DAIRY METHODS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 274, 19 November 1943, Page 4

DAIRY METHODS

PRAISE FOR DOMINION (I^ A -' . Auckland. Nov. 17. I hat Australian dairy farmers could adopt with advantage various dairying methods in practice in New Zealand is the opinion of Mr. A. W. Wilson, of Victoria, a member of the Australian Dairy Board, who has just completed a tour of the North Island Mr. Wilson studied different phases of the industry, and was greatly impressed by the condition of the land, particularly in the Waikato.

The advanced development of herd testing in New Zealand had surprised him, Mr. Wilson said. In Australia, efforts were being made to increase the average production of butter-fat per cow, which was too low, especially in comparison with that of New Zealand. Against the Dominion annual average production of 2131 b. a bow. the average for Queensland was 1281 b., for New South Wales 1291 b., and for Victoria 1371 b. Little testing was done outside purebred herds in Australia, Mr. Wilson added. The Dairy Board, however, was endeavouring to encourage widespread herd improvement. In Victoria, the State Government had undertaken to bear the expense of a properly-instituted system.

Mr. Wilson saicT that, on his return he intended to urge the wider adoption of shelter belts in the dairying areas of Victoria. He had been impressed with the extensive use of macrocarpa and lawsoniana in New Zealand for shelter purposes. There would be a great demand for livestock for farms after the war both in New Zealand and in Australia, ne said. In Australia, there had been far too much indiscriminate slaughter of young bobby calves, and, unless remedial measures were taken, there would be insufficient dairv stock to supply ex-servicemen of fat foodstuffs for which there would be a world-v/'de demand. |

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