Farm and Dairy.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 190, 10 February 1914, Page 7

Farm and Dairy.

lIFRP-TUSTI.NC. KAL'POKON'UI ASSOCIATION. - Tlic folbwing particulars arc to hand in connection with the Kaupokonui Cow Testing Association for the period ending December 30, llll;l : The average Asociation cow gave 94211n milk, will, a test of 4.01, producing :i7.7!1;. The highest eow gave liiHOlhs' milk, 5.(1 tesl, Ss.(iHll.M fat; lowest cow, 2S.ilbs milk, 4.11 (est. l.'l.lllhs fat. The highest herd averaged HOlilbs milk. 4.7:! tesl. 52.39 lbs fat;) lowest herd averaged 7351b, milk, 3.70 test, 27.«41bs fat. The leu highest herds averaged 10S2ihs milk, -!.r> test,..-! 7.091 bs fat: ten lowest herds averaged 7!!.'llbs milk,, 3.80 tesl, :il).]ij test. The ten highest, cows averaged 15251bs fat, 4.SS test, 74.501 bs fat; 'ten lowest cows averaged 43SIbs milk, .100 tost. 1.->.Sllhs fat. '■ S TRATFOIID AS<( K IATIDN. For the period ending January 18, the best, eow gave 105011.S milk, test a/!, butter-fat 55.(1511)8. The average cow produced "fiOlba milk, tested 3.11, returning 2!1.88lbs fat. The worst cow gave :)7!ilhsmilk, 2.8 lest, 10.,-,lbs butter-fat. : MIDIMUST ASSOCIATION'.

Figures for the Association for tlu period ending January 13 show that Lbbest,cow gave 12151b's milk, testing ."..!, and produced lil.DOlbs butter-fat. The average eow showed: Milk Kllllbs, test -1.2. fat X1.5711j5. The worst cow gave. 2i;ilbs milk, 4 test, ll.lilbs fat. ' NOTI'S.

A'man who has been experimenting with the. cutting of grass in several countries during' the past few years, informed a News representative that :ie had come across no crops that could equal, those lie had to deal with in Taranaki. They were remarkably heavy, so much so that the particular class of cutting machinery he was selling had to be altered eonsideral.ly to do Ihe work properly. He also remarked that in no other part of the world did farmers go in for growing oats for hay. J>nt it made good hay.

In Xortli Cantormury large numbers of the horses working on the farms and stations are wearing streamers of bright red ribbon attached to the strops -of' their bridles behind their lower jaws (says the Lyttelton Times'., Imagining that the red ribbon indicated that the horses were a remount reserve for the Red Fed. cavalry, a recent visitor to the district made inquiries into, the matter. He was quite reassiirod when mas informed thai the red ribbons were worn to scare off botflies; which usually attack a liorse on its lower jaw, but which leaves the animals so decoerated severely alone. The red ribbons have proved quite ell'eetive as )i preventive of botlly attacks on horses, which seems to indicate, that even that destructive pest scents danger in the red flag.

Tin; highest tally of the season was put up at the Waingaua freezing works yesterday, when over 31100 slice], were slaughtered.

I'astoralists in 1 lu- Alartinborougii ' district et.iiLe that, the present season , U one of the host experienced for many years from a fattening point of view. The number of fat stock sent to (lie freezing works is very considerably in advance of previous years. Dairy farmers are highly gratiiied at Ihe breaking of the drought, whicch had given every indication of detrimentally affecting a most prosperous season. Mr. K. -Short, of l'arorangi. received a record price for a l'omuey ram, sold to Bayly Bros. ]Kai Twi) who paid 200gns for Supremo («(>!)), vol. 11, Romnew Marsli flock book. Owing to the hot weather that has recently been experienced -the oat crops on the T'lieri an , rowing to a head very •quickly, and their somewhat premature ripening is resulting in a shortness of the straw, says the (Hago Daily Tillies. The protracted wet season during the. year will also produce 11 smaller amount of crop in the immediate neighborhood of Dunedin. than was the case last year, but the cereals inland and in Central Otago arc exceptionally good, all round. Fat lambs for export im> also doing particularlv well in tlus Xorthern and Central 'otago districts, where there is an abundance nf good grass as opposed to the coastal areas, Where it is too rank, and is not fattening the lambs as il should do. It is also somewhat remarkable Unit lambs are six weeks later in fattening this year than last, and local buyers are experiencing considerable difficulty in getting a moderate percentage of fat sheep on the coast this veav.

Tlic following paragraph is taken from a letter of the South African correspondent of the Pastoral lieview: "The largest firm of butter manufacturers in South Africa has been notifying its customers, through the public press, that in order to keep them supplied with butter during the oil' months they have made arrangement for the regular supplv of a weil-known New Zealand brand which is bring repacked and sold under another brand. The object of this notification is doubtless to remove the impression which got abroad last year that some of the iSottth African butter and sending it throughout the country as South African produce, for which they would receive the benefit 01 a preferential freight on the railways. The matter was brought to the public attention last, year by questions being asked in Parliament concerning these importations of butter."

A pronounced activity characterise? Hie tliiirvin;,' industry ll'iruiiylit Soiilhliiud lit tlif present 'tinii'. ami tliere is every likelihood tliat tin- output this season will lii' a rci'iml fur the province, t'p iu dati' a tot.il (if 43,911 crates. :i!i.S2!l of whieh were coii-iii-ni'il (o London ami -LOS.-i in West of Kiitdand. have. liccii shipped n|. Hie Binir, these u'lii'ii compared with those of lust season for the same period showing an iiicrca.se of i.SOII crates.