FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 217, 7 September 1908, Page 3

FARM AND DAIRY.

i-'i'.iyliers lo tlle \iaiiara Dairy Co, rcccr, ui 11 l /..d per iu. lor bull-a-iai uunug Alijfii." u L;v iluimug scasu.i ot lS08*l) uw;. >aiu iu nave fairly begu.i. -i-Duiu ut iditler (M.ly a:i' vi'iUM a: iin' AioUtroa yrauing uurka. 1 iic Houn»' gras?., ami tli-.; tact tuat r.a-K.rus are ruteivKig on allermW days, prevents anyi'lnug jiko Jnga t|nab'.y, ' llavors' - being ensiiv lioticeaiile 111 many of the parcels comin'o forward.

I iu view of one of t/ic butler dealers now in town, says the Eltnaiu Argus, the ease for eousig-niuent as agamsl selling of butter stands tims:—Last year the average price for outright I *ale was 10'/,»l per lb, and inane factories sold for Hill, but one or two of the larger factories, ,uch as Elth'ain, gill, about 10',ill. The returns from consigning were between IP/.d „„1 ll%d per 111, and therefore (hose factories which sold showed, 011 tin- average, a clear loss of 10s to lis p-r cvt. During the two previous years the produce consigned brought '%<\ per 11, or j 2s 4d per ewt. less than that, sold, allowing for both seasons, and four years

ago Hie fa dories that sold got %d per 111 or 7s per ™-t. P-ss than those which consigned. The conclusion our informant drew was thai to sell buller was one of the .'-'even deadly -irs. lie was an agent of a consignment bouse. A correspondent write* lo ilie )|,uiawnl'l Slaudard giving the fallowing authentic relurns from n oil-acre [anil in I lie Clou tlroua di-lriel. wiii-ii he justly thinks will establish r:-.-ril. especially for last season, a< the a-i oii ilself was an niiiisnally dry one. The herd consisted of coves, and the milk was supplied to I he Clen flroun Dairy Company:—Factory cheque lei'

buffiT-fa(, l-:a; as 11(1; profit on pig*. l'7>i 2s lid: calfskins. ■ CI IDs; to!ai. i'Klfi 18s Sil, or nn average of llli ."is t)V;il p' l' cow. The cows hail imil .nothing lmt grass :inil liny, ami the pigs ucit raised almost entirely oil skim milk anil other farm produce. According to :i representative of :i l>if? l'->iglisli luilter linn now in Taranaki, factories consigning this season should net to their suppliers i]uitu Is a pound. The now co-operative dairy company in Taranaki which is continuing the business of the late Mr -Toll is running the factories oil alternate Iu Austria only 38 per cent of the inhabitants are engaged in agriculture, while in the sister country Hungary, no fewer than t>4 in eac3i 100 are engaged in tilling the laud. The demand for veterinary lectures by farmers' elates in Victoria is so great that a periunneat lecturer in veterinary science has been appointed 'by tlie Department' of Agriculture of the State.