DAIRYING ADVANCE

Hawera Star, Volume L, 20 June 1930, Page 8

DAIRYING ADVANCE

DOMINION’S PRODUCTION DUTIES ON CATTLE FOODS RANK CHAIR-MAN SUGGESTS 'REDUCTION. (Special To The Star.) WELLINGTON, June 2d. “Although there lias been a. mhos tanlial increase in our wool chips, the pio- • >rciss made has neon .email compa.ied ” ith that made by tilt dairy 11 Wastry during the last few years. As compared with 1920, the quantity of mdk ii'iiiuifKf'cl by blur dairy lactones ocason ine.rea.sed by over 100 per cent-., .stated Siv George Elliot, t.nairma.n. o'h oirectors, at tlifc •annual meeting tio-tkiy pf the proprietors of the Rank of New Zealand. , “\- ou w ill notice that although thorp has apparently been a .slight failing oil. in the total quantity shipped tins soa.t'.dii. ay compared with ta.st., there were 9500 tons more, butter in store in New Zealand that at March 3J. 192.1. Ihe figures relating to .shipments, mpreovei , are compiled .by the. Customo Departnitut from retains which need not w furnished until a lew days alter the carryin<r steamer Iv.u- walled. As the figures are compiled ut a. date when !ai-.0-ie quantities are still being shipped, an apparent discrepancy may arise asbctvfocn tw'o .seasons, owing to iseveial steamers sailing during the last days ol March, in one season, while in the other sea,son the con e-pending vessels sad early ill April. “Figures furnished by the Dairy hxpeut, Control Bowl'd sfoovr that ns cqmpiaired with the first nine, months ot last seamen. the same period of this sea .son. shows an inoreaso in butter niaiiufaoviiied and' went into grading stores 01. 18.25 percent., and in eh-eas-o- n dleirti-ense' of 0.23 new cent. . '•Mere suopin the men cased product ion is largely,"due lo better methods ol Miaf-k management- and to the use. ol Icit i 1 i 'as. ‘ Under the stimulation.. ol artificial 1 manures the stock currying caipari ty is increasing woiicieilu.ly. 4 ‘JGe.i Li iii.s.eii K imported into New Zealand in 1915) amounted to. 76.957 tons, in 1927. 249.443; in 1928, 316.79,, and, in 1929 ' 362,157 tons. . “Because: prices for hut tor have fallen materially daily production lias Intelv been classed, 4 think wrongly, among the distressed industries; “ ‘Hoards Dairyman.’—-am American pith Meat ion —speak ing of A mcn'.ioan _< 1 ditioms, says: ‘We milk over ii i mill ion and a quarter less cows now than we did ten vears ago and .supply over 13 millions, .more people with dairy pro<li,i::.e.’ Tins .shows concretely the, pros ci-eds. the. industry ha.s made in Amiwravin.g the productivity of the l niton States dairy herd. ‘‘Dairy farmers in .N(»\v Zealand aie no doubt doing niucTi to improve t-ho productivity of their herds by more Scientific* cultivation of the soil, by use of artificial fertilisers, by herd testing and by care in the selection of sires; but little is heard of attempts being made to increase the milk yield and to prolong the lactation period by the, judicious use of artificial concent i ated cattle foods. “11l the United Kingdom, and even more in Denmark, these concentrated foods are being increasing!v used with excellent results, particularly when the. growth of grass is beginning to diminish. It has been, J think, conclusively proved that by adopting this method' the yield per cow has been raised eonsiderahlv. in some instances doubled, at a cost which leaves a high margin of profit to the farmer. “Concentrated cattle foods are sold with specified and guaranteed food values, and are manufactured from products such as cotton seed and cotton seed oil. linseed. copra, other lints, etc. —all of which are grown ■ within the Empire. As none of the ingredients used are produced in New ; Zealand, except a small quantity of linseed, the Government might well consider the abolition of tli» Customs : dutv at present levied on all artificial ' cattle foods imported into the Dominion. The abolition of the duty ' would, without doubt, encourage the

use of a product that is giving remarkably beneficial results in other parts of fbo world.’’