KAIMATE NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 96, 22 April 1904, Page 2

KAIMATE NOTES.

In this locality the milk supply has held well up so far, there being fully 1700 gallons per day here. Tests are very high, the average for last week being fully 4.7, the larger suppliers Laving the highest tests. The cheques for the mouth of March were £1100. thus showing that there has been a ijood autumn milking yield. This company are puttiug down a well that is estimated to hold 12,000 to 15,000 gallous. There is a considerable area of turnips aud hap ciops, and an increased quantity of ensilage made, farmers fully recognising the need of winter feed for dairy cows. One farmer here has gone iv for testing his cows systematically. He has weighed all the milk every day, and had the cows tested at the factory, with the result that some of them show a return of over 3'j.rj lbs butter fat, vvnile others are not likely to reach 200 lbs butter fat. Thise method shows fairly considerably what cows pay and which requires paying. All this herd are ordinary cows, without auy breeding in particular, and with a moderate amount of culling, v. ould pay haudsomi'ly. I may say that the ows tnat pay best came iv about August, aud were lugged duriug the wiuter. The au'iaai meeting of the Kaiinate Branch of the Farmers Union was held on aJrh March, Mr W. 11. Leech in the chair, the Chairman read a most interesting account of the year's work by the branch, and snowed tlie large amount of good that the union had dove. The balance shee was passed, showing a credit balance of £1 15/3. ~ branch was unanimously in favour of .!„_. rga " lsin S secietary (Mr MeCurdy) con- ._, ... g . S work ' the Prevailing opinion bediL« - r he . wa? the 1-t S ht mau in the right _ il_"_. k . y ? av s co ">""ttee was elected en bloc, but the election of chairman was postponed until the May metieug. Mr O _lur.___ Wa . a PP°i, nte d secretary, and Mr «d 'or th UdUol '' The Ascription was fix--1 1 *_" year at 3/ " Xhe secretary was •nstiucted to call meetings by circular, so ._._«• m^ mbci 's would be sure to know s business': meetin B' concluded the