FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1918, Page 6

FARM AND DAIRY.

I TRESPASS BY AND IMPOUNDING 01' GATTLii. • 111 reply to a correspondent, (vho asks tor particulars re (lie above, we give the iollowing information:—

Cattle shall not be impounded under the Impounding Aet except in the nearest accessible pound to t'Ue place where such cattle were found trespassing. The person by whom or by whose order any cattle are sent to the pound shall specify in writing to the pound-keeper the desciiptioii, number, brands or apparent brands, and ear marks of such cattle, the place where they were found trespassing, . and the amount of damage claimed for such trespass according to the provisions of tme Aet, and so Jar as the person impounding can state the same, -the name of the owner of the cattle. The occupier of any land trespassed on by the cattle, the owner whereof is known to him, may impound and detain the same in any convenient place on his own land; and* in such impounding give to the owner of the said cattle, either personally or by leaving the same at his usual or last-known place of abode, the like written description of.' particulars as is hereinbefore required to be given to the keeper of any pound by any person sending cattle thereto. Such occupier shall feed and maintain the cattle when so impounded and shall not keep them impounded longer than two whole days of 24 hours each, and at the expiration of that time, if not sooner released by payment of the charges under the Act, he shall lead, convey or drive the cattle to such pound. When cattle are impounded the poundkeeper shall forthwith post a written notice on the gale or other conspicuous part of the pound, all the particulars as before stated. When cattle are impounded the pound-keeper shall forthwith, if the cattle are branded or marked with any registered brand or mark, or if the owner is known to the poundkeeper, deliver or post to owner or perscm in wnoec name such brands or marks are registered, a notice as required by the Act, and shall insert such notice in one or more newspapers published in the district.' When cattle have not keen released from the pound within 14 days the same shall be sold by public auction. Such 9ale shall be made on the first day appointed for a pound sale after the expiration of such 14 days. W here cattle have been offered for sale at any pound sale and no bid has been made at any such sale, and they are not worth the sustenance fees that would be payable in respect thereof, during the interval between such sale and the next day appointed for holding a sale at such pound, the pound-keeper may cause such cattle to be destroyed, and dispose of the carcases in such a way as he thinks best, and the proceeds of the sale of such carcases, or any portion thereof, shall be deemed the proceeds of the sale of impounded cattle. The Act appears to make no provision for the disposal of cattle which are deemed worth the sustenance fees, but which are not sold at any pound -sale.

A GREAT PRODUCER. THE IMPORTED CANADIAN' FRIESIAN BURKEYJE SYLVIA POSCH.

To produce in a period of four years and some odd days 25201b of butterfat, and milk to the extent of 76.0341b, is a remarkable achievement. But the value of this great cow is not solely because of the fact that she, Burkeyje Sylvia Posch, has produced butterfat of a value at present prices equal to £230 in that interval of time, so much as the fact that she has produced 110 less than six calves, having at her fifth calving giveu birth to twin heifers. She is undoubtedly what in American parlance would he termed "a great co-operator." Unfortunately one of the twin heifers was born dead. At a conservative estimate these live calves, of the six born, are worth 70 guineas each., so that taking the value of the five calves at 350 guineas, and the butterfat at £230, Burk<!iyjie Sylvia 'Posch has produced, althbugh only in her sixth year (just at her prime in fact) the equivalent of £OOO. Undoubtedly she is a very fine investment.

Burkeyje Sylvia Posch has been sulked continuously since her first calving, and is now on test again for her fifth consecutive year. She. is again showing marvellous recuperative powers, and the ordeal of the semi-official test would seem to this flue cow no ordeal at all. After giving birth to the . twin calves she was down for half a day, and the services of a vet. were requisitioned. The next day she milked over GOlb, and on the sixth day after calving was touching 8 gallons, per day. Her best day's milk in the height of last season was Sii Mb, but this production she has already improved upon thus early, her best day after being just over three weeks in milk showing 881b. Had she been spelled a year there is no doubt this fine cow would have produced a record of a sensational nature. As it is there is nothing in the Dominion to touch her as a consistent performer. She first calved on 25th March, 1014, at the age of 1 year 350 days, and has milked without a break since, each year producing a calf well within the time limit set by the semi-official conditions, and recording the following performances:—

Milk. Butterfat. As a 2-year-old .. 10,646.31b 505.271b As a 5-year-old .. 1f),024.71b 010.421b As a 4year-old .. 20,010.71b 670.801b As a 5-year-old .. 20,917.01b 731.0 lb

In 4 years ... 70,634.71b 2520.551b She is a Canadian-bred cow, and conies from strains of heavy producers, her half-sister being the present milk record cow of the world, from periods of one to 100 days, her best 24 hours milking having been 152.111). Burkeyje. Sylvia Posch is a good illustration of the power that lies in breeding from ancestors of hign records in milk and butterfat .production.

Burkeyjo Sylvia Posch is the only cow in the Dominion with a double record oi over 2000 gallons in the year. The "long-distance New Zealand champion," Burkeyjo Sylvia Posch, has wrested the ''long time" average production for the dominion from the Jersey cow, ljuly of Cnllingwood (now deceased), who had an average for three years of 021:131b Iraterfat. Burke.vje's average not only surpasses this, but her average is jnc of four years, the figures being 031.01b butterrat. Of course for milk production the Jersey is not in the same street, the averages being: Jersey 9,9(10.751b for three years, and the Friesiaii 19,155.01b for four years. Ten pounds of fat per year and over double the ' amount; of milk is pretty, good.—N.Z. lamef,. j