FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81877, 30 October 1906, Page 4

FARM AND DAIRY.

The warm ra.n-i of the pa>t few uee»a> have supplied the mucn-nced-ed nioisiure tor tee ground, and trie glass i, coming away nicely, and Uoni this out tucie snould be any amount of good pasture fur dairy cows and oiner stock. Stock aie iook.ng in fair condition througtuu' the province, and tne oulpui ol bu<te: ut tur the season is =u far tii3 iiiigcsi on record. Hay and ensi.age crops aie not yet very forward, aid will be iaiet than usual tins jiar. Ii is s.ili :n som-- respects that tne S ras. did not grow quickly 111 ihe tii,. spu.ig. Laitie that have been througu me rigors of a i'aranaki winter are generally ptetty poor in condition. ahyuld ilie gra=s si 1(Jot ral ,idiy there is not mucn noyrishment in .t. Gatile, of course, devour large quantities ol the succulent pasturage and in place of being strengthened thereby much harm re-ults from scour. It is belter for the cattle-| providing the weather 1= mild) ii the grass is tardy oi growth. The slower the growth me more the nutriment in tne grass. Cattle pick tip slowly for a start, and ara :n a stronger and healthier condition when ihe Hush of ovj comes. A cow ihat is in poor condi-ion »-|-„ n she come to profit is not go.ng to ouirn her b< 1 milk yield even though feed is most abundant. She needs Ii be healthy and stton,-r in all her organs before she can respond to the full at Ihe milk paij. Da rymen in some parts have been prophesying all soft- of disastrous '••■nse'iuenecs owlng to the scarcity o| gi.i-s. but as the returns frorn ail fai torn - show a marked n-.rrea.-v over previous y<;o>,

•Lore is not much to find fault uoli 111 reality. The le-i- are higher f-T the Urn" of year than i- usually the "■,:-•'. Th s prove- that although' feed h.is not b;-n abundant, tin 10 has b'en mote nuiriineii! in the grass. Ai! the dioty cniptmie-, t>n- paying

"in ii'.-ivi'T eh vjuc.s than tiftual for ti.e tiiiii- i.f ycir. S' m- of th'- «: iinihii'rs ;.fl';rm that <■:< iy ■ •a!v : ni; cowh;.vc n'4 cm- tn their "Hush!" and wii! not milk throu;r!i a 'diil; sea-on. 'Hits idea would p-'u;'.ni'S. that the <ai<! cia tynten ate rnnjtirinß up in their ;n<nta! vision troubles tha' have little «r no foundation in fact. Tin' present s.-awin bids fa : r to be a i"eo r J • i,c for Taraiiafci. I'rice- for pr,.cliki>. both butter and cheese, are better tit an ' vet. and with the cx()?rien<e ■if '"ornier year- to aid them, m their !>;»■:ation-. tiio-e onyajt'ed in tin' I'niryiuff inclu-try of IQOO-7 should have mi cap. :■ fur ">::ipla : n r . providing nothntr untov.ar:! happen- durA long and u--< ful rxi-ti tic-, ha- iu*t cnriio to an end by th" d'-ath of "Kaii«v" the famous champion milch envr of ttift Pl-mtahofj Modi I Pniry. at Pandanuart, x the Grisor. = . Katie was 17 vears old, a-m! in add lien to presenting her owners with 12 calve*. had yielded, had yielded 13.295 gallon's of milk, an average of 4 Ralions I-. 1 milking day. At zd per pin', t!i- rp-,.i"£ents a value of jCXSG (Y'X. Katie'- us'iiii career was cut short be a reorettable mi-fortune. She ;i hairpm which had acciivntally pot into her fo':d. i'h" hairpin perforated the intestines, netting up inflammation, which ended in he; demise,.