THE BUTTER OUTLOOK.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 479, 12 April 1909, Page 2

THE BUTTER OUTLOOK.

MKT] XG AT S'J'JIA TFORI). , A mooting of d;iiry factory representatives, convened by the -National Dairy Association, wis held m tlio Borough Council Chambers •jtratfonlj Inst w6pk 4 to consider the position sot tlio butter market and tlio best courso t to adopt with referenco to autumn supplies, s Ilio president of the association, Mr. J, - W. I'oreinan, drew special attention to tha , necessity for the exorcise of the utmost care . 'lie said, in spite of tho increase in , making, tho buttor production in Taranald - was equally as great as last year. Jlost of ; the contracts with buyers ami agents ox* ; pir'od on March 31, and. advices from Lon- ; don'Jyero that tho market was very depressed. , The question was'how far they could look tr, local markets to lieln '.them out, with tha 1 autumn, make. ■ ; Considerable discussion ensued, and it wnß t cyontuallv"decidcd to rccommend factories to 1 ship Homo 'thc bulk of their April butter and - not to soil';for storage in NeW Zealand. s « The representatives of Messrs. J. Nathan . and Co. and J. and J. Lonsdale being pret sent, they were asked to state their views oil 2 the question,* :,but they, however, • confined 3 themselves .to expressing the opinion that the t present slump and'the unsatisfactory position - our butter bad.-occupied during, .tho wholo season was dup .l-v the inereaso of'moisture, uliicJi noted l>olhM?i /, kocpiii2 off buvcrf 3 for blending and in malting the butter "lcsi , acceptable to tho re,tailor on account of it* . impaired keeping qualities. [ THE SYDNEY SHOW. (lit TELEGRAPH IMIKSS ASSOCIATION —COrytflGllT.] r (K<*. April 11, -i,\s p.m.) [ . Sydney, April'lp. J At tho Sydnoy Show tho following award* , & have boon niacin:—• 1 : , t Leicester ram, 18 months and over, " t Reul, first and champion and., third. 15wej,„ t under 18 months, lieid first ilnd fchampibn', ~ 0 Chrystal, second. Rant, MMmdcr 18..; 3 months, Chrystal, first and second, Ronl-.'-1 no.v-Marsh ram, 18 months old-.nnd over;, 1 '", lteid, second, reserve champion, and'highly''. 3 commended. Sir Dlaizo was injured" in talk' 2 ing in tlio Light-woight Hacks, and was do- 1 '' 1 * s stroyed. The attendance at tho show ves- ' J terday wa5.40,500. Tlio takings Wero £150 1 abovo those of last year. 3 According to a Press Association telegram from Christchurch, Messrs. W. Hnyward and i Co., of Christchurch, have received cablo advice that at tlio Sydney Ilbrso Show their , horses won first prizo for four-in-hand, first for bilggy and pair, 15 hands 2iu„ first and second for cobs under 14 hands 2in., third r for the dogcart class, and third for cob under 3 15 hands. ' NEW USE FOR. RABBIT-SKINS. t . . , . "SO is to bo mado of rabbit-skins, . which are now being tanned by'means of a rubberised process in use at a factory at Bcr--3 n'\ ont J sey . ( wr 'tos a London correspondent). 5 Hie fur is taken off and the skin subjected to certain treatment, which cives tho leather a . wonderfully durable character. 1 Tho skin, t when treated, cannot bo. torn, and becomes . toughened and hardened' to such' a degree 3 that as a leather it will be callable of many s uses not hitherto thought of" The syndi- ] cate promoting _the_ business in London aro 3 said to bo making _ inquiry in Australasia in 3 order to see if it is possible to obtain more _ skins than are now sent in tho regular course 5 of trade to the Home markets. : i PERSONAL NOTE. ) 1 > Tho Secretary for Agriculture, Mr. J. D. ! Ritchie, will leave Now Zealancl on or about 1 tho 30th of tho present month oil a trip tc 1 tho Old Country and Amcrica. Ho wit 1 first visit Australia, and .after spending 1 about ten days thero will proceed to. Europi ' by tho steamer India by way of Brindisi ; Ho will travel overland across tho Continent of Europe to London, and it is hisjiopo t< ; reach England in time' to visit the Roya! Agricultural Show at Gloucester toward till end of June. Afterwards ho will go nortl to Scotland, spend somo time .there ,nt vap | ions shows, and visit his old lioino in Perthshire. Tlio return journey will bo taker ! by way of New l'ork ami Canada, loaviuj \ from Vancouver. i ■ FEEDING WHILE MILKINC. i Most farmers claim, says an authority i that cows ivill stand moro • quietly and lo . down their mill; moro freely" if they art • given something to eat while tWy are being . > milked. Rut thoso who have adopted Hit plan of milking bel'oro feeding aro seldom, ! if ever, anxious to go back - to tho olc ' method of giving the cows something tc eat whilo they are being milki'd. Few cows seem to be able to divido their attention ■ between tho two operations. )Vhen tlio cow has nothing to attract her attention sho stands quietly when she sees tlio milker approach. Sho also lets down her millt iiioi-o freely than when she is attempting to cat at tho samo time. Tho cow that lias her head in, tho manger seldom sees her milker approaching, and tho first intimation sho has of Jiis presenco is when she feels'tlio milkingrstool against her flanks. If sho lias a nervous disposition, • which is tho caso with most good dairy cows, she will either jump or kick, and then continue to annoy her milker by switching ' her tail until ho has finished .milking. If tlio cow is fed at tho same time that she is being milked, sho is in so great a hurry to get her feed that' she boctjpios restless, and will not give down her milk freely. To make a change from tho old practice of milking tho cows while tltey aro eatjng to feeding them after they have been milked will probably cause much restlessness, on tlio part of tho cows, but as. soon as 'they becomo accustomed to it, which will not tako long, they aro much quieter than '..'where both operations aro conducted at tlio'same time. BALLANCE DAIRY COMPANY. .Tho Ballanco Co-operative Dairy Company, will pay out next week £5100 for milk supplied during March, (says a Paltiatua Press Association telegram). Tho supply was well maintained during tlio month, but is now fast diminishing. The average test for .March was 4.08 per-cont., v, A SIMPLE REMEDY. A Canadian farmer, writing t6 tho "Farmer's Advocate, 1 ' one of (he leading agricultural papers of that Dominion, gives a euro for abortion. Ho stales that lie has had tlio very best in treating cows for this scourge. His method is to pour crude carbolic acid over salt and give tho' cows access ' t<> it at all times. Ho has noi only cured chronic abortion among his own cows, but has treated several for his neighbour, and has ' bought "others' that were persistent abortors which have become regular breeders. Tho remedy is simple, and is endorsed by tho veterinary fraternity, and tho "Farmer's Advocate" has no hesitation ill recommending it, as it has seen tho good effects of carbolic acid administered in different ways to cows that persistently., aborted. _ At tho Levin horticultural show a collection of fruits bottled ten years by Mrs. W. M. Clark, of Levin, was much admired by Mr. Manson, of Wellington, the judge, SHOW DATES. » Juno 1 to J. —Dtinedin Winter Show. June 15 to 17.—lnvercargill Winter Show. June '22 to 25.—National Dairy Show (Palmerston North). July 6 to 10. —Waikalo Winter Show (Hamilton). October 20 to 21. Hawke's Bay Spring Show.