FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 June 1920, Page 1

FARM AND DAIRY.

BETTER COWS WANTED. Our scientific leaders toll us that every crowing child should have about a quart of milk a (lay. How much of a cow's time does it take to produce a quart of milk'i asks Hoard's Dairyman. The average cow in the United States produces about 14lb of milk a day, at which rate it would take her about 20fl" minutes to produce one day's supply of milk to a child. A crood cow, on the other hand, yielding (jOOOllb of inilk per year would require only 144 minute?, while the kind of cows that a progressive successful dairyman ought to have would only require 00 minutes to produce this same amount of milk. Boiled down, the question is—which kind of cows have you? The most outstanding sign of to-day is that we must reduce the cost of production to ensure satisfactory profits. One of the greatest factors in this, reduced cost of production is more efficient 'cows. It takes just as much human labor to feed ten poor cows as to feed ten good one?. It takes almost as much human labor to milk the poor ones as the good ones. Jt takes just, as long to deliver t!ieir product 1o the creamery. Therefore, there is a treniendojis saving in the actual cost of production when the cows average !MM)Olb of milk per year as eompared"\vitk those that average only GOOO or 400011). OCOO GUINEAS FOR YEARLING BULL. The Shorthorn sale at Perth in Fob-

ruary, according to Home papers to hand by last mail, eclipsed all previous records- Export buyers were in attendance in full force and secured many of the best specimens of the breed; quite a number reaching four figures. A year- J ling bull, bred by Mrs. Stewart (Milkills) created the sensation of the day. When he was brought into the ring, the auctioneer called for a bid of 5000 guineas. This was not forthcoming, but the ball was started rolling at 3000 guineas. Jn a moment the previous l'ertli record of -MMN) guineas was passed, and not until the 5000 guineas had been reached was the silence broken. I The cheer which rang out then was very cordial, but not comparable in volume to the applause which greeted the passing of the sis thousand mark. Mr. Joseph Shepherd, an export agent, and a Canadian buyer, Mr. .f. ,1. Elliot, (Inelph, were ; n possesion of the lield, and finally the young Canadian secured the prize with a bid of.(WOO guineas. Intense enthusiasm prevailed at the finish—and no wonder, for a world's record for a Shorthorn bull calf had been established. It is of interest to recall that the record previously was held by Mr. William Duthie, by the sale last October of Collynie Knight Lavender, by Max of Cluny, for 5300 guineas, the buyer being Mr. Win. Gazalet, Fairiawnc, Kent. The recordbreaker, Miihills Comet by name, is a roan of the Clipper family, by the great breeding sire, Cupbearer of Collynie, out of Clipper Princess, bred by Mr. Robert Bruce, Heatherwick, Inverurie. The prices paid throughout averaged £56 per head more than the preceding year, and were as follows:

£ s. d. 4S'd bulls ..: 302 17 5 22 cows 105 0 0 14 two-year-old heifers 132 15 0 81 yearling heifers .... 202 'l7 8 003 head gross average £2BO 0 1