THE COUNTRY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 230, 25 September 1908, Page 7

THE COUNTRY.

THE DAIET I-fDUSTBY.

o \ LEGI"rLAT.:-i:-< iTIXH-V. __ R-i-orr-.. WELLINGTON". Thursday. Tue new dairy reflation,. which _ ere brought down i-ou.e .u>. a_.» \>\ £_H__.t_r for Apiculture, ar, vreat- £ some considerable miere-t u.nong-t representing ,-ou.try di-u'i, -. Tis evident thai iimnj ot tho- nUted with the dairying industry a.re Iraki that the pr.-v-.0..- cmtaim-.1 are. oi an unduly harsh nature, am the ,-- wxb oi the regulatn.ns irmn I ..» Mock Coffim^ cc Ul'hTvlew Z gaining" the. Lpression- of _«.!«■ ot the Hou-e . I Eepresentativ- 1 s.--ur-d some mter-t- ---•£.-• interviews on r!ie -übjei t. "y r h .;. tireen-la-le. a» represetr.atITe 'of the Waikat... U looked upon .-a member well ver.-ed in matter- p-r----tu- to the dairying industry. In his . O p_uon reasonable regulations are n«>.;- ; 4rv but he .- emphu-.i,.- in the rJja't the regulations recen:ly xn the House are altogether too drastic, and that they will pr-— with um.ue ceveritv upou many farmer-, and in ye upon tho-e_ smaller iairyien who are enga.ea m the mdit.-try in remote pari.- "1 so- country, lmmeiliately upon ;'"- br;npn_ d.v.in -t tiese regulation-, he and other m- mbers interested held a i-onsuitMKui yipoa the subject, with a view M .o-.'uring unanmiity of effort :n the divecti.-n oi aai'.ng -he regulations mMined. As .i result ..t ike evidence which i= now being given tefore the Stock and Asrieultural Committee, the member Cr Waikato i- convinced' that riv: regulations viiil be TBiterially modified, ii not m-tuallv ..!- lowed to'remain In abeyance until next session. "T am emphatic in my •• mdem.ition of the tax which it i- proposed to impose upon the farmers." declared Mr. Ureenslade. "To impose =tringi nt re-istration fees would "»• wrunsf. more especially in view .-: t.i-.- f.iet that tiie Cicvernnient la.-: s,-...j..u wi-.vy -letpr- ' muted to fore.o th.- tax imposed upi-n sjieep-farmers." ln -üb-; itir-a tion ot ins contention, the member for Waikato pointed out. a- an instance of the importance of the dairying indu-try. that 543,9-27 cows are at pre-en: k-pt <kclasively in Xew Zealand f-'r il.iirying purposes, while the butter exports :'. r JPO6 reached a total value ot tl.oU'l 2i-". and the cheees e\ni.rr- represented £341,003. TVsh regulations, it was i->n-tended, had been improvised viith .i view tc improving the quality of the article manufactured. Admittedly, the deCre •was a laudable one. and those en-gazed !n tiie industry would not fail to concur. out _c was nevertheless of the cipiaioti that the new regulations as a: present constituted woul-i not prove henedcial, .at would rather hay,; a and harmful effect. The quality of New Zealand butler wj- a matter for _>■;;, ral Eati-faction, as proved by the fact that it had more than once realised a b.-tter price on the London market than the I-nisii article, despite the handicap ~f long oversea shipruoiit. This would Yonas..long us the excellent iv.teui -ft gradiag- prevailed, and he could i.nJv 'say that he intended doing everything j in his power to have the new regulation modified and placed in a more wurkabie vj form.'' A prom men t memo--;- .. f th" 0pi...-iti..n. referring to the retaliation-, declared tl-em to be utterly unworkable. Their provision,-, in hi- ..pinion, were har.h in the extreme, and would mean the impn-i- -- . tion ot a heavy tax upon the s ma n dairy .iUTner. .Anothe,- ..h.e, ti.,;ial.l- f.-ature was that the dairyman wa- i.eln- pla.-ed m the powe r 0 f the in-j"■• t...r.' \s at present constituted, he wa.- „f the ..pini,,,, •that if the reculaticn., were enfore.-.| the dairymen o; the r-ountr.- would have to slave undpr condition« which wmiH severely rptari the projn' of the indufcy. I Mr. Geo. Witty, when apprr ja .-he,i ,-,„ ' the subject, saiii that as a member of thbtoet Committee tiie,-,. xv: ,s nothin- |~. | tould say until the net- ,li— of. 'Die men.N..," for 1:i..art,.,, a.InuMed, however, that th.-re wa- likely to he a number ~f impn yemeni- .•ti'.-eiu'l. Mr. m e n ,her for K-tuoiii . -:i!,' _c considered tb-re uudoulu.rllv exi-t-l a reeim-j ~f unrest in the niiuis ..f tin..-,, "-a.ej i n ti u , iniiu-rrv- lest ti -iil-i----t- -!„,„;.! 1„. ;,,-, !"u«.--h. The i>h..'--oi ihe .-„.,,— ~.- ~,.. resnlatiiwis wuuhi. m his opinion, depend „p,, n the sdminitration. n,,,.-.. were in.-r».-ctor- and iufpecutors. If the -~n:- regulation. w>re imposed npon the ha ( -k-1.10,-k -t-t-ler- as upon those in lu.t- settled i-t.-ts j, would moan that the former would be seriously <-'rrppie.i at the start. The 'n.-peotors s««uld nev.-r tii.it. while j, was absolutely necessary '~ .or.sid-r ti v- . sumer. t,, H dairy farmer, m ho had '„ work luaghour= in ail weather. .: 10 uld uot be too iuir-hiy dea it with. The Hon. R. M.-Nal,. Minister for \- , v culture. when app,,,..!,,-,] ll;>ou t ; lt . hilJvft. said that, a- the i-eoulations v ere at presem in tn „ ham ,. iif t|lf , Sti)( . ; . , ~; i. suttee, he «,,uM pr-f-r not to give ar.y fipression ~f opinion. Th- ( ommitt.-, *** bu.y taking eviden-e. and It w_s dairvin... a i..ti..n, to -cud •wpresentatives ,„ iitv t!|Hil . v;ru - s b , >f()rH w« (.omniitte... | n r^„.lr ,i ~. t ;„. t . tego, dairyuu-u ~.;.; iM , , imbfi , l: ,, , t ve,-,.,,,rru,, eot>!ernn- _". rejru'Jiion- i - :.-.\ ,-i..-,„., a ud miaid that it wou',l brr U iidvi-a1,!,. had the meeting -,-nt -. r t. give evni-nee ■ i. ~ '" v ' • mmittee. 1 hi^m.Chnst,.hureh.;.l i;! Hurt .\-,,-ia- ■*£ w.l Uk-,, ti„. ~u ur. ; . anil hl til ., -.<--_■ nt (.'amhrid-e t ; ~r „ ~., .;-, • . , "n rommuni-anon with ,h.--s»*»«n "< li.« .i,,nnit,..e i, would !,. t b!c, °. ;a:na -•"■'"»' f-l-ns,-. ■^ 'commit to, „„„;,! „.., t;lki •int.™. • d—iron- i.'i gainin-' a the Jn »ra_at|,-n r„-sit.l . t7 C _S_i«te- ,i, i c s ' the 'C l ""' 1 n-id-rabl- mUapprehe n ; h " miu ''- " f —>■ P^'le W fnrln -*?' '"' lh " Ui \ L - In AU k ClistaL- 0 - ' ""' ■*" '' ! '"' ult of il -'V- 1 Sto" ■ r~ p p r r^ri ' jf the sarv th, , %va " maJe t0 neees-w-ie i l ,"■ eWi! iV " jU be ■ Ihere 1, Al dnd aot " cow '" : protests also against the thatCl; ° n - ro >-nds which showed were was a direct eonfliction with euiarC atlons ' This applied P arf- ; • matter °i rl " ; P"^igalatC' "'" n ' thic - u *? of the old repoTe r ar ' P 1 " 0 "* 10 took that to be r " ''.--ariy v i, cases. Ii had tio_s _ em - "'' ri that the new reguki3i_ ___ re i A ateud£d to supersede the old. - e_a__ittee t?as taking a considerable

i r ; amount of evidence, the Minister added, l 'and it would be well into next week ' uefore its labours were ei.'mpleted. j

HEMASSABXE EGGS.

Te- writer has been -Uown some re-1 markable e_'_- which have been saved; hy an Au.-khinJ-r. Without actually in-; si>*-.-:Ln_ them one would not believe that j d'Jcki and hens were so artistically dis-j posed. One duck brought forth an egg j of tight brown with :i bit. black band eni-ircling it. Another egg stamped its] duck "parent" as most artistic, it being, oi a beautiful pale green, graduating to j i ri.-'a dark green. Another eggshell was medium green at the ends, and sea green I round the middle, and another wore four j irree-,1 bands ot different .-hades. Cue of j the wonderful duck productions was an: uncommon brown with un underlying 1 background oi purple, -lust like a rough,] .-.-a-ivarh-l sloue was another green oue. line -as right up to tiie fashion of wall-i papers, with a beautiful toned green.! There were some uneuticing. dirty brown ciiioars. and cues iviih scratches like a signature across it. Two eggs joined in oue shell made a long, white, cylindri-cal-looking affair. The most pei.-uliar of all was a transparent-looking delicate j white ..tie. which appeared to have been joined in two exact halve.*. In its colour and the apparent join it was an exact [ representation of a ping-pong ball. j

PGU3-TRY AND EGG EXPORTS.

the following figures will give a good •lea of the progress of the poultry export ani ?_- lniustry in Xew Zealand: — POLXTRY. inp«-<j 6,063 birds i l ooh-7 14,401 bird? 1007 s 'ja..lS7 birds lt'-S-y (to Aiigu-t 1 10,200 birds As the heaviest months are from Soiember to March, this year should be a record one. Jul eh month so far this year has s-,.,, aa improvement on the corresponding mouth in any previous year. ECiU_. , IOCi-l! 1 1P.724 dozen i'.i()ii-7 . l.lg-5.768 dozen I'JOT-S 2.42:1.ft15) dozen liuis-'.' e-7.064 dozen I lv HHi.3-0 there are no exports included, for April. Muy. -Tune, or duly. The I'.'iiS-!' figures are from April to August. This year's figure.- as regards eggs -how a falling off o: 70iX) compared with -ln.ne of last year, and of 114.000 compared with last AugU-t. The seas-ou for eggs is later than usual this year.

j SIFTS A-RS FOR CUTTING IRON, j TIN, Etc

A device, such as shown in the ill us-| tration. will be found very handy on any , farm. To make it secure two old !•!-; inch or Id-inch hies. A and H iv the rut. Grind edge and on» side of i each smooth. In file B three holes are drilled for screws. Screw hie B to tne ' , end of the work bench on top. File A

I '■ is bolted to the end of bench, as showu, with the ground edge down, and is provided with a strong handle, ln cutting irou. tin or thin steel, the handle is raised, the object to be cut is placed tlat on top of -B and the handle lowered. There are many purposes for which strong ' [shears would prove useful, and by thai ; u-e of -tiich mii'-h tini- would be saved. I

TESTI-iG COWS ON TH__ FARM. I

I Fanners who have never kept any re-, cords ..f their herds will naturally ask: ' "I).»e- it pay to go to the trouble of I weighing and tenuis each cow's milk?". A person who r.- acrii-tomed to doing this kind of work can do it very quickly, but. V:e U--J n iih? has never been trained to I ii-.-. the -.ales, take -ample-, and record! th-- amount of railk <?i>en by each row, ti-'id-- i:i t_e beginning that the work is soniesvh.it -low and tedious. I: he will' -,-i ntinue for a while .loins this sort of; ■--• uric, he will ::ni t. ;, at the knowledge! _'aini-i about each on" of his cows will' many t :rc - repo_\ ior the trouble it | takes t.j get a re ord of each one. There i- tlii- to be s: ( jd about t'ni_ ; •.vurk: There ap certain -easons on the farm when the w.jrk is very rushing. and it seems about impossible to do', any more. The time for weighing -and sampling < oiLcs. and it is put off for a few days, aud again put off. until the in- '■ terest 1:1 this work is lost. Anyone who dot's, farm u.rk knows how easy it is I ;to neglect things that do not have to be 1 done, and how hard i r i- to follow this ■ -..rt i.i work regularly aud systematically. Mix-t men realise the value of this work, hat somehow not many can bring themselves to doing it. We know of one herd of cows w hose ■ production of butter in three year.- was i raised from 2__lh to :s_filb of butter , per cow by keeping a systematic record. Here i- an increa-e of 11 lib of butter pr to.\ per year, which is worth, at present prices ~f butter, more than £3. With a herd of _IJ ..-o.vs it means an in- . -rea-e of over Lino. Did it pray this farmer t., -pend 4 a cow to have thi. v.ork done/ For every stun so spent in o-btain'm- a record he received £4 in tpl urn. and he hid the satisfaction of knowing 1•■ «i- milking nothing but :,'-.y-.a ;; - ...-. It was a 'jre.it revela- ' ...in ;,, tni- man to know that -o much ould be accomplished iv so short a time. Whim an undertaking proves so "ffee--iv" a- this, we doubt very much whether ■ Cere j. %lll y work on the farm tliat will : ■ par «i greater protit. But that wbich i ; we never have had is never missed. So the I ' man who has never brought his herd up! - to th= hhrhest profitable production, does not realise what he is losing by not -' knowing more about each one of his; : row-testin. associations will eventually , : iK.->iir.e the instruments for making j - yearly records of the farmers' cows. It , will cost from -V to 7/6 '' ocr cow per year to get a complete ' ; milk and fat record of each cow. Of ; f-ourse some farmers will do the work I i themselves rather than pay this much ' l to some person to do it for them; others - ..vill r.ever keep any records of their - herds. We predict, however, that the day ; will come when most farmers that are - keeping cows will pay some one to make r systematic records lor them. This is i already being done in several places in a - limited _ay. and it will become general { . as soon as the dairymen realise its j : va,lue. — ''Hoard's Da_.g_____" '