AN EXPERIMENT IN WINTER DAIRYING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 207, 26 October 1900, Page 1

AN EXPERIMENT IN WINTER DAIRYING.

, biiel summary of the 'pwticulars andresults of an uperi- < f ment in winter dairying, and in cjoing ! w(i we have in View the wakening of .. ■, .milk suppliers to factories in the colony to the ponibility, and advantige to themselves, of . the' continuance of factory oparatiens all the year round. I'hetiming of c'owa tocilve at aoitable intervals and the providing of an abundance of food for them are nob insuperable obstacles, could a sufficient number, of constituents of a factory be convinced it might be profitably kept in operation throughout the 12 months , fithpnt. severely taxing their intelli- "" 'grace and industry. In is almost) . ,needlesa to point out that the united reeoiyeand effort would secure bo the co-operatore all the appreciable benefits "" Of assured and regular incomes, without (apse or interruption as hereto- . .ion. The experiment referred to was con- ' dnotcd by order of the Cheshire County - >i Ooaneil afc the Worleiton Dairy Insbi- ' tate, established by the council. In- ! ' ttead of having the students to take up i doulejtio subjects at the institute in -'f ;- (the close of the eummdr ■ dairying season), it was thought ad-;-j'>vismd continue the dairy, work, and; make both batter and cheese ** throughoutOcfcober, November,, and •-Bscetaber, aod thus- furnish some accurate particulars as to the quantities ; ofmitk required for making butter and cheese; also tj Calculate carefully the - anjount made from the cheese and batter and the by-products, arid to mmpue the prices thu secured with those realised by farmers sending! new milk to Liverpool or Manchester during the sam» period. The changes made ' ' throughout the year in the herd at the ■' institute had resulted in there being a fair number of autumn oalrers. In ' addition, milk was purchased from ad- ' joining farms at current ratei. The - milk made iato batter during three months amounted 'to 37|9461b, or 3704ga1, aud this yielded 14971b 2oz of butter, or an average of lib of ' butter to 25.51b of mitk, or 2J gal. JThe amount received for the butter '' Wad' £97 lis 9d, or Is 3d per lb, [ , dariag October, and Is 4d during November. and December, The K separated miik and feuttsrmilk were , - givento theories, and with the value of this added, tie-sum of £ll7 5j 3d . vas the total, realised from the milk made into butter. Tfeis worked out to , > just over per gallon. During the three months 45,5541b, or 4444J gal, ofmik, wis -made into 121 cheese, whkh, whfcn sold, weighed 50141b. Thus a pound of ripe cheaee was produced from 9.0t1b of milk used. ; The cheese was sold at 68s, 70j, 755, and even 85s per cwt,and realised £145 16a 6d. The value of the whey was Xgstimated at £7 17s 4d, and with other by-products such as butter made from a small portion of the cream, the total amount of £l7O 19» 10J was realised, or a value of 9.021, or jns . over 9d, per ' gallon of 10£lb. 'lh9 prices obtained by farmers sending new milk td' .Liverpool or Manchester afforded an interesting compiihon. In October the value of the milk made into buttwr was 7jd per gallon; milk made into cheese 91; new milk at ■. contract prices, for the cities named, ; _ &25d; new milk without contract! 7|d . to 7|d. In November milk made inco " fastter and chease was of tha same value as in October, but new milk at , contract prices bad, been raised to 7£d and 7|d, and new milk without con- • tract pneeeto . the milk made into butter and cheese waaof the same value as in October, . hut new milk at contract prices sold at from 7Jd to B£d, acd new milk without contract prices at . proved that making cheese produced the highest flavour throughuut, bub that the making of butter was nob so 'remunerative as the selling of new milk. That result showed that the, ■ selling of new milk to the townß need toot foe resorted toby the farmers as the most profitable means of dealing with their produce, as by the Bkilful • manufacture of good cheese, and by sring the by-products for feeding pigs or young stock, they could produce a higher return, and a value per gallon of milk that would pleasingly contrast with that realised during the summer mtotlu.