GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 637, 14 October 1909, Page 10

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

;"! ,Thejsiaiigi^teciPgTvbf-calv'es is goii)g,.on.- npaqe lh'> Taranaki,'-especially of! steer. calves.' '.The high -prices until recently . obtainable !for pigs : had-'aigbddv dSi>l,'?t67''do; with,'- it, '.as; it, paid But art ' (low,ii,'!, some farmers; aro aikin'j tfeniselyea"! if '.it.. will _ not pay ' better ;to ;I;eop -,'tUe-*calys9;.y'- Calfisldris '■ sell.. at-, from 12s. to is. :3d. each..." .'J; :.'!ltr. ; ; Charles 'Steward at",'To "Eoti," a holding, of-'tcn- ; acrcs,ran -fiye cows on ;it; lastV,year;.;and!. Obtained vanVayeragG re-' -turn:of JEI7 pprcow. Moreover,;tho cows did not exhaust, ; all :tho7grazihg of.;tho-. ten acres lfot- : ;vit9' V*?p6teiitial'V '(asSAsteqtricipns.'Ujaye:; -it)/ ■were. also drawn .-on by', three Horses,': scime .pigs,' andtsomo fowls, a small, orchard/

established v in - which. the ■ milk and' cream'' delivered to the factories is rated according' to cleanliness/cooling, srrtell/ and taste. • The.-first. association :of • this • kind, - was. started in 1902,', and , in'loo7. the-, number had 'grown to nine, including 114' factories,* with' 21,246 suppliers.Now theso socioties^Count'dSiiT^milk*:suppliers;;,which.'is one-fourth ot all Danish dhiry farm--ers. ? .The';judging- of the milk or Icream' for 6ach association'is'dono by one' regularly; em* ployed ' "contrafler," assisted -by • one- or • two specially, selected;, members. >Tho ..testing' is; done - once or. twice *a month, 1 according - to .a scale-of riifteen> -points,- and ; the ; division is divided into three 'classes; • that • with more' than 10 points'- goes 'into - 'first 'class; * with' G to 9,' into 'second ,-; with -less' than • 6* points means rejection. •• ;.Whilp only six< of :'>tfcbso - tious; have been in existence'. ovef 'two years, the> results-are .'obvious:—. •. : . ' • ♦ .. • Ist Class. 2nd-Class*' 3rd. Class. " ler.cent. Percent.' Percent. • I'irst-year62,l • r 3i.lV ' 3-7 •' ;Second -year /.. 71.9 ; 25iU'- "1.6'; ; Thus. 10-per. cent, witliin. tile*.two.-'years-. have been .moving. up ( .froii' second and' : third-'class lhto the; nrst; The very general participation' of' the-'Danish dairy farmers'.shows ..what great benefatS; they-are expecting* from* the delivery' of unobjectionable, milk and; cream/ - .'• > ' The- butput; of the -Tavarua .CWese' Factory at-Ballance.up to September;3o 77.tons. ' At°nt;l4ob gallons of milk tire* being' delivered daily at the Ballance Daiiy ' Company's Creamery at Scarborough. • .. . :