FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 October 1921, Page 7

FARM AND DAIRY.

MR. J. T. BELCHER’S JERSEYS. THURSDAY’S SALE. Anyone who has paid a visit to Mr. J- T. Belcher’s farm at Cardiff knows the thoroughness with which he has been farming for the past thirty-five years. To-day the state of the farm, the luxuriance of feed, and the splendid condition of his Jersey herd speak for themselves. Mr. Belcher is one of those settlers—an admirable type of course—who might almost be said to do good by stealth and blush to find it fame. But so (it appears) dots the announcement of his clearing sale of Jersey stock, to be held at Ihe Stratford A. and P. Showgrounds, strike the visitor. He is a lover of the Jersey, and has strains of the best of the breed among his milking herd. Constitution, quality and production have been his watchwords, and that he has succeeded is given proof of in the occupation of top place among suppliers to the Cardiff factory for years past in the matter of returns of butter-fat. This has been accomplished without -any special artificial feeding. The sires on the farm comprise Hawkesbury’s Silver King, son of the imported Soumise Majesty, and Lassie’s Young Swan, son of the imported Golden Swan, while the cows and heifers show strains of the K.C.8., Campanile Sultan, Roberts and Soumise Jack blood. Several of the cows have been under S.O.R. test, and show some striking returns. Purchasers will be able to rely on the stock from, this farm as being young, tested, and in tip-top condition. The oldest is the sire Hawkesbury Silver King, calved December, 1914, and an aristocrat of the breed, as the records of his progeny have already proved. Riverside Sweetberry is a beautiful little cow with a record of 440.17 lbs butter-fat. Riverside Gem at three years for 346 days had 492.181bs butterfat. Silver Choice at 1 year 352 days produced 406.0f>lbs on grass alone. Gold Mist is a three-year-old that in thirty days last month had over sMbs of but-ter-fat. The two-year-olds are as pretty and as promising a lot as could be seen anywhere, and it is safe to say they will bring forth keen competition. There are three yearling heifers of outstanding quality—Gay Girl, Swan’s Queen and Lady Swan —and several bull and heifer calves. Mr. Belcher is definitely going out of dairying, and every line will be for unreserved sale. Luncheon will b® served on the showgrounds, the sale commencing at 11 a.m. Full particulars can be obtained from the catalogue, and from the auctioneers, Messrs. Newton King, Ltd.

DAIRYING IN EUROPE. AN INTERESTING REVIEW. An interesting reteew of the chief dairying countries of Europe is given by Mr. J. A. Rudddck, of the Canadian Department of Agriculture, who says: "Denmark’s exports are large in proportion to total production, because of the small industrial population and the further fact that a large quantity of margarine ie consumed in that country. Denmark’s total exports of butter in 1914 were slightly over 200,000,000 lb. Denmark is a negligible factor in the manufacture of cheese, only a comparatively small quantity being manufactured.

"Germany has a normal cow population of about 11,000,000, which are not sufficient to supply her own needs. A large quantity of Siberian and some Dutch and Danish butter found its way to Germany in pre-war days. Germany at one time was an exporter of dairy products, but the great expansion of industrialism in recent years has increased the home market to such an extent that supplies must now be secured from outside.

“France has a well-developed and, in some respects, a highly organ ; sed dairying industry, with about 6,000.000 cows, or sufficient to supply a considerable surplus of both butter and cheese for export. French butter has long, been favorably known in the markets of Eng’and, and the numerous varieties of both hard and soft cheese made in that country find ready sale in other European countries and in America.

"The United Kingdom, including Ireland, although the largest importer of dairy produce of any country in the world, ranks seventh in volume of production. It is estimated that the average production for five years before the war was over 228,000,000 lb of butter and about 100,000,000 lb of cheese annually. I am informed that the 1920 output of cheese will exceed pre-war production. There is also a considerable quantity of condensed milk manufactured in Ireland.

"The dairying industry in Holland deserves special mention. In the writer’s judgment the industry is better organised and more intensively carried on in parts of Holland than in any other country in the world, not excepting Denmark, Co-operative creameries and cheese factories are the rule in some districts, and 1 would say that some of the buildings and equipment erected by the co-opera-tive societies are the best of their kind in the world. The production of milk in limited areas is enormous, and the quantity both of butter and cheese available for export places Holland third in the list of exporting countries. Dutch butter, the export of which is under strict Government control, has been chiefly exported to England and Germany.

Shearing operations have commenced in the Patea county, and already a number of flocks in the southern portion have passed through the sheds.

A Pahiatua farmer declared that the recent lambing season had. been the most wonderful he had known during his long residence there. One Mangahao settler reports abnormal percentages, from 130 to 185.

Farmers in the Taieri district have suffered considerable loss lately through the destruction of their grass by the grub pest. In one case a farmer has been forced to resow 60 acres of lea land. Hopes are entertained that the recent floods will prove the doom of this pest.

ELECTRIC LAMPS.—We stock no Japanese Ij&mps—'let us supply you with the genuine "PHILLIPS” ior all voltages and in all c.p. from 8 to 3000. Half Watte' and metallic filaments. Write for prices. Manning Co., 5 Bedford Row, Christchurch. All housewives who enjoy a cup of fragrant tee. should not be without Nelson Moate’s 3s blend, packed in half and one-pound packets, and 5 and 101 b tins. The unusually dry winter means you’ll surely need Garden Hose early this season. North British Rubber Hose does Icaofc; ©utlaste oU 1