THE MAN ON THE LAND.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 49, 22 October 1912, Page 6

THE MAN ON THE LAND.

DAIRYING. The annual report of the directors of the Central Dairy Company (Christ, church), to bo presented at a meeting of shareholders on October 26th, states that the balance for the year, including the balance brought forward (£1361: 17s 9d) from last year, was £7558 9s 6d, which the directors recommend should be dealt with as follows: To pay the usual 6 per cent dividend (£785), to write off buildings and machinery at the creameries (£1174), to write off buildings and machinery at the factory (£396), a bonus to suppliers of Jd per lb on butter-fal supplied during the year (£3984), to pay a bonus of 5 per cent on wages and salaries to those employees not affected by any award of the Arbitration Court (£94), the balance to be carried forward to next year. All bonuses, unclaimed on March 31st, 1913 would bo deemed forfeited to company. The total milk supply received for the year was 48,528,1401 b. The total cream supply received for the year was 405,5461 b. The average price paid to suppliers had been 12.39 d, and with the proposed bonus of fei per lb would make the price for tin year over Is o|d per lb of butter-fat The butter manufactured was 2,217,3931 b,, or 989.90 tons, an increase o. 58.37 tons on the previous year. Export shipment© amounted to 297 tons. The balance (692 tons) was requirec for local consumption. The quantity of milk taken to make one pound oj butter was 23.5 lb. The present indications for the coming season were fm good supply and high prices. DAIRYING IN DENMARK. In 1902 Denmark established a sys tom of paying for milk and cream according to cleanliness, cooling, smell and taste. In five years there were in existence in the country nine asso ciations, offshoots of the parent .estab lishment, and in the number were embraced 114 factories with 22,000 sup pliers. In the last year for whicl figures are available the suppliers numbered over 40,000, equal to aboui one-fourth of the milk-producers o' Denmark, and there has been an im provement in the quality of the snppl; such as would not have been consider ed possible of being brought about Under the system the milk and crean sent to the factories in the associa tion are tested by a “controller,” assisted by one or more specially sc lected members, who divide the supply into classes, according to quality, giv ing points on the value of the mill and cream. Over 10 points in ; maximum of 15, entitles a producer t ho placed in the first class, and it i; remarked that within two years to: per cent moved up from second inti the first division.

MILK AND MUSIC. 'An amusing story is reproduced in the August Sound Wave. Mr J. G. Hiccox, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, pos sesses a valuable herd of 70 pedigree cows, and the milk from them is sold to the “exclusive” set of the city ai 12 cents (6d) a quarter. That the owner should try by every possible means to increase the supply, is, therefore, only natural, and to this end he ie reported to have found the talking machine !of great value*. The story goef that by its aid he has increased the producing value of his herd by twe quarts each cow per day—a total oi 140 Quarts. “He tried the experiment with a cheap phonograph,” it is said “on the theory that music at milkini time would make the cows less inclin eel to be nervous. Ho was right “Bossy,” under the soothing influence yielded all the milk she possessed Waltz music proved the most satis factory, from the cow standpoint Ragtime agitated rather than quietec the bovine nerves.” GENERAL. Pasture in the Pahiatua district if making good headway (says the Herald). The rich river flats around Konini and Harnua are looking exceptionally well, and in a fortnight’s time it is expected that there will be an abundance of feed in those districts. ,■, The average yield of the best herd of Danish cows is given at 3301bs of butter per annum. A farmer, while conversing with r Hawera Star reporter, stated that the local prospects from a dairying and agricultural point of view are exceedingly, bright. The grass is now coming on well, and will soon give plenty of feed. i Lambing operations, are reported to be very satisfactory in the Pahiatua district. Last year a fair average was about 85 per cent of lambs, while this season it is expected to be between 90 and 95 (says the Herald). In the Akitio district lambing has also been good, the majority of the percentages being between 90 and 100. A few arc reported to ’be over 100 per cent.