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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 7 September 1907, Page 6

The Kaponga Company's cheese fac tories are nearing completion. Owing to the low prices of cattle a great number of the farmers in the Feilding district are killing off theii salves, as at the prices obtaining at present they do not pay for the rearing. Xo fewer than thirty-eight stallion parades were held in Victoria during the past month, which Government veterinary officers attended to examine md give certificates as to soundness and suitability of stallions. As a preparation for weaning it is a —od plan to teach the foal to cat ished oats, bran, linseed and chad while still sucking. Soils which run together at the surface, and contain a fair proportion oi flay, may be seriously injured by the trampling of the sheep. Sheep, when turned into large area; of rank crop, trample and spoil more than they eat. Sheep should be taken 3Ut during wet weather.

, Exercising and liberal feeding of brood maris mean healthy, active luais. Don't make the mistake of giving the mare too much kindness.

Rusty cans and those with rough seams are very difficult to clean, and in bad cases only live steam or prolonged scalding will make them pure. The length of time a cow will mamtain her maximum production depends on her constitutional strength and the care with which she is managed. The profitable pig, in the estimation of many farmers, is the spring pig. The earlier he comes the earlier he can be marketed, and the quicker vou get your returns.

There are two classes of bacteria tlint bring about souring. One produces a clear sour flavor '[ he other produces sourness accompanied by gas, with which is usually associated a flavor varying from not quite c.ean to rancid.

Dairy farming at present is a manufacturing industry Unit requires a verv high grade of intelligence, the closest | watching of detail, ami the conscientious 'performance of duty, if success is to !>;» attained and maintained.

In order to have tho sows produce strong, healthy litters, give them special care for some time !>efore farrowing. They must be separated from the rest of the herd and put into pens where thay will not be disturbed or crowded.

! a portion of their ion of body tissue. :-ted, therefore, that a larger proportion production of milk of nutriment for the production and butter than do other cows ""•■e trouble with sorrel, as wit uuuerground stei left it will form harrow* and cult

_ There are .very few soils that arc not improved by some form of drainage. Heavy clay soils are benefited most by draining, but sandy soils having a ciav .subsoil are made wanner and greatly improved by having the excess soil water removed quieklv.

'■Spcro," writing in the IJve Stock Journal, says:— -\Ve do, undoubtedly, want a national pig to meet the requirements of our bacon factories. One breed is too fat, another is too lean. At present the ideal of the factory can only be attained by a first cross." -Muscular strength and endurance are hereditary. It is well-known, too, that longevity is a feature in certain families, teeundity is also a characteristic of some families. Early maturity is a desirable feature. It, too, is more marked in some families than others.

In sandy soils green manure nitrifies more rapidly than manures like dried blood, bonedust, etc., and onlv less slowly than ammonium sulphate"; while in stiir clay soils the green crop nitrifies very much more rapidly than either sulphate or ammonia or animal manures.

It is bad for mares that are forward in ioal to consume large quaulites of bulky and innutritious fodder, such as hay of poor and very coarse quality, and strawchop, as this distends the intestines very greatly, and undue pressure upon the womb is caused in consequence Which may tend to abortion.

the curly-coated pig is „ breed that had been confined to the county of Lincoln, England, for over 100 years, and has licen kept pure during that period. A herd-book of this bmftl has recently been published, with 115 members, who contribute 174 boars and 403 sows for registration.

• irecn manuring is effective both- hi sandy and on heavy clay soils, and/indeed, on all soils deficient inhuinus. On sandy soils the effect of green manuring is to consolidate the soil, the humus .formed binding the particles together n clay soils the efieet of the addition humus and the introduction of carbonic acid is to loosen and accelerate them. Kiverdale factory handled 17 42li?>'» lbs of milk, from which were obtained G,8,2911bs of butter-fat. The selling weight of cheese made was I.G3S "'JIILiT and of butter 10,8741b5. The averse test was 3.891, and it took 10 51b* of milk to make a pound of cheese. .Suppliers received 12.824J per 11, for butter fat. Compared with the previous year the business showed an increase of fi'i per cent., and suppliers increased bv H. Out of 12,000 cases of cheese onl'v 130 were classed as second grade n r M A^ ibe,cs ' T - R - E *.V> *"<« l ■>■ a. Murdoch were re-elected directors. Attlm annual meeting of the Kaupokonm Dairy Company attention ,{„ s drawn to the average test, 3.95 for the year. Mr Powdrell' considered this (he best test obtained in tfie district Messrs Uorrie, Lc Fleming. „,„] Wells were re-elected to the directorate ""he company during the vear Inndled 40.G81,559|h S of milk, from which v'u obtained 1,ii08.5151b s of butter-faf. This gave lfifiO tons of cheese and STiinvt of butter, an increase of 00 per cent, on the previous year's working.