FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 60, 20 June 1910, Page 8

FARM AND DAIRY.

In a letter received in Eltham from a Taranaki man' at present residing in Rotorua there occurs the following passage: "I have not seen a cow since i I arrived here. I think the Government ought to put one in the sanatorium grounds. It would 'be a curiosity here." To a Taranaki man it must be a dreadful thing to be in a place where ho cannot see a cow.. 1 The form to be filled in by farmers obtaining the services of lads from Great Britain asks for the following information:—Signature of applicant, address of his farm and name of nearest railway station; wages offered (with keep and clothing) on engagement, after first year and after second year; age_ of lad required and particulars of duties. The form states that it is not proposed at present to extend the engagements of the lads beyond three years unless by consent of the Department of Labor and I the lad and the employer concerned. The I duties to be .performed are to be fully I set out, and if a lad of any particular ! religion is required, that religion is to I he specified. I Settlers in the Waikato district are | jubilant at the handsome returns which have been obtained for dairying operai tions this season. The quantity of milk dealt with, both by home .separation and by the creameries, has been enormous, and has left all other records established in previous seasons far :behind. According to an Auckland exchange, it can safely 'be said that the amount of separator 'butter made by farmers has incmised fully 40 per cent, this season, and the payments made to the suppliers at the creameries show that sums running into thousands of. pounds are toeing obtained monthly by farmers in excess of the amounts obtained for corresponding periods 'of last year. Last year the Egmont Box Company (Eltham) made 329,239 butter boxes and cheese crates, the former number being 193 753. This year (to end of June) the company will make about 370,000, there being a marked increase in the demand for cheese crates. Whereas it was necessary to close down the works last winter for a period, sufficient boxes and crates beimr in hand to commence the dairying season with, there will be no stoppage this year, as the machinery has been fullv employed until recently to kpep up with the demand, and consequently there is little dressed timber in stock.'