FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81878, 1 November 1906, Page 4

FARM AND DAIRY.

Speaking .0 a prac.hjyl dairyman .t_ tin Lgm-.-nt Iv.ad a d..y ut 1.-.u ago a .\ii\3 1 epic- mat vi- rn4u.il."., n'liat breed-- of lailie ije-t suited in.'

i..nU ill N iiiiein Taianaki tor dairying purpo cs. Tin: H'piy was some--ning nke tit.s: "Well, tne land in .lie disiiicls njitli of Stratfaij being much liginei man that ot South t'aranaki, my experience is that the lighter breeds of dairy caii.fl, \ ¥ ,\t\ much better retuins. The- sorts most in favoi around here are die Jersey and Ayr-hire, 01 a cross between .he-e iwii k nils. The counliy being broken a- w<-ll as lig.it, thes.- cattle, having smaller frames, ai.: able 10 10am over the hills without offoit, and therefore get the be.,i of the pasturage. Then, again, th"-e cattle Jo not cany much flesh and do no; need near the amount of fond to keep ihem in good m Iking condition. If ptoof of what 1 say is needed, it is .Tily neccsaiy to attend one ot the ■ lock sales, where ii will be found thai heiler- show ng eitln 1 tne Jet" -ey or lite A;, iiiiiite airains are eagerly sougin al.er, w.iereas hene,s ilia, -now 10,11 -0, heavy stiam- an- practi caily uu-aieahie. In tne winlei i.ine, too, tlie sma.lei strains aie moiu -•a-ily kept in condition. Some tarimi,s seem to Hunk that the Jeisey 0: .A. isli.ie is miicu too iii-licue, but g-v.' tin-in ei.i.i a c ver ar.d a 1. eu .1 turnip-, mangolds, or other fouil«, and with the s.ielter prov d'-a 011 til'.' hillside, lliey WnliCl Illlicil b-'tlL'i loan i|i- heaver cait.e. Of coui-e. a- bu.-.er iat p...due is tiiea.- ligii.e, -.liains an- ea tly tne best, and as tlie

indusiiy grows older 1 b. lieve we shail have as g.,.'d a kind ol daily eaiile as anywnere .n tue colony."

It i- riireshiag to drop ac:o-s farim'is who nally lake an inteiesi in the busines-. of producing good milkng strains of cattle, and there certiimly is no rea-' 11 wny eacii and aveiy daii'yman J.iould not do his l-cst to build up decent heids. It costs little or nothing extra in breed good dairy Siock, and when once a farmer gets hold of the right strain hi-, profits will soon be doubled.