FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81873, 25 October 1906, Page 3

FARM AND DAIRY.

now to SL.ci k!•:. a?. It rein -king drop aeioss a .laity fanner who 11 f n - Stub i otic a representative of the News discovered in the lnglewood di-trict tew davs ago in the person of Mr • (Jordon Glassford. The pap l * miin had heard of Mr Glassford's success as a dairy farmer, and was interested to see fur himself bow Mr Glassford conducted his operations and obtained such a high fst for his herd has an average of 6-3- to V---Mr Glassford is a practical farmer, and he has the big advantage of having in his wife a very practical help, and one who understands the why and wherefore of-all things appertaining to the work of the farm. Like many other dairymen, Mr Gke-sford funnel that as soon as he bad to craplov labor 1)V troubles began, and so when the opportunity arose he cut his propertv up, leased others sold lite bulk, and farms but luo acres—all he can manage himself. His milking shed is well ventilated, drained and situated. "To get the best results,'' Mr Glassford said, •■you have to kecai your sheds sweet and clean.' And he is right. lu l a man in dirty surroundings, whither it be in shop, office or farm, and you cannot hope to secure the best quality of work, lie ha- a hue young herd o; Jews with a slight sprinkling ; f Ayrshire-lersevs. They all bore a slink look; showing that they were being givn plenty of attention. These constitute a herd whose butterfat has leapt up to 7.3—a phenomenal average. "I know the test is high," said Mr Glassford. "and that it will be disputed, but I'll forward you 1 the •factory papers and you can see • for yourself Ul« is what [ say it is.'' \ n».w does a man obtain tlics"." ll^'

suits? S'lupiy b'y choosing his I breed, 'drenching and properly poking after his animals, and testing the gruductiyt capacity of to? indiyjduaj

'cow. Mr Glassford has no unprofitable animals in his herd. He knows the lest of each cow's milk. He uses his Babcock regularly. He has weeded out cvury animal that is unprofitable. It is very necessary to know what a cow yields, just as necessary in fact as it is in business to know the quality and extent of work performed by an employee. It is not a very big undertaking, as Mr Glassford finds, to test the milk of each cow, and it is not hard either to determine approximately the amount of food consumed by an animal. j Mr Glassford pays considerab'c attention to drenching. "1 drench every animal; and 1 find that drenching has saved me a lot of money. I have never known it to fail. I use Syke's drench, which I consider a valuable preparation and one which no dairy farmei knowing his business should be without." Mrs Glassford is a fowl farmer, and that she understands it thoroughly is shown by the fact that she always manages to prill off the best prizes i'l whatever competition she enters. We could say a good deal more about this farm which in many respects is a model one, but we have exceeded our space already. Inror.elusion we would like to say that fanners might with much advantage 10 themselves take a leaf from the book of Mr Glassford, and endeavour to work their farms on a scientific, and business-]ile basis. If they do and the time is coming when they must —they will find that their profits will be considerably greater at <-|ie end of the year, and the country the richer by possessing farmers who are extracting a maximum of wealth from the country's grazing acres.