FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 114, 22 August 1910, Page 7

FARM AND DAIRY.

I iSo closely identified with the general prosperity of Auckland province lias dairying become that .it is extremely rei assuring to note the expansion of this j vital industry from year to year (re-. : marks the New Zealand Herald). Whereas in 1900 Auckland exported butter to the value of £81,278, her total output duringi the season just closed was worth £6lis,!>l'l—more than 'half of the total export from New Zealand during the ■2OOB-!) season ( £1,146,014). With cheese j also taken into account the dairy ex- ' ports from Auckland province duftng the 1009-10 seaison represented the handsome total of £682,003. This, of course, does not take into account the enormous local consumption. Within a radius of ten miles of the Auckland Post Office there are 100,000 people —not far short of 20,000 more than in any other centre of New Zealand. Then the complete population of the province is 240,000, which, at a conservative estimate, represents a yearly consumption equal to £416,000 in value. Auckland, therefore, stands forth as the premier ibufcter-pro-dueing district of the Dominion. Taranaki, with a considerably smaller population to deplete its returns, was the second largest butter exporter, with a total of £539,100. When 'her cheese exports are added, however, Taranaki sup- : ports the splendid total of £1,079,138. The possibilities of the cheese industry are thus forcibly illustrated. It is only in its infancy as yet in Auckland province. {

The Lowgarth Dairy Company has de-i cided to again consign its output of, cheese for the season. j

j Mr. Long, who has been visiting relatives in Patea during a holiday visit from New South Wales, states that.the Ayrshire is the breed most highly in favor amongst dairy farmers in the Hawkesbury district. Owing apparently to climatic conditions, the Jersey does not thrive so well there. Whatever may be the reason, it appears that for results t'he Ayrshire leads the van, and it is the cow that gives the best return that the farmer wants every time.