FARM AND DAIRY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 92, 27 July 1910, Page 7

FARM AND DAIRY

DAIRYING IN THE NORTH. Dai'gavillc, July 25. Great (strides are being made in the dairying industry. The report of the Northern Wairoa Co-operative Dairy Co. (their seventh year having just closed) shows that £10,254 18s 5d was paid in advances to suppliers during the past season. After allowing for depreciation, etc., there was a surplus of £2300 13s Bd. The directors recommend payment of a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent, on fully paid-up shares, and that a bonus of one "penny per lb for butter-fat should be paid to shareholders. That will bring the amount paid to suppliers up to per lb. Generally speaking, prospects tor dairying next season are exceedingly bright.

In their annual review for the season 19(19-10. Dalgetv and Co.. i.t!.. state:— •'The flocks in 'Australia and New Zealand Ivive increased duru.g the year by li, 17!),014 head, the total being now 115,025.581 head, a higher number than at any period during the.past sixteen years, and approaching the record of the year 1891. when the figures reached 124,991,920. Not only Save the numbers increased, but the -heep continue to improve. as is shown by the fact that though there were more sheep to shear K) or 20 years ago, the past clip has easily eclipsed all previous recoii-s. llic actual oversea shipments of wool during the twelve months have amounted to 1,921,705 bales from Australia and 512,938 bales from New Zealand, a total of no less than 2.434,043 bales, valued at £33,128,496, an increase or 140,530 bales, or (50,271.502'1b5, and in money value of £7,177,584, as compared with the record clip of the previous 1998-9 season/' In 1873 Germany had just on 25,000,000 sheep; to-dav'she has under 7,000,000. The manager of a Gore mercantile firm, giving evidence in a case heard in the 'Magistrate's Court on Friday, said one potato-grower had anticipated 300 tons from ihis crop. He had purchased 100 tons with the right to the balance, but the grower could only deliver 91 tons in all. "The great increase in the wool sales in; Napier was a feature of the season, and as splendid prices were obtained, more New Zealand growers are likely to offer at the local sales year by year. They have been a long time in following the example of their brethren in Australia."—Dalgety's Review for 1909-10. \ ———————