DAIRYING IN WAIKATO.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19512, 16 December 1926, Page 16

DAIRYING IN WAIKATO.

BUSY TIME FOR FARf&E'RS. I INCREASE IN PRODUCTION[BT TELKGRAPK. —OWN CORRESPONDENT^] HAMILTON. Wednesday. The' dairying season has reached its peak,- and the factories throughout the Warkato are working, at full pressure. Thffl'6 is a' great flush of fresh and the paddocks that have been closed for hay illustrate the favourable climatic conditions that? haye prevailed in the Waikato. so'far this season, the wonderful productivity- of 'the- soil, and tho- advantages of topdressing. Haymaking-is in full 'swing in- some districts, and heavy crops ace being'" gathered;. • '■ Fly pests have been very destructive on voting root crops this season, and some anxiety concerning the provision of supplementary fodder for late summer and winter nso is being experienced. The position is being met by many farmers by turning surplus stocks of pasture into ensilage, and increasing quantities of iliis class of fodder are now being, made in the Waikato. There- has been an increase of 11 per cent, in the quantity of butter-fat produced this season in the Waikato, compared with the quality made last, season. Heavy- showers fell yesterday and during t last night, and broke a,.dry spell of about a fortnight. The ram refreshed the pastures and did much good.