THE CREAM FLOW

Feilding Star, Volume 10, Issue 3930, 13 January 1933, Page 4

THE CREAM FLOW

THE LONG DRY SPEED CAUSES A DECREASE A marked decrease is reported in lhe supply of cream to the dairy factories in the Feildi'ng district as a result of the dry spell- Pastures have not given out, but the lung stretch of sunny weather with very li.tle rain has had its effect on the field. Fo r the season which opened on August i last th e cream supply at the Cheltenham factory is lip about 12 per cent, so far. This increase may he accounted for tv the favourable season, but it is more likely that it ariges from the increase in the number of cows being milked this season. Farmers' gdneiallv shorten on sheep and increase the dairy herd when wool and meat prices fall, and some at least have done so this seagoll> A survey of the industry over the | past six or seven years encourages the belief that farmers have done a, goad deal 'to improve their pastures, and this has helped to give an increased yield of butterfat. Improvement in the quality of the herds has als° assisted the industry.