FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 184, 3 February 1914, Page 7

FARM AND DAIRY.

MAXcoRKI COW-TISSTIN'G ASSUCIA- ( TIOX. j The following are the figures for the i month eliding January 28: I MEItD AVEUAGKS.

The average Assueiatiuu cow producrrl 7-Jllbs of milk, with a test of 3.1), producing '2S.77lbs fat. IlllUl Plill'E OF CATTLK The high price of cattle tliruugkeut the beef-growing countries in the world is having its ell'ect upon the New Zealand market, and the increased yalue is very noticeable even in Asliburtou. Fur instance, an Ashbiuton dairyman recently accepted an oll'er of 3Us per heitd for all his young cattle, to be taken delivery of as weaucrs. Further, ou« of the largest Asliburtou milk vendors intends to practically jive up his milk run and supply the butter factory, rearing calves on the skim mlk. The eo.it of labor in connection with a mull; run, hi' says, is too great, and the work an arduous tie, ami for the future he will supply merely about a dozen of his clients who purchase ill a large way. His idea is to instill machines, milk more cows, feed the calves for a fortnight on unskimmed milk, ami afterwards on separated milk, ami sell when six months old, thus ensuring a quick return.. The healthy stale of the cattle market, he told a reporter, had been responsible to a great extent for the change ho is making.— Guard ia».

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