SAVING OF VELLS.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 June 1919, Page 8

SAVING OF VELLS.

IS IT WORTHWHILE. (From Our Own Reporter.)' ■ At the meeting of the New Zealand Bennet Company at PahneMon North considerable discussion took place over the qirestion of saving veils. Stress was laid on tlio necessity of .ill suppliers tp hotli butter .".ml cheese' factories being «r«ed to save all veils. It was pointed "«t Hat. thi.- venr there would probablv he a large number, of calves slaughtered. Reveral.speakers said that it was not worth while ;aviiig a veil for 2s. "tfr. Cooper, manager of the Rennet held that even at Is or Ts (!d it was the cheapest, money earned on the (aim, as it was little or no trouble to v veil. A speaker said (ho calf .had to be fed three or four day.=. ard.it was worth more money to teach the calf to drink. A lr. '"inpcr hold ifc'at if the calf was allow.*! to run witli the cow and suck twrt. or thro? time? lie would be quite s catisfhd with the veil. This would also improve the cow and prevent liability to railk fever. Several speakers concurred. ArntKied to for information,' Mr. CifcMie, dairy commissioner, remarked that when- the recent manufacture was atarted all were more or*" less iii the tlnrk, and the Dairy Department- had iisued instructions on the lines adopted eljewhere. Whilst it would be. preferable to feed the calf for. four'or five days, he quite agreed with Mr Cooper's remarks'. ' . ■ Mr. Cooper, in further remarks on the saving of veils, urged farmers to bleed the calves well. It was. not necessary 'to drain the »ris Too much, but care should be taken in hanging them. With some vplls he could make a gallon of rennet by only using foirr; but •with pthers-7-Tvhere 1* balievcd Mie calf had never-seen its mother—it took a*farge tinmber. He considered the best time.to bill the calf was when it was hungry and just about to have another drink. He stressed the point that the company was now on business lines, -and. with the assistance of suppliers and dairy fac- . Tory directors, would-be a payable eon«ern well able to compete with outside vencerns in price and give a better ttticle.