WHOLESALE DAIRYING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 68, 20 March 1903, Page 2

WHOLESALE DAIRYING.

The largest numbtr of cows milked by any one owner in the provincial district of Taranaki is 350. The greatest number milked by any one owner in the colony is 500, The farmer who is' milking the 350, chatting to our travelling correspondent the other day, said that his experience has taught him that the big herd is a mistake, More than forty in one herd is wrong. His suggestion to get better results—a gteuer net return, is to keep on raisine the herd's minimum yield. By heavy culling, the poor milkers, whose average helps to bring down that of the whole herd, are continually being cist out, and the cost of fe ding and milting an unprofitable beast is sived. Keen competition from Siberia and the Argentine, will, in the opinion of the farmer we are quoting, force us to raise the minimum. As prices fall, so must the cost of production, and the heaviest tix this farmer recognises is the poor cow. Oa his own hards he has raised the minimum to a point at which hq may at present call a hilt. His work is all done by hired labor, the hired labour is well paid, the owner's profit is satisfactory, and the land is all rented.— Pahiatua Herald,