TABLETS FOR COWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 114, 17 May 1938, Page 7

TABLETS FOR COWS.

New Method of Concentrated

Feeding.

SCOTLAND'S FARMING IDEAS

LOXDOX, May 12.

If Sir Earle Page, deputy-Prime Minister of Australia, adopts a new idea, his cows on the Clarence River may find a tablet of food the size -of a 3d piece, instead of the usual hay.

Returning from Buchanan Castle, he told "The Sun" that he had been interested in new farming ideas tried out by the Duke of Montrose, particularly the storing and concentrating of fodder after artificial drying.

Grass, he said, was reduced to a flourlike powder and concentrated in tablets. This compact storage, of fodder opened up enormous possibilities if it could be introduced into Australia. The chief difficulty was the cost of plant, it being possible to buy a machine for £350.

The Duchess of Montrose is an enthusiastic Shorthorn breeder. Sir Earle Page's son was so interested that he remained at the castle, while his father returned to London to receive the insignia of a K.C.M.G.

Almost 1000 international Press delegates are touring Scotland. They represent practically all the countries of the world and are the largest and most representative ever to visit Britain.

Speaking at the first of 10 official dinners and luncheons, covering five days, at which Sir Earle Page was present. Mr. Walter Klliot, Secretary for Scotland, told of a Scot who asked an Australian what the Commonwealth was like. The latter replied: "It's all right, except that there arc too many lowclass immigrants and too little water."

'"Nothing else is wrong with hell" com mcntcd the Scot.

Mr. Elliot hoped that Scotland, which inaugurated the industrial revolution, would be able to lead the world in emerging from its effects.