FARM AND DAIRY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 135, 16 September 1910, Page 3

FARM AND DAIRY

At the annual meeting of the Mere ....It; cuiuuan,) uue Luairman i..eiitioiuu iiuu uic lAmy Association iuia selected jour linns at liunie to ucal Wlui the butter that went through the association at 3 per cent, commission, with a rebate of %d to the companies and y ß d to the association. Stock on turnips in Southland arc looking well, and have come through the winter splendidly. Turnips are .feeding out niucn better than was predicted ai me beginning of winter, and now that grass is springing fast turnips can hi obtained lor very reasonable terms tc avoid having to plough them down. . Mr. W. <&. Leiguton, a Southland far mer, declares that with careful rugging and attention Jersey cows are abie tc withstand the Southland climate. '"Quality and quantity," he said, cnaiacterlsed the breed, and for dairying purposes jerseys had no equai. Mr. JLeignton also confessed to a liking for the Holstein breed, and anticipated great results from his recent importation of a Hoistem bull. loie settlers of the Rongokokako district are moving in the direction of having a cotv-testing association formed there anu have carried a resolution to tile efiect that tne Otoveritmeiii be approached in the matter. iur. iuomss, wno moved the resolution, ailudeu to me wont accumpushea by simuar associations in Denmark, and to the urgent necessity ox testing individual cows. j.nere are some good Ayrshire cows in Scotland. (Jpionei and .Lady Mure, ox Caidwell, recently . visited Lochlands i< arm, Mayboie, and were so pleased with the 1 uauy stock there that the colonel bought four of Mr. vV. u. (Jubtnn's deep uniKing >co'\vs.' '.these comprised a a-year-old' with a recoru .ast year as a iieifer of tioX gallons, 01 u.85 per cent, fat in 47 weeks, and at present yieiuing lßib, 3J5" per' cent, uit daily; one five-year-old, with'a record for 1909 of 584 gallons, 4.u7 per cent iat in 37 weeks, now yielding 471 bo.a per cent, iat daily; another rfve-year-oiu, with a record tor 1909 Jf. 542 gajions, 4.t0 per cent, fat in 47 weeks, and at present giving 49.51b 3.6 per cent, tat daily; and a seven-year-oid, with a record lor 1909 of 915 gallons 3.40 per cent, tat in 44 weeks, and now giving a4.inb 3.0 per cent, fat daily.

A small area, weil managed, can easily support a family. Out on the Fraser •road recently, Mr. A. Wallace gives his experiences on farming. He is a itawera boy, and has spent practically all. sis oO years within sight oi Mount kg■mont. He had a spell of farming outside New Plymouth and other places, but round, about: LjEltiiani he finds the best soil. . . . , His farm at Fraser road consists of ninetynine acres, is clean of, dead trees and in good grass. During the season his 55 cows have averaged £l2 17s 6d per head, whilst a substantial .bonus-from the factory has to. be.added, which will bring the amount; well over ,£l3. Besides the cows he lias sold 100 pigs and, calves and received' £l2 for cocksfoot. His herd is niucrfttie' same as others,' being mixed, ttmtj-jW.ith Jerseys in thei majority. the cattle are looking in! splendid condition, and, Mr. Wallace, anticipates even better returns during the next season.. He has divided his farm into what he terms three night and .two day paddocks, the cows do] better and the. "gras's, thrives better. | Kale is grown 'tot, fodder, and proves an acceptable change for the stock. The report of typ-dressing in the Argus (has interested / him, and he • intends doing the that it is a mistake' to ( lef •s}'«' ground get too poor before gnuhgi ii attention. An 1 abundance of°pure' water, per medium of well and windmill, is always available. A few-sheep,.many .pigs, and several horses-, also, junning on the' farm, and thq &ne appearance they present speaks well- for the attention bestowed on than.—El'tham Argus. The erops sown in, the -Rakaia district tliis season are mainly- oats and wheat:' Bordier wheat is being largely used, as it does, so well on light land. The crops are-looking very healthy. The first resmljs, of<a privately managed Cow-testing Association, formed at Stoney Creek, Palmerston North, form an interesting commentary ,on the variation in the productive value of different cows. The particulars; cover a 'monthly, period, and they, are headed by a cow| giving 8761b of 'milk, with a 6.4 test, yielding 561b of butter-fat, worth £2; 13s Bd. At the other end are the "rob-; ber" cows—animals; giving in one in-, stance 3651b of milk, testing at 3.2,1 equal to. 121b of hutter-fat, worth to the ; farmer lis fid. Between these two extremes there are cows* .of all values, in-| eluding quite a number which have been proved not to be worth the grass they ( eat. ! ..- .