FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 July 1915, Page 7

FARM AND DAIRY.

MlDllllbST DAIRY CO. The following figures sliow the working results of the Midhirst factory for last year:— Season I 111 3-11-Milk received .IS <»'. Ml), average test 4.0, lbs fat lo*o.-,IS Imttor -made 1,7M,(>14, lbs milk to' L'i, lmtter '21.-22, over-run 17.52. Season l!)14-lo—Milk received »!),l'M,flll, average, test 4.0. lbs fat 1.570 SI 1 battel made 1,504,45.'j. lbs milk to lbs butter 20.f0, over-run 18.0,

The l.aiun.e-sl.cet shows a surplus of .'JIS.OtO 3s !)d, v.hic.i will stillice to make a further payment of 2-Vjd over the whole of the butter-fat for the season The suppliers will then have been paid at the following rates:—August liY<| September to April (inchiMve) 14',',d! -May H>y 4 (l. Xuniber of suppliers %i Average payment for season, 14.40. Cost of manufacture, .02d. The working account showed the r,av.' merits to suppliers to be £7(10(15 Its i'd wages, etc.. £2fi4!) 12s, fuel' £737 l.'ls 2d, boxes .-CIS.™ 18s 3d. requisites C4S7 I'-*, repairs and renewals £713 fls 104 insurance £]3> fi s i M| ,lepre:iation ,C,V;7 /Mid; £7138 Ms 4.1. Tiailage £.,11 .is Od, cartage £261 10s 4d, freeze charges £j.!)4 2s Sd, interest £"3 lis S,F (discounts £27 fls .(id, rates rents \„,l taxes £l3 2s 7,1. office charges £.-,o U Rd, audit fee £ls 15s, directors' hon"J™" 1 / 124 ™V?™"ltura.l instructor £.1.1, Lmpiie Defence Fund £.IOO sun- I dry expenses £7l 12s Id, .balance due J'toe.f' 1 - BuUpr sa,oa aml '» store .t1«1.G42 2s Sd, buttermilk £55 9s 4d Pi'finjums on shares £7O, transfer fees £7 os Sd, profit on stores sold £Bl 1 = Id; total, £103,855 ISs 9d.

HERD TESTIS

Herd testing is not being taken advantage of to t!n> extent one would expeet in Taranaki (says tlio ITawera Mar). One of tlie largest factories— Kauipokonui—has had rather a disappointing experience, although every facility is there offered to suppliers.' Onlv about 3000 out of 11,000 or 12,000 cows are being tested. It seems rather re-markaibl-e. that so many dnir* fanners take so little trot/Me to find otit the real value of the eows thoy are grazing, especially as land is becoming so expensive. There canne under our notice the other day some figures that arc worth publishing, be'caiist? tliey demonstrate what a large margin of loss there is- between a good herd of cows on a well-fanned section, and an indiJl'erent herd oil land .which is indifferently farmed. The three farms ■wluk-li are'quoted below are adjoining properties situated in one. of the best portions of Taranaki, with nothing separating .them except the hedge* and a road, and, so far as one coul4 judge, were exactly similar in natural advantages and conditions. The quantities of butter-fat taken from each were <is follows:—14)11-12 season: Xo. 1 farm 2!.032Pb5; Xo. 2 .farm. 22.43.-); and Xo. ,3. 14,2,3*. lf>]2-13: 24,070, 2(5,070, ano 13.3R4. - Wl3-14: 25.310, 2.i,S!l(i, aim 13.1,38. HM4-1-5: 23,203, 21.080 'and 12.(17(i. Xo. 1 farm contained about 214 a.-re.s, No. 2 about 231, and Xo. .3 about' H\ Taking tatter-fat at a ..liilling a pound, Xo. :) farm was losing about CCIM) a year as compared with Xos. 1 and 2. and yet there was no apparent reason why it should continue to do yo. Surelv this is striking evidence of the ne.vssif'v of herd testing and culling out, and of greater attention to .pastures. This year, with the'higher price of cheese, the loss made on Xo. 3 farm 'would'ha approx,mutely CSIiK) to .LVIOO a< com•pared'With Xos. 1 and 2.

NOTKS. Dairymen who have milking machine-;, and who lire troubled with" teat vuj>I'iilliiiK oil', will Ik. pleased W know that a Fcililin;.' resilient lias (says a coiifoni|i<irarv) discovered a Minplo'and dlVctivo remedy. A piece of inllation rubber Willi an aperture lar<io en'ou»li t'o admit flu- teat is placed over the mnutli of (ho cup. which nrnkcs it impossible, exeupi Willi ii liunlip.ill. for the cups to fall off. The ruMiers can lie cut out of diMised niiutor tuhes, and with a, ipot of cuifiit >e,voral dozen i-an be nnade in a vcrv short time. At the 'Melbourne ,attle market on dune i'!. a record average for all Australia, was made for 1(10 bullocks. These were a, lieautil'ullydired lot of Shorl-horn-Devon erodes of eioaf quality, fattened in the coast district of X<nv Voiith Wales, about -10 miles north of Newcastle. They :i\.' V aevd C2-I lis <)d. which i< believed (o 'he a record for any Australian niaikef from the earliest times for cue i„t of lull ~,• more.