FARM AND DAIRY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 18 March 1907, Page 3

FARM AND DAIRY

WORKLN.; OX PROPER LINES. Attention las lately been drawn to the fact that much of the land in the Tarauuki district Ms depreciated in \alue since dairying IvTime the great industry in the province. This U-.et is most ui.deniably true iu many cases, any needs to be faced by every progressive and thoughtful farmer. The ery on every band with the majority of dairy farmers is that improving the land jn a thorough and systematic scale is too expensive; iu other words, "they simply can't afford it." These same, men are a.'ten making every possible e'lort to make both ends meet, working early and late without getting the fullest returns from s.itcli strenuous labor. "When one sees the miserable condition in which many Taranaki dairy herds come into milk, one can easily see the reasor of small profits. The milking cows are very often animals >f a poor tvpe, end aie not lit to be i'l any milk'mans yard. When will the ••general" farmer realise that a few good milking, liigh-ti sting cows are fn" moie profitable than a number of indifferent ones! I'lie ft-lal method of picking up dairy stock haphazard from the saleyard's is a most regrettable one. Every factorv should keep a record of the indivKolil dairy of each supplier: that is to sav. the lumber of cows bilked, the weigilt and test of the years supply. This should be published yearly by every factory company, and then dairymen', or those who intend to start o:i this line of b'lMiios, will lu.\' ivli ible proof of the \.ni farmers to buy voting stock from. There is another ai\"ii lent in favor of such a record: it >v.t,li i|itvi' the effect of arousing the farmer to n keener sense of competition. Each on" would feel he must try mid take a leading place in such a KCord, and would thus be M to taking a great n- amount of care in (iie selection of his Mock, ,tnJ iu the care of ii, ".hull op.ee ho had it. Each district co i!d thcu be more tort,hi of its carrying in] cbilitics, and with a lieU<T class of cow higher profits must naturally result. Many fanners are unaware ilf the cv 'a, or, rather, amount ol profit arising from one point in IcJl En.-b point up' nici'ir, one pound { CI) in every one tlio.ise.'icl ponr-Js of milk supplied. This is euu-ly worth working for. Some Taranaki diiiymen are dad/ skimming a nice bowl of fioui their caus before sending Inc. milk to the factory, unite losing siglit of the fact that this* is really an act of dishonest v toward their ' felbw snppli'V. fo: the work of Ironing y 0.. milk is just as great as in treating good, and the general proliis for all shaielialders are thereby lesended. It is a dishonesty towards the district iu which lie lives for the land is thus given a poor instead of a good name, whea low instead of hizh tests are produced in it 'rem the dairy lieriU,

lime are some fanners in Tarannki who take tale that cows shall Ik pio\idecl villi proper feed for the winter mouths, but the re : re many move who J) nut. 11 each in.'iivicln.il dairy wan would make sn. ellorl to Iwe the t>-""st strain of cows, e,eu if rnly a few, and jiovide such cov/s with winter feed enough to bring tliem ittlo pro|U in good condiMor. there amiiKl no ijnger be the cry, '•! rvil all. il (•. inipr.ue'iny lard." a lid the ion.' hours of k-.hor i'l aU bo-Is of weather would bring to ill- (Irti'.'yiivaii the full mc-i-.r.rr of reward lie des.'rvri-