THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 220, 17 March 1914, Page 3

THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY

The following amounts have just been paid out to suppliers of the leading factories in the district for last month's milk, the figures in brackets beinjg for the corresponding month last year:— Ngaere £-2085 (£2921), Lowgarth £•2035 (£-2136), Cardiff £lßl2 (£1571), Stratford £7105 (£6984). 1 Taxing the season throughout, the output has been considerably larger, both in butter and cheese, than that of last year. A? an evidence of this, the Stratford factory turned out in the height of the season (January) 50 tons more produce than in the corresponding month of the previous year. Sto augmentation is due to an early start being made this season, and to the favorable conditions prevailing. It is the beneficial effect of growing adequate feed for the cows in winter and early spring, that has enabled the ] milking season to be put forward and expended whereby the .output has shown ! such remarkable progress. This was par- j ticularly in evidence last August when ■ the returns almost doubled those for the same month in 1912, and for the past few years the increase has been very significant. Another factor which is now asserting itself is the culling process, whereby the unsatisfactory milkers are h,eing weeded out and replaced by selected butter-fat producers—proved to be so by testi. It is exceptionally gratifying to know that not only does the output improve in quantity, but also in quality. The Stratford factory is to be congratulated on the continuous praise accorded to its butter by the wholesale buyers, who. in their comments on the consignments, invariably give high praise. What is more to the purpose is the fact that this company's butter on one occasion 1 realised 4s per hundredweight more I than the best Danish—than which no ! higher testimony to its merit can be 1 obtained.

Ever since pasteurisation has become the rule, there has been a manifest improvement in the keeping power of butter, and in its position on the London market. The difference this is making to the material welfare of the dairymen is very great. The only matter that remains to ensure absolute perfection is that connected with the conditio* of <the stock-yards and milting sheds, and aB the majority of suppliers are very particular over tliese important matters; it is only the few who endanger the prospects of the many, and, probably, before long, this last obstacle to high prices will be removed.

BERNARD'S PICTURES | A "free" show never lacks patronage, and as Madame Bernard celebrated the fourth year of the continuous running of pictures last night by a free entertainment, there was a large attendance. The excellent programme was greatly appreciated, especially the A K. Western drama, "The Sham Sheriff," "The Latest Topical Budget," "Iberian Peninsula" (Pasq. scenic), "For the Son of the House" (one of A.B.'s best dramagraphs), "The Pickpocket? (John Bunny, comedy). Bunny gets hot under the collar when he returns home one night to find that his wife lias gone off to a suffragette meeting and left him a colds supper. He determines to get back at her. The story of how he manages this is screamingly fanny. The other films were all that could be de'sired.

TOWN HALL PICTURES The present programme at the Town Hall Pictures, successfully introducd last night, is one of undoubted merit and sustained interest. The principal feature is a drama, entitled, "The Toll of Fear." a production fully up to the usual high standard of the Lubin productions. The Kalem people are represented, too, their feature being another drama, powerful and crisp, named "Missing Bonds." "Her Mother's Wedding Dress" is a story of particular interest to lady patrons, and as it is produced by the Vitagraph Company, patrons can rely on the staging and general presentation being Al. "From Havre to New York" is a capital scenic of an educational nature. The management wish to remind people that bv patronising the Town Hall Pictures they relieve the ratepayers of the burden of a hitherto unprofitable building. Thare will be no pictures to-night owing to the hall being otherwise engaged.

STRATFORD RIFLE CLUB | On Thursday the Stratford Rifle Club will fire the first stage for the Masters Cup. There are three stages, and the best two shoots will count. The conditions for Thursday's shoot ore seven shots at 300, 500 and 600 jarde, two sighters. Handicaps are as follow:—?]. Jackson, C. Speck, A. Wickham, N. Thorpe, A. Sangster, scr., A. Speck, E. Brocklebank 2, A. Ferguson, H. dollop 5, G. ,Sangster. W. Brocklebank, J. Voyle 6, J. McMabon, T. Hopson, J Ritchie 7, A. Mackny, W. Rogers, E. Newland, Silk, J. Mitchell 8, H. Voyle, Rutherfurd 9 Garlic 15, F. Anteri 18, Pepperell 18. PERSONAL Mr. George Rodder, father of Mrs. T. I. Lamason, passed away last week at the ripe age of 80 years. Messrs. Ballantyne and Whetter, Inspectors for the Education Board, were in town yesterday, after inspecting two of the schools in the vicinity. It is their intention to prooeed to Whaßgamomona. Mr. Henry R. Harper, the New Zealand Inspector of the Victoria Fire Insurance Company, was in tow* yesterday, leaving for South by the evening traia. Mr. W. J. Reeve, Clerk of the Court, I who has been absent on holiday leave, J resumed his official duties to-day. In a large staff like that of Mr. Newton King's, changes are not unknown, the experience gained there being a sure help up the ladder of life. On Saturday, Messrs. J. J. East and J. S. Hart, who have severed their connection with the staff, were farewelled by a gathering of about thirty members of the Stratford staff. Mr. East was presented with a travelling bag and Mr. Hart with a set of brushes and a fountain pen. Mr. H. E. Abraham, manager, made the presentations, which Were suitably acknowledged,