FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 29 August 1907, Page 3

FARM AND DAIRY.

The Wlicuiuiiruva Dairy Company deIclincd an oiler of lUd, and has decided to consign at 9%d.

The biggest price so far offered for a Tsranaki output is 10 y tl 0. per lb. The general run of prices, however, is lOd and 10>/ B d. The majority of the butter factories are talking of consigning ai*»d taking the chance of the markets. 0 It is-cstimated that between .£130,000 anil .€200,000 was lost by the linns who hut year who bought up the butter output of the colony. ,'layers are not risking a similar loss In regard to this year's [output.

I'lie Midhirst Dairy Companj' lias '!<>- citled to consign Its output this yenMessrs Collett and Co., of Cardiff ire handling half, the other lwlf bcin- put through Wilier anil lliley. Last ynuthe compuiy sold its output, which amounted in extent to over 4(10 tous At Addington 011 Wednesday Mr \V Buchanan (Wairarnpa) realised 28s to 33s (Id for 30 halfbred wethers and '>Ss for 10 ewes; and Messrs, ]j ea i,, y i !r ~ s ' 1 foromta, 28s Od to 35s for 31 South' down Romney wethers (savs the Pros*) _ The Kaupokonui dairy "factory made wonderTul strides'during the ins l ! two y f « w » antl >s probably now the largest co-operative factory in the North Island, its total turnover for last year readied the big sum of £114,703. Three seaauiia bacft the allairs of the company were not in a particularly satisfactory state, due principally to « disastrous contract. The 'bank balance was heavy, the intoi est charges being over rsoo and suppliers were not at air pleased with the outlook. The cheese market improved, tile management launched out, good judgment was shown by the directors, and now the company is in a most prosperous condition. The bank overdraft iias been considerably reduced the tost under this head for last yea/ being only £lor. During the past year 40,(i81,85y1b5. of milk, at an average' of o.'Jo per cent., yielding 1,G08,5151bs of 1 m Whieh was Manufactured 1000 tons of cheese and 575cwt. of butter—an increase of over 50 per cent on tie amount turned out during the previous year. The company is situated in what is perhaps the finest dairying country in the world, and, with the effi cient management marking the operations of the last year or two, the company's prosperity should continue A horse can draw on Eire worst kind of caith load about four times as much as ■it can (Tarry on Us back. On a good macadamised road he can pull ten times as much, on a wooden road twenty-five times as much, and on a railway fifty times as much, J

IT DAZZLES the world. No discovery in medicine has ever created one quarter of the interest that has been caused by Dr. Sheldon's N°,v Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption. It has brought relief in the most hopeless cases, when all else has failed. Obtainable everywhere.

THE "HARTNETT" PATENT MILKING MACniNE. Yes, the "Hartnett" milkers have certainly come to stay; there is no room for doubt on that point. They are being installed in all directions. Every plant erected seems to be the forerunner of fresh orders. Inquiries lc<! to speedy conviction that the "Hartnjit" has no equal as a simple, safe tual Milking Machine. Its patented improvements are of a very high ord-sr, and substantial in character.' Tho.ie who have used the machines longest are the loudest and most frequent in their praises. It will be well for all intending buyers to get their orders promptly booked; the new season is at the doors; delay means trouble and loss when the lows come in if farmers .ire

not ready. For full particulars apply to C. Dahl and Co., Ltd., Pahnerston North; or Taranaki Farmers' Co., Ltd.,