DAIRY NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8066, 28 November 1906, Page 1

DAIRY NOTES.

Writes a practical farmer :—"Cowowners must become convinced that they have poor cows in their herd before they will dispose of them. There is only one way for them to find this out. The performance of each cow muse be ascertained, and this can only be done by testing and weighing the milk. If the dairymen will only take up this testing question, as the dairymen of other couutries have taken it up, they will become better dairymen. Only then can we hope for a better grade of cows," Some idea of what Manawatu and adjoining districts owes to the dairying industry will be gaiued by consideration of figures obtained by a Standard reporter from the secretary of the New Zealand Farmer's Daity Union. It appears that no less than has been paid out by this one company during the thirteen years it has been in existence. Of this amount £615,403 went to suppliers for butter-fat, the balance being for wages, fire wood, carting, etc. For the last five or six years the Dairy Union has been paying out to some £70,000 per annum. The principal things necessary for keeping utensils clean are hot water or steam, some alkali, a scrubbing brush or a coarse cloth, combined with plenty of elbow grease, to make these agents effective. All utensils should be cleaned immediately after using. The method for cleaning varies slightly, according to what the uteusils have contained. If they have been used for milk, they should first be rinsed with cold or lukewarm water, so as to wash off the viscous albuminoids, which, if subjected to boiling water, would coagulate and adhere firmly to the tin, thus becoming difficult to remove.—Kansas Experiment Station.