FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 251, 29 November 1909, Page 4

FARM AND DAIRY.

TilK JiUTTKR OUTLOOK. I Sj/,_,'\iFlLAM' JIUAIE ItJii'uiU. 1 lie. latent iidvkes from Home are not very reassuring in regard to the prospects lor New Zealand butter. l ,( rom one aiiilioritiiiive .source the fact is gleaned that the limitatiou of labor in tin* uiiiuv-j iji Lngland to eight itoura a day, and the decreased wages which are consequently being earned, is seriously ail'ecting the provision trades, the demand being chielly on the lower-priced goods. J he Australian output is being almost doubled ou that of last year, and this in a season when winter production on the Continent is on a fair level, liemarking on the fact that few Now 55ea*! laud factories have sojd, the London "drucer* say# that business iu New Zealand butter can how be done "at 104s to lOlis, but there are ?io buyers. It is stated that the quicker the ipriees oi butter come down the better for those engaged in tlie trade." liiis obviously suggests tho advantage of New Zealand butter being held in strong hands during certain seasons; though it cuts two way*. When butter was iit 150s few New Zealand factories benelited by the fact, because the butter was heid by speculator ;uid though these held up the market, it was mainly to their own advantage.—'Wellington Times.

RUSSIAN I'KOURiiSSIOA

A RIVAL TO FEAR,

It i=) now generally understood that it Russia is a hind of political unrest it is doing considerably more lor the development of agriculture, especially (i Llie. Muallcr induslries of the 'Soil, Llian most utile,- countries The development of dairying ill Siberia is one of the most remarkable instances ol success of i.ie fo-tering of a primary industry by liberal (!o\eminent suppiirt to be' found 111 the world. The simple peasants were assisted in every conceivable manner, and the result lias justified the cost. Jt late years authorities 'have conic to realise that Siberia, is destined to lie one of the must important butter-pro-ducing countries in the world, A new factor is now arising. Realising uie success of dairying in Siberia, fanners in the grain-growing districts of Russia itself are hiking np milk-production, ami are co-operating in Older to establish, llu: business on a sound basis. J. lie I State is offering generous' assistance, nisi ruction being jjiveii, among otliei tilings, ill lhc inrpruvenicnt of dairy stock. There lias now been established the lirst pig slaughterhouse on modern lines; so fur only trial shipments ot bacon liave been made, but if they are successful the export of bacon ' from Russia 'promises' to be very large.

COW ADVANCEMENT

j AX AMERICAN" MSfrSO-V Professor l-'rusor, Chief of Dairy litis , Immlry ;it the Illinois Kxpenment Sta-i linn, I jiitoif States of America. recently| Jpive sonic remarkable results of cow*' I Ic.stiu# as illustrative of the importance of weeding out cows of poor productive-, mss. In on,. (-;isc tin? best and wor*i cows were purchased from eaili of si\ herds and kept for a year, and tin* best cow "was foiuul to have produced ten, times as much, milk as the worst. Thej former 'produced her milk at a cost *>t 2s 4d per 10(W>. as compared with Us (id for the latter. A more extensive test was/ made by investigating the records of 554 cows in thirty-six 'herd*. The best -fourth ol these animals produced an average of 3011b of .butter-fat V ei ' annum, as compared with lM'/db from the poorest fourth of the cows. Valuing the butter-fat at W/A per 11), the average money return of tlie former was £l4 10s (Id per head per annum, against l £6 8s 2d from the latter.