MODEL DAIRY FARM

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20672, 10 March 1937, Page 3

MODEL DAIRY FARM

UP TO THE MINUTE • The happiest cows in the world are at the Rosedale Farm, Virginia, U.S.A, where public and private interests have created a model dairy farm. Each cow has its own drinking fountain. Ventilating fans keep the barns at an equable temperature. Should flies attempt to enter, electrically charged screens kill them off “like files." Floodlights illuminate the farm at night when late work is necessary. Insects attracted by the glowing lamps are quickly entangled and killed in electric bug-catchers. There are electric vibrators, hair-dryers and sun-ray lamps. The farmhou.'/ is air-condi-tioned. It has electric churns, vacuum cleaners, washing machines and refrigerator. The wood Is chopped and the hay is hoisted by electricity, and the dinner bell summoning the hands to dinner is electrically rung. Butter from Russia The possibility of stronger competition from Russian butter the London market is Indicated in the official announcement that the Soviet's output has been doubled in four years, reaching 118,300 tons in 1936. Many modern factories have been built to secure this result. A large increase ’n internal consumption has been the immediate effect, but there is little doubt that ultimately the surplus will be shipped to Britain, in spite of the dtuty of 15 per cent, per cwt. on all foreign butters.