Untitled

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17028, 13 August 1929, Page 10

Tin,' gross return from one grade Jersey cow on two acres of land on the property of Mr. W. A. 0. Honeyfield, Spotswood, near New Plymouth, was £T7 Ids fid. The cow was in profit from lust, August till June. During the season 471 pounds of butter-fat were sent to the Omata factory from the tiny farm. The gross value of this butterfat was £'!'! ICs fid. The cow also supplied the household with milk during the season at the estimated value of £ll.

The excessive amount of water some supplier allowed in the milk delivered to dairy factories was mentioned at the annual meeting of the Huwera Dairy Co. The manager requested suppliers 'to put as little water through their machines as possible as it caused great inconvenience and was the cause of much loss. He surprised those present by stating that an analysis showed as much as 22 per ;»cnt. of water in some instances. "Some of thorn seem to think they can get butter-fat out of water,'said the chairman, Mr. J. R. Corrigan. They were not only robbing themselves, he continued, hut also robbing other suppliers, for water washed a certain amount of solids away. The icsition had become so serious that the directors would probably have to consider holding up the milk at the factory and having an analysis taken.

i A comparison between the past season and that of 1025 was made by Mr. 0. 11. Washer, at the annual meeting of the Hawera Dairy Co. Ho said thai over 1,200,000 pounds less milk had been supplied in 102 - -21), and yet within 10 tons of the 1025 amount of cheese had been made. Thus, apparently, a pound of cheese in 1025 required "more milk than it did now. Probably higher test and standardisation accounted for the figures. The chairman considered the fact was mainly due to the improvement of herds and the manuring of pasture,?. There was still plenty of room, ho said, for further improvement, and he strongly advocated herd-testing. One South Taranaki farmer who had purchased land in the Waikato had told Uuu he had been amazed at the results. In June he had used 2cwt. u,f superphosphate as a top-dressing and he had gone over the land again in January, using Hewt He considered the results far exceeded those when he made one application of 4<\wt. Mr. Corrigan felt certain that if the same tactics were adopted in South Taranaki much benefit would " News.