FARMING NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 208, 1 August 1935, Page 5

FARMING NEWS.

RURAL R A KINGS. In its July circular, the National Bank of Australasia states that, “although butter production has fallen away during the past few months to a far greater extent than during the autumn months of last yoar, the totnl export of butter from Australia to Great Britain for the 193435 season will bo well above that, of the preceding season. Up to the weok ended June 22, this season, a total of 110.047 tons have been shipped to the United Kingdom, as compared with 101,279 tons shipped during the similar period last season."’ The large increase in the home production of milk continues to be responsible to a great extent for the poor market for New Zealand cheese, according to the Juno market report of Samuel Page and Son, Ltd.. London. The firm states that the anxiety to use the milk has resulted in a lot of badly-made cheese. Some Cheshire has been retailed at ns low as 3d—“by the scoopful,” ns one agricultural correspondent puts it—while considerable quantities of Dutch Edams are being sold weekly at that, price. Drought conditions in the western United States are causing a remarkable increase in the exportation of Canadian cattle. Whereas in April, 1934, cnttlc crossing the border wore valued at only 23,000 dollars, lust. April the export amounted to 1,064,000 dollars.

Dairy cattle in tho Franklin district at present, appear to be doing their best to help tho farmers over the hard times, owing lo the low prices for butterfat, by providing extra money for bobby calves. Many eases of twin calves are being reported, and in one instance a farm at Bombay hns bad three sols of twin calves so far this season, all being perfectly normal and ill good health.