BETTER THAN COWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 42, 19 February 1927, Page 10

BETTER THAN COWS.

GOOD MONEY IN PIGf. ADVICE TO DAIRY FARMERS. iFruia Our own Correspondent.) MOIIKINSVILLK. Friday. "Afro for a*r<\ ]:»n.I ft»r land, labour fur labour. jll p~ will pay you belter than any other jiiimal 011 tin- farm, and if \<>;i give I hi- j *s* j] y lia If the attention yd-.i jiivc your cow-. y<m will pot astonirdiiii" it-*.:lt*. ?So -an! Mr. K. Gorringe, msti uetor in swim* hu-bandry. during the course o! a:i address at Morrinsvilla la-t ljipht. A- an in-tniife of what profit? could b? made from pips. Mr. Oorrinpe stated ".hat a farmer ;:t Kotorua had piveii up dairying i• i f.i\o:ir <f rearing. and his cii"(jUf- who 111*\v larger than they were with dairying, despite the fact that not one-twent iei h of The farm was occupied iiy the ]iilt-. He did not want farmers to iriw iiji dairying. Inn by propel manapemut they could keep more pip-. Coins in to detail. the «r>cnker said that a;-. avo and a-ha'f c.'iild three sow- an i the'r lit iof. -av, eight apiece. V. ::h two 3i*.t^r- per sow per year, an 1 by -.dlinp tliem a? weanera at £1 ajiii-.-c i-(d!ini; a- baeoners would pay far Vn.-r). the proceed- would amount to £i>. of uhih -.24 would he prol:t. A <cv required :i b'a-l two acre-, an lit was a p 1 eow that would return the ou n-r £'2'i hi one reason. The en-t "f k'-r:.ina i>mv wa- e-timated 'iy one authority £]:: a \oa.r. but lie w'oti;.} al!o,\ £7 ; i- this leaving the farmer with ;>. t>i"!it of £t.'h The pigs en an r.'-re and a half w.-nll show a profit of £"J ?. with the project; of much more. Cine of the proMe-is \vn= the tremendous mortality an:'>7ij ;>'ps in XetT Zealand. 7'i T )<• n: i. »i < ".'-ere »j< a sosr to every cow •• v.l from e'i- t to ten jd<rs p-r fur. X..-.v /1.-aland farmer did !)<•; 11:«.. • 1 .ill t T..* ; that were '"•rn. Ibo a\,T l(l i fipiire*) '"'in': " hrc<. ;■ -- -- • .v. J:-,- ado-itinj* earefnl mea-nri-- ni.-i -:iuit:i.y arranpemen!-. il,'-v i-.-; 1 ! d-m..le '.he li'imlier- of w ,< . v t-ir'-d. The N'.-w Z-.-.'-ind > ... t into the habit of "earrv'i".. on ~; fi"h'*r did." but thev ?• iu - T v. ■ai > — th.it they h:id to "l-'P- oth'-r nictiv.)., Tl-e nr.liev should be: rirniso we'). water v. <dh £T""a Tf well, »"•' sive 'ho T. -.-s td .;,ty <f - v.-rcise. The ro?Hnp don--,; ~f tV Morrinsrille :!i-tr:et wa- idea' •_» in-t r v. he said-