CREAMERYMAN AND PATRON.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXII, Issue 3085, 26 February 1894, Page 3

CREAMERYMAN AND PATRON.

■vary WfP *"ro» Pasture U> Bwttcx Tuti ■ ■ ■■ --..i ■■'■'■"" Moit Be Undenrtood. It |a clearly good polipy and good sense lor ihe diweting head of tit© creamery fexiort np in every step from the pasture JJJ the trotter tub, and the fact that he 4« mftgter of the business from A to Izzard JSTcwindence of patrons an 4 enables ym to help them, and by helping them help hlmsell -, Here Is ft subject we commend to all enexaerj men for careful attention. It It to forearm against the fall shrinkage of the pw* three or four years. A ride through the dairy districts last SeptemWa was enough, to give a person the blues. Th* pastures were overstocked, &|gra» ttdh, short and brown, and the a^ were gannt aa the seven ill favored |^ J3ng Huiraoh saw in bis dream. They devoured not the other cows, but Hie whole farm, so far as profits were concerned, hut here and there was a flgfrymaii with a patch of sweet corn. Be had a good thing. The cows had it first, and he took it from the cows in foaming pails of valuable milk. - Now, if otir co-operative creamery companies will this year inaugurate a Cral movement in raising sweet com, will always look back to 1893 as a i«d latter year. If all creainerymen will 4b)l the attention of their patrons, to the contenience and cash producing quali r ties of sweet corn, they will be acting as public benefactors. This is no idle speculation. It is a fact which has been demonstrated time and time again. m localities where farmers have had no experience in raising^ sweet corn the best advice to give them is unquestionably to labe it just as they do their ordinary corn t except that 50 per cent more seed may profitably be dropped in each liilL Let tnein plant in rich ground after, not before, the ground has become well vanned, for sweet com does not germinate at as low a temperature as field oorn, being a weaker seed. This is one reason for planting more kernels in tho , WU, tor » certain per cent will generally ftp to ffenninate, and a f ull stand is parr ticulftny desirable, a heavy stand in fact, forthefodderh very valuable and will te eaten clean, butts and all.— Creamery | •lournal ■ . .- ,-•_■ ■■•'•' * -■ ''■".'■ J',