DOINGS AMONG THE DAIRIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 672, 24 November 1909, Page 10

DOINGS AMONG THE DAIRIES.

;t' : ; :^:; : ;;i;^ v : :; -.].',';. (By Telegraph.—Special ' Cbfre'spdndcnt.) ''•'"■■: ,:'".('.>■■-■-.' ■'''■,'-. ;'■:.:.'--. Pahiatua,"November' 23.'i'. -A: .meeting of .directors 1 ; oirlthp ' Pahiatua Farmers' 'Association was held at the 'secretary's; : btticb/ this>aftornoon, Mr. : A. '■ MTarlane ■■■ presiding. It was,decided to. add.sixteen yards'to the : present cattlo:yards, to. enlarge the,cattlesoiling ring,'arid also to make an'entrance for cattlo in Muxley Street. Thisivork.will shortly be put in hand. The roofing of the cattle-ring is also contemplated, .thus making the; yards right,up-to-date for the auctioneers and general -public..'■'.■' '{■'!•;■•■■^•-■■'■^:-'-■!'■;•::';.■ ';'■:''■:'■; '. 'The Konini. Butter; Factory. made 79 : boxes' of .butter to T duy, weighing approximately twotons, or eight;boxes'more thaulwere-turned out. at the =same.time.last year; -:'.'■•■■"■•■.'■'' ■'.•• Thß ,'daily ,milk . supply ,at: the ,-Hamua :Creamery.is,v26so : gallons; ;at Mahgatainoka Cheese'.l'actbry 2700 gallons; at Kaitawa' Cheese Pactory 1000 gallons; at the; Tararua Cheese Factory, over 1100 gallons; at Mangaramarama ,Cheese:'Facfory 1665 gallons. .. . :■.,;.,.: 1 The Nireaha :.Cheess' Tactbry paid out over £.700:for:'its October milk, tho rate being,Bd. 'per.'lb.' of butter-fat. The daily; supply at the same factory is steadily .increasing, v.. v .The supply at the llamua ..Creamery 'is how several .--.thousand pounds of .milk moro than was. the case at the height'of last season. . ■ -Kaitawa; Factory paid 9d. pep lb. for butterfat on its' October milk supply,;

':■;'■■'; MAMMITIS IN MANAWATU. ■Dairy -farmers. (says our Palmerston correspondent) ; are complaining of tho ravages ofcontagiqUS:.inammitis among 'tho herds in the Mannwatu" /district,. . and an' appeal is to /bo; made to the Agricultural Department 'to.-scQ if something: cannot bo done to check tho-disease,-,w'kjch'.fs-.causing .serious loss to a number of settlers. Ono ■ dairyman already !;' has "\ to .dry off six 'of his best coirs—it is : generally the pest that go first—and quite a • number of other farmers have lost cows;from this trouble. .. ..•,'.:

SAVED £14,

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