falling back on last year, a sure indication o t f the little growth made during the present autumn. Nevertheless, the season is admitted ! by every dairy farmer to have been an exceptionally good one, and the drying off of cows towards the end of May and beginning of June is not altogether a direct loss. The average dairy cow, like everything and everybody else, is all the better for a good rest and will more t han make up the loss next eeason. Good grazing for the winter is likely to be scarce and expensive, a matter which greatly affects dairy farmers with small holdings. There is 'nothing better for the stock as well as the paddocks of a small farm, than a complete removal of stock for a month or two in the year. Not only do the cows appreciate a complete change of feed and sur- j roundings but not half the decrease would be prevalent on these small farms if such a system was followed j regularly. i