DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 September 1918, Page 2

DISTRICT NEWS.

PUKEN'GAHU. : \; (From* Our-Own Correspondent) After'a rather severe -winter, with the exception of the. last few days ,we have experienced a short spell of mild, humid weather, which Muw.-'had a beneficial effect on the pastures. l>. The local cheese factory opened early in August, and' is iiow. in full swing, with a good aii<4 ev^r-increasing supply of milk, and the cows all round the district are in good condition. On moat farms there is an abundant supply of tnangels and carrots'to carry the cows on until well into OctoberIn spite oi 'the numerous letters. appearing in the (Daily Sews of .late:to provo'the Jersey is the ideal dniry>c©w, Mr. Carter, one- of our local 'dairymen, after"d few years of experience of tgrade Friesians, has decided to further'improve his; herd by purchasing two fdsbionaiblybreil registered heifers of a ■'heavy-pro-ducing butter-fat strain of Mood, i In.the recent discussion, Jersey versus Holstein, one main point in the Holetein's. favor which has never been touched on is the difference in vah,ie of their .progeny ; where grades are concerned. There is a case in point in this district.Aline of Holstein yearling'steers by.a ipedigree bull whose heifers are all heavy milk-producers was sold, and realised the. highest price heard of in Taranaki this season for any cattle of their, age, and they had been whey-fed from a factory that manufactures whey' butter, while,, for the heifers of the' same line, there 1 an offer of the sam» money as the steers realised'.-Jersey heifers which were' run with the Holsteins for the last ninemonths, and some of which hadheen reared with the Holsteins and never been separated, failed to bring- within ,55s a' head' of the Holsteins. A' social and-dance will be' held in the 'Pukengahu Schoolhouso' this* weekV to jraSse' funds for the. Copper; Trail. By [the energy displayed by' the 1 prbmotejp ]oE thV social, patrbns> cari l depend' oh* an 1 jerifoyaMW evening/