THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 May 1921, Page 5

THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

NO CAUSE FOR PESSIMISM.

There is one branch of industry (writes a country contemporary) that still is enjoying good times and fair prices—dairying. There is just one thing that the dairy farmer can do to even better his position, and prospects, and that is, better his herds; and the return from butter and cheese warrant expenditure in this direction. It has been proved that well-bred pedigree stock from recognised milking strains give the best returns. The outlay in the first place may be high—the price per head being considerably above that for which a common-class cow can be bought but the return in milk of high test more than compensates for this. Both in this district and Taranaki the Jersey is coming more and more into prominence, and farmers generally are improving their herds by introducing this strain. Hardly a dairy farmer of any standing is witncut a " pedigree Jersey cow or bull, and the improvement they have found in their milk returns has induced them to go in more and more largely for this strain. The prospects for dairying are still bright, and in view of the slump in meat and wool it is anticipated that quite a number of small sheep-farmers will be turning their holdings into dairy farms this coming season.