FARM AND DAIRY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 147, 30 September 1910, Page 3

FARM AND DAIRY

Mr. Hamilton, of Opua. has had a very 'good return from his sheep tihdß *ea*on. He lias 730 lamlbs from 55'j ewes, or 130 per cent. Five ewes had triplets. IA farmer down the line sold two young draughts to an Australian buyer for £3O. j The said buyer a few days afterwards sold one of the pair at the Hawera yards , for £SO odd. j An item in the Southland Times shows | what dairylirig does in advancing the valuo of land in some cases. Residents of Edendale have accepted an offer of a ! site of five acres opposite the school at I £SO per acre. Wlhen the Eiendale Es- ! Lite was cut up tihe land could have been bought for £2O an acre. Speaking at a dairy farmers' conference in Australia the oilier day, Professor Watt, occupant of the Chair of Agriculture at Sydney University, said, wlhen referring to th? question of improving the breed of wheat, that he consideredl the only person qualified to carry out the work was a thoroughly trained scientist. A settlers at' Awatuna recently had a cow, down with milk fever. Having given up all hope for her recovery, as a last resource he called in a neighbor, who used a bike pump on the udder. Immediately after it was used the animal showed signs of relief ,and two days after she was quite back to her full milk. ' Mr. James McLaucMan (secretary of the Wynd'ham and other dairy factories) predicts that within the next five years Southland will possess 100 dairy factories. This season, Mr. Mc;Lauchkn estimates, nearly £200,000 will be /brought into the district Ik -ales of cheese, and in ten years' time the figure .'will, probably run to half a million sterling. The majority of the factories in South Taranaki have resumed running for the season. The first of the returns for August supplies .are to hand, and the results may be considered satisfactory for this period of the year. Hawera factory received 2L,2681bs of butter-fat, and the pay-out at lid per lib will total £909. The figures are an increase upon the same month for when the amount of butter-fat was 17,8261 ibs and £ 770 was distributed amongst suppliers. Mells supiplierd will receive £256, as against £236 for the corresponding month of last year. Both par-outs were at the rate of 9y B d. The milk cheque for the Normanby factory will be £l93', being at about lOd. Amount of butter-fat supplied was 46441b5. The Lowgarth Cooperative Dairy Company's pay-out was £673. To ascertain the weight of cattleTake the measurement of the girth Where it is smallest (close ibehind° the shoulder) and, the length of the animal from the front of the shoulder to the junction of the tail. Multiply the square of the girth in feet 'and inches ,by the length in feet, and multiply the product by 23, .24, 26, 28 or 30, according to the fatness of tihe animal, and the result will give, the weight in imperial stones. For if tihe girth of an animal in moderate condition be 6ft, the length sft 4in, thiem 6 x 6—36 x 5 1-3—192 x .24 47.80 stones. The foregoing is the carcase weight of the animal. The weight of the carcase would be about five-eighths of the live weight for cattle; for sheep, from'one-third to five-eighths; and for a pig, from one-quarter to three-quarters of tihe live weight.