HERD-TESTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 October 1922, Page 12

HERD-TESTING.

T. L. .TOLL DAIRY COMPANY. PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 29. HIGHEST HERDS.

The association cows averaged OSOib milk, 3.8 test, and 35.301 b fat. AUCKLAND PAY-OUTS. p, Advance payments for September supplies- of butter-fat to the -\ew Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company will be made at the rate of Is -Gd per lb. In addition there -will be the usual premiums of y 2 d. per lb. tor superfine quality and id for direct delivery, (says the Herald.) The chairman of directors of the company, Mr. Claude Motion, stated on Saturday, that the payment for the August supplies at the rate of Is 7d per lb. amounted to £152,000, and as the September supplies were much greater than those of the preceding month, the amount that would be distributed for the September advance payment would show a substantial increase over the total payment for August. On October 30, he added, a bonus payment would be made of l%id on supplies received from October to April of last season. This would make a total payment to date of Is 4.46 d per lb. for last season’s supplies. The payment made by the company last month of 14 per lb. for supplies received from October to April, of last season totalled £170,000. AGRICULTURAL ITEMS. A good word for farmers: “The entire. human race with all its achievements and glorious history, has been, and is indebted for its existence to the producers of food.” Of bacteria producing red milk there are several. When the source of this discolouration is bacteriological, the redness will not be apparent at milking but when tlm he allowed

A Boyder Leicester ewe belonging to Mr. Cowie, in Scotland, had three lambs in 1919, three in 1929, four in 1921, and four in 1922—a total of 14 lambs in four seasons. This is a record that takes some beating. If you have a good ftiare breed her to the best horse available, regardless of the service fee. The low 'service fee horse is likely to be of low quality, and the progeny of such is seldom in demand at profitable prices.: It is a well-known fact that the milk last drawn from the udder is rich in fat. What are known as strippings, in the course of some tests, contained from 6 to 64 per cent, of butterfat, while others rose as high as 9 per cent. Losing her foal, a mare belonging to Mr. Stevan, in Scotland, has adopted two calves. She nurses- the calves as if they were her own offspring, and so far her care has met with evett success, the youngsters thriving splendidly. There are two species of rats- common to this country—the brown and the grey. The black rat used to be prevalent, but is now all but extinct. This war of species, grey against black, has infallibly resulted in the victory of the stronger.

The horns of cattle are practically impervious to disease, and in this respect they differ from hoofs, which are subject to several ailments. The only danger to the horn is that it is injured or fractured, and that the soft core is exposed.

Plants frequently take on a rusty appearance. This state is caused by parasitic fungi or by insects, the former chiefly. The rust most deplored by farmers attacks the wheat crop. Rye is also subject to several forms- of it, black, brown, and yellow. Always strain the starter through a straining mtislin cloth ■ before inoculating the milk for cheese. The presence of lumps of starter in milk results- in the irregular development of acidity. The cheese is then uneven in colour, and thus spoiled in appearance. Replying to a deputation in Brisbane the Minister of Agriculture said he realised that something had to be done to encourage the breeding of good quality horses' in Queensland. He was prepared to consider a proposal to purchase highclass Clydesdale stallions and discuss it with the Cabinet. He was opposed to a stallion tax. A notable transaction was consummated following the eastern Guernsey breeders’ record sale in the United States. At £l4OO the show cow Ma Ch ere Princess passed from the ownership of Burnside Farm, of Maryland. She is the result of mating the bull Jardiniere’s Masher -with the great producing matron Princess Milkmaid. The trouble of sour milk seldom exists in the winter, as then the milk cools naturally, and the atmosphere is much freer from the species of bacteria which acidify milk. During the warm weather it is necessary to cool milk well, and in order to do this there must be a good supply of cold water on the dairy farm. The milk must be reduced to a low temperature as soon as possible after leaving the cow. On bone-chewing cattle, a Gippsland correspondent says. “Lime mixed with the food is a quick cure. At -one time we were milking 60 cows all of which were badly given to bone chewing. We fed heavily with chaffed maize and bran—to this being added a medium handful of lime, night and morning, for each cow. A fortniffht and not one of the cows but had abandoned the habit. This trouble is unknown where there is a sufficiency of lime in the soil. Great Britain is still tinkering with the problem of scab in sheep. An English writer says. “For well nigh 39 years the question of the eradication of sheep scab has boon continually discussed by the National Sheep Breeders’ Association. Year in and year out efforts have been made to induce the powers that be to see reason and to realise that when countries so sparsely populated as Australia and New Zealand could effectually eradicate the pest it was- an outstanding disgrace that in our own thickly populated country a similar success could not be achieved.

No. cows. Lbs milk. Test. Lbs fat. 51 1 1145 3.9 45.27 45 1090 4.0 43.73 28 1081 4.0 43.11 35 1067 4.0 42.70 38 1044 4.0 42.07 48 060 4.4 42.06 55 1116 3.7 41.81 HIGHEST COWS. Lbs milk Test. Lbs fat. 1165 5.3 72.80 1710 4.3 72.53 1530 4.7 71.00 1770 4.0 70.80 1305 •5 4 70.47 1365 5.0 68.25 1770 3.7 65.48