DAIRYING ACTIVITES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 560, 15 July 1909, Page 8

DAIRYING ACTIVITES.

ALL VERY BRISK,

! ■'•'■''.. [.':'.( Palrhorstbn, ;July 14.; .' The management", of. ''.the ; . : '-New; Zealand farmers' Dairy''.Uriibn.';. is' at. present, very busy preparing for the coming season. General repairs and 'extensions 1 , are being effected at "several creameries in readiness for the flush, of milk. The',piospects;.for.tbone\v, season, both as'regards! butter/and. ;cheese,: are'.remarkably,good.' , .According .to .Mr. ;Young, the general managerl'of .the.;unipn. many'more farmers, will be supplying, several; •farmers'having- taken on cows in preference, to -sheep, "whilst the;, ; gradual ..cutting; up of properties is exerting .'a beneficial effect upon ■ thev industry.'.;: 'Generally.:; the, : returns" from' cpwp published at different periods are also liaying a very .favourable effect.,, Mr., Young 'instanced the.case of 'a farmer'who got a. return.of .£ls each frpm ; a herd : ,of ; 24 cows.' '=. A commencement has been'made .with the i New;. Zealand Eafm'ers':.;Dairy ? >Uhioh- cheese factory,at. Ashhurst, and it. will bo finished lih'Viim6Vior,. , the'..early-.''Bca'sqh.v'' : 'Fourv-va'ts' lyilibo worked, arid'will deal'with the. supply of -500' cows.. The' creamery (.alongside Will be kept order,. so that ■■may'.revert; ■to butter if considered advisable. ■'•' ■:.;'■ < '■'■ Tho difference of opinion with! regard to "the' making of...butter and [ cheese.■ is. very, •marked in different districts.'! At\Woodvillo i tho suppliers would, not ,look''2t (whilst at"';Ashhurst,'only, nihe'-miles s away, nothing . would, satisfy ..them'vbutf'-'cheese-; There.. is '. a .that , the '■ disused creamery at' Manakau -(Mariaiyatu line) will: bo put in commission, the Dairy' Union only guarantee of. cows frorh/sottlers'.;