FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 208, 22 January 1913, Page 7

FARM AND DAIRY.

HANDSOME GIFT FOR DAIRY FARMERS. A valuable gift to New Zealand dairymen in the shape of five purebred Ayrshire bulls is at present on its way to New Zealand from London in the steamer Matatua, which is due on February 10 The bulls are the present of Messrs T. Clement and Co., dairy produce merchants ,who are paying ail expenses, and arc giving the bulls to certain dairy companies for the use of their suppliers, so that the strain may be introduced as widely and impartially as possible. The animals came from one of the finest milking record Ayrshire herds of Wetherton, Glasgow, and it is hoped by their donors that it will help forward the purebred stock of New Zealand in the districts for which they are intended, and incidentally the herds of the Dominion generally. In quality the animals are said to be equal to the bull recently imported by the New Zealand Government, which animal was bred on the same farm as the present five, and was selected for the Government by Mr. Dunlop. It is understood that three of the bulls arc going to dairy factories in the Wairarapa, but it has not vet been decided where the other two will be sent.

A MOTOR PLOUGH. The first ploughing in Waikato by motor traction is at present being carried out at the Ruakura Farm of Instruction on a stubble field some 23 acres in extent (says the Waikato Argus). The plant being used is an I.H.C. oildriven motor tractor of 20-horse power and a five-furrow Mogul gang plough' The plough is fitted with two sets°of mould boards, one for stubble and the other for grass lands, the latter bavin" a longer breast, -which turns the sward over in broad even furrows. The stubble boards were m use the other day and a width of just on 6ft was turned up on each breadth, each mould board turning oyer 14 inches. The plough, which ,s the first of its kind in the Dominion h as adjustable levers to each mould board, fitted with a wooden pi, winch breaks should any undue obstn -' .on be mot with, and throws this p or- ° f aetson without M »z »v

£3012 was the amount paid 0 n Monja.v to suppliers of the North Tarannki Dairy Company for December n, I b - £V? TI reCOrd - When one *.oe, back to 1900, only si* _ VPars f)- (] finds that for the whole vear £->-j0» re presented the pavments one apts"an"i ( len of the wonderful growth of the industry in North Taranaki. and it has >, o t reached its limits yet bv a considerable amount. This factory has new suppliers coming- in every month, and next season will see a large number from Okoke end adjoining roads bringing along cream. For December month the milk supply (irrespective of cream) was close on Ji/. million, and just about half a million less than for the whole of 1000. "Butter made represented 34 ton 6ewc. which is just 4 ton newt less than was made for the whole of 1000. Tlie Wakanni took away a fine shipment of wool, consisting of 2000 bales and 171 packages, which is a record shipment for one boat from the port. TT;i<l space been available the Board could have despatched 3000 bales, but all had been booked for other ports. The be<t shipment outside the prevent was made last year, when some 2300 bales were despatched.