CARTERTON NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9717, 12 February 1910, Page 5

CARTERTON NEWS.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Friday. Mr Gordon Hughan, of the Motor Garage, has imported an up- to-date 20 h.p. five-seater Ford motor-car for hiring purposes. Mr F. Jackson, Borough Overseer, met with a painful accident, yesterday afternoon, he was attending to the boiling of tar, and was about to replenish the supply, in the boiling tank. On taking the plug out of a barrel of tar the liquid gushed out suddenly and struck Mr Jackson in the face, and covering him from head to foot. Fortunately the tar was not hot, or his injuries would have been serious.

The figures for the January montl of the Dalefield Cow-testing Associ atioa, as supplied by the dairy pro duct; division, show that there has been a considerable falling off in ttu procuction of the different herds, tht average ben.g fully 20 per cent. No, 1 herd is again in the lead. In Deisnjber tnis herd of tbirty cows gav*. in average yield of 1,341 lbs of 3.78 nilk, the average amount of fat ?eing 51.07ib. The high.si in. Hviduai yield was 2,0621b of 3.J nilk, and the lowest 1,0701b of 3.£ nilk. Last month the average of the ierd was 1,1071b of 3.76 milk, or U.s9lbs of fat, the highest individual yield being 1,8141b of 3.f nilk, or 65.301b of fat, and the low.st 837 lb of 3.3 milk, or 27.621b ol 'at. The worst herd last month gave in average of 6261b of 4.14 milk, oi >5.921b of fat. The worst herd :embergave 9491b of 3.52 milk, oj 53.441b of fat. The worst individua :ow last month gave 16.031b of fat, whereas the worst cow in this here ;ave in December 23 011b. It wouk >e interesting to know the feed conUtions of this herd, and ii the bis; "ailing off was' due to dried up pas ;ures with no special fe?d available >rtonatur;il decline in production The averatie yield per cow during th( jast momh was 8531b of 3 88 milk >r 33.1211b of fat. The figures foi :he preceding months were:—Sep )ffat; October, 1,1441b of 3.5£ nilk, or 411b of fat; November, 11,001b of 3.58 milk, or 39 411b of "at; and December, 1041b of 3.75 nilk, or 39.051b of fat.