FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 13 July 1907, Page 4

FARM AND DAIRY.

TBI TREATMENT OF COWS. IUIJB OF DANISH CREAMERIES. A 1 Dtnish creameries issue rules for the geMral treatment and milking of rani. Those concerning milking arc interesting. At the top of the card •it the wonls "tiood Advice," beneath whtrh is a drawing of the udder and t««ti of ft COW with the hands of the ahkar placed in proper position. On •Ifher aiik of Um eard are columns

ibuM to indicate the percentage of fat prefMt in the Int mitt: drawn from the U* and in. the last milk drawn. The niw on tha cow are a* follows: I I MILKER, MARK THIS WKM- | ■l, The tow i* a living machine. j '(») Kindly treatment entails less la- | liar and gives more milk. 2. flood work improve-- the living machin*. (*> Milk, eleon. Clean milking develop* the odder and increases the quantity of milk. | <b| You receive richer milk. j le) Remember that the milk last drawn is by far the nuwt valuable. •3. Cleanh' milking, la'i You should wear tidy and clean clothes. (b) Hare the pail clean as well as the ataaMTT can. {e) Thoroughly dean the udder by nibbing with a piece of linen. (HI Wash the'hands thoroughly before milking. (•J Let the udder lie quite dry before you begin to mQk. 4. Cany oat the work properly. <tl Milk with dry hand*. (b) Setee ti» te»ts with the whole Of the hand. (e) Keep a gentle pressure on the odder. (d) Milk aa fast a* you can and never cease working until the milk is wholly drawn. (e) Don't strain the teat beyond its 'natural strength. (f) Remember the nine of the last drop*:

f. Healthy state of the odder. (•) If there la soreness or lumps in addar or teat*, stoppage in milk can*] or nanatural colored milk, dta't mix that milk with as; other, and don't send ; it to the creamery. #. Milking times. (a) Begin milking always at a fixed . tinM. (b) MUk the game cows in (he same . aider.

1. Regard this excellent work ss one of boaor. FARMER, MASK THIS WELL. , 1. Clean the cows. 2. Havs good air in the stall;. X Light should be freely admitted. The above rules, which are faithfully tlftM out, tell why Danish batter is ahsed of all the world in all markets of the world.

SUTTEB-FAT COKPMITIOKS

Th* following to the substance of a letfar that Mr Andrew Buchanan has formarled to the Minister for Agriculture: He the friendly challenge Issued to

the MUister of Agriculture when at the

' ilaaawatu Winter Show, and to indic•ate That eotmte the writer has been pursoiag. the following information is given:—Oa December 28th, 1904, the writer gave particulars of private tests

of Jersey cattle to the Secretory for Agriculture. On November 22nd. l'i#>. the writer Miked the Department to eneoaagft batter-fat competition*. On Tune !*fcStk,l»o7, the writer respectfully rcqnmted that' the ilinister for Agricul-

tme will Assist to establish annual butcompetition)) at the Manawatii

Show, and, at the «nc time and under tha Mine conditions, wnd, not neees- ' aatlly for competition, but certainly for danantttQre purposes, some of the atoek ftred tIX State-imported hulk. ' Bath a deaMMtnflon may be held with tha of tha Jlauawatu A and I'. AMOtjatfaa, and subject to the «am>> mettndi of feeding anS testing as were reBed oa last year at the contest here. I vooU respectfully suggest that the

other dull read as follows

'■ (1) That the denoßstratkm and competl- '*>■' tion be held »t the same time, the cattle to be fed fat same field and treated

fa «B mpeets fiaJUrJy- (2) That the T" demonstration be limited to heifers sired H by impacted Shorthorn bulls and those „ by registered purebred sires of any other |v* breed. (3) That heifers of two, three § and four yean* old be eligible for compe- ?/ --tjtim and be handicapped. The fours' yoar-old should allow 35 per cent, and £ the thzce-;ear-old 20 per cent to the twu- ' ■ Ttar-oU (4) Tba age shaU be cooled tarn the first day ia July of the }«>r ia which the heifer was drup (5) That in the competitions the awards shall be baaed on the value of - the butter fat contained in the milk. l i nce the heavier breeds of cattle require more food to sustain them, 1 lE» rahiß of lkintaud milk be not taken \ into account, but allowed as a handicap ;o the smaller animals, il refer to the ». Uffertnce In values, since the larger anijala may be expected to yield more of the le»a valuable constituents of milk). 17) Thai the value of the skimmed milk " shall be demonstrated by analysis it practicable, for three purposes-(l) k ' fheese-making, (i) pig and poultry feed j iOg> (J) manuring purposes."

POTATO PARAGRAPHS.

It is well-known that the seed I' ro cured from one potato apple will pro dum •ome hundreds of varieties, and il b a work involving much time and pa tience, together with keen di*rimina tkm, to .make selections which may til ' tisately prove ot value. Experiments at the Albert Mode Farm, GUsuevin, Jlfith the new Uruguay an potato (aolanum commerwim vmlfti -r- lately Introduced from the *outli >•! France, shows that thin new ?|Ktic oi potato alone of all tbo« OH muted potato blight. 1 »•> e,.r»kine quality is excellent—as good, if nut k-t----ter, than most of the best of our ordinnrv varieties. But as lar a- the relief Qf'the congested districts of Ireland arc i;' noDcerned. by far the mo-it iu>i>oitant faet reported is the enormou-i yield in M » wet and peaty soil,' as stated by one grower. JD» yield, ou 25 sijuare feet. ■■■"' - » <54 tour, which worked out at lo 'OS per statute sere. Thin ii more r an four limes the average crop per - ' jltute aero la the ca*e of the be*t of ; jr ordinary potatoes. The result i- 1 j;-' ' m attrr of great Interest and import- & JCOj in dry soils, the yield is not. in if., jy war, remarkable; but in damp, - obt and wet soils, There no ordinary .jfato vould grow well, the return is v{. . «e or four times as great as in* dry ObD man had lOOlh- in a warm. ,-y soQ from lib of Beed. tfc A little more than three centuries af>o potato wa<- only a jrild in and Mexico; at prewnt time J tabcr» are cnltiTated In every civiwith a iota] yield of 5-ofK>, tons a year. The British frnp »Wetl at €20 T AoO.fM¥> a year, grovth of quantities of potafit Ckrmaay and Frfimv for the of spirit by feniu iitiition h>\ JPr ? wn to favor those *orts wliith yi»*M rather than those funii^hinj; glFi Met eWfr pTodnet,