CURRENT NOTES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17173, 1 February 1930, Page 11

CURRENT NOTES

Herd Troubles. , Even so late in the season as Janu- < arv a little bloating has .been reported in Poverty Bay herds, alt hough such i cases are rare just now. One instance of bloating during the month ; was on a farm when) cows were put to graze on a clover paddock which had been shut up lpr some time. Mammitis is noticed on a few ol' the, , farms, but the disease does not appear to be in evidence in serious proportions. Apart from the two matters mentioned, however, there does not appear to be.any trouble in the herds of the district. Pasture Management. The plea for an efficient system of past lire management has been made frequently enough for dairy fanners to realise the importance of preventing their grass from growing to a rank stage, in which a great deal ol: the value of the pasture is lost. Despite this, however, many ot the Poverty Bay dairymen permitted their paddocks to run away into rank growths, and although much of this was cut for hay many paddocks remained throughout the late spring and early summer in a rank state. It has been noticed also that a number of the ; funnel's in the district have been complaining, that their hulk .yields were 1 ndj 'as large as- they The length to which till' grhss oil many of the properties hhd been allowed to grow may be one of the causes of this falling-off, for eases are quoted of farmers whose cows went up in milk to a considerable extent alter they j had been changed to short grass from a’ fairly long growth. Jersey Breeders. Breeders of pedigree Jersey cattle in poverty Bay have taken considerable interest in the formation of a Jersey Breeders’ (Hub in the district. The initial steps in the direction ol gaining sufficient information to place before a meeting were taken last season, but it was not possible to call the breeders together until the beginning of this month, when an ent nusiastie meeting decided to lorni a club. On that occasion, however, the election of officers was deferred, apart from the appointment of an organiser in Air. R. L. Seed, but matters are expected to lie dualised next Monday evening, for which date a further meeting has been called. High-Grade Points. Along with an increase in the season’s manufacture, the. Wairoa Gooperative Dairy Go., Ltd., has had a most, successful season as regards quality. Up till the end of January tin* grading points had ranged betweet 94 and 95 points for most of the butter, all of which had been graded finest with the exception _of seven boxes, which was classed first grade a result, it is reported, of damage on route to the grading stoics With larger supplies expected next season, it is proposed to add to the present plant so that the additional amount of cream will be handled just as efficiently as in the past. About. 240 tons of butter lias been manufactured to date, an increase of about 40 tons over the corresponding period in the 1928-29 season. P.B. Bams for Hawke’s Bay. Although Poverty Bay is well known for the production of breeding ewes, which it sends in thousands, to other parts of the Dominion, it has not vet Created a very big demand ti'om other districts for its rams. However, that there is quality in the rams bred in Poverty Bay has been demonstrated from time to time, one batch of Lincolns from Mr. G. V. Smith s property having been exported to the Argentine last year, while li. • Kirkpatrick sent a large consignment of- Romneys to a .Hawke’s Bay station ■ during the same season. The good impression created by Mr. Kirkpatrick s lot' has been responsible for a repeat order this year, and 40 more leave just gone forward, the price being reported to be a good one, while alrcadx an order has been given tor next j season’s requirements.