RETURNS FROM DAIRY COWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 108, 30 January 1908, Page 2

RETURNS FROM DAIRY COWS.

'A CHALLENGE' FROM ! Mr.'A, J. Gallichan writes *is<as follows :r- & 11 1 soud you. tho fol! ag; which" may^,be ..of-, interest to your reau ;rs ,iu ,thes6 .'times of," ' .drought- .. ' ' :k-v \ •' 1 "Tho thirty-nine cows whioli l am milling on the 92-acro placo I recently*, took ov.cr ' from I 'Mr:' Arnold havo,V'to; th'o 25th of ,'this month,; produced 25;5391b5v milk;' containing 9621b5!. bi\tter-fi)t : , .which .at IOJd., the pre- , 'sent pi-ice j»id by, tho Bnunythorpo "Dairy . v Company/conies to £41'2sJ-Id.. Several of thesQ qpws were in through last winter, and many' of them calved very early in spring. ■They; mo going strong-yet. They havo .no™ ■ thing tq eat except grass, -no ' other. provision having ; 'bacu madav by..'tho previous owner. Can anybody ,in tho district beat'this?' The record!can 'be-seen' at'the liilimythnrpo Dairy factory.. -j-'?; v J- .■ , GOOD WORK AT MAIvOWHXI. ]' ; A« showing, tho-benefit?' of- .tho'i.(Sarefui.;': $tudying.of:a dairy .and ,the eulling 'put.'pfltlie ;. hord;(says the Sandon- correspondent, of Jtho.:. " Feilding'; Star "M.Mr'., W. O. Murray, of ; t Makowhai,' has givear nw . tho actual liniount i of his';takings from tbjrtV'two co\vs : for tlvo , past two months, which'snould Convince anVono who may, bo doubtful of tho profitable , results;- Tho figures arb 35,221 . lbs. of milk', 1303U>3. fat, at IOJd., £57 Is. ; Dc-comber, 34,81,7H>3. of milk, 13391b5, fat, at lOJd,'; £58 ilsi 7d.; " total takings fpr■ two nionths,, £U5;115. ; ,8d. . I tliink/ a reeord taking for a horij of thirty-two cows: . Ifor'the past two and. a half years Mr, Murray has held the highest average at present is three points hifhw,than any other: supplier at the Makoivhai creamery,'