"MOOSE” PRODUCTS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 816, 9 November 1929, Page 7

"MOOSE” PRODUCTS

WHAT THEY MEAN TO NEW ZEALAND

' Prior to the establishment ot an pil mill in Auckland by the New Zealand Cattlecake and Oil Co., Ltd., verjIjttle was known in New Zealand about linseed Oilcake, or its value as a stock food. Nature had been kind to farmers bad become accustomed to rely almost entirely on their pastures to supply the feed for their stock. Herd improvement and feeding for increased production was then in its infancy. Since then wonderful progress has been made. The old haphazard methods are being gradually abandoned and the feeding of farm animals is developing along scientific lines. The progress already made is considerable anil is reflected in the improved condition of the stock and the increased production of the farm. Linseed Oilcake is the recognised standard by which other feeds are judged, and has been for generations the support of the English stock breeder. There is a great deal of truth in the old saying that “half the breed js in the feed.’’ Certainly the effect of good breeding is lost unless it is accompanied by proper feeding. Both breeding and feeding are essential to enable the best results to be obtained. It is therefore gratifying to know that Linseed Oilcake, in the form of “Moose” Nuts or Meal, is now being fed on all the up-to-date farms throughout the Dominion. Of particular interest to the users of ‘•Moose” products is the fact that they ai" 100 per cent. New Zealand-made. The raw material, the linseed, is grown chiefly in Canterbury, where contracts are arranged with farmers for the growing of this cereal, so that the money spent on Oilcake by one set of farmers is paid over to another set wlio grow the raw material. Over 250 contracts have been arranged for this season, representing an area of nearly p,OOO acres.