ARGENTINE DAIRYING.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 October 1922, Page 6

ARGENTINE DAIRYING.

COMPETITION WITH DOMINION. The possibility of the Argentine Republic becoming a strong competitor with New Zealand in the production of butter, revealed in a letter received by a wellknown Auckland resident from a relative there. The writer states that, business in live stock has been very bad for some time, and that the heavy fall in prices has given the farmers a setback, from which it will take them a long time to recover. “However, the position will be considerably easier this year,” he continues. “There will three big dairies in running order this spring, each with eight milking-machines, and the three milking a total of 600 cows. We had hoped to get two families out from New Zealand for two of these dairies, but have just had word to say they are unobtainable, so we are getting single men instead. These men will come over under agreement, and will get two-fifths of the cream, and an allowance per head on all calves and pigs. I am putting up a milk-ing-shed for two machines here, and will be milking about 3p cows for our own use and th at. of the men, also for butter for a friend and his family in Buenos Aires.”