ITEMS FOR FARMERS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1973, 18 October 1888, Page 2

ITEMS FOR FARMERS.

SHROPSHIRE DOWK SHBEI 1 . The •' Lyttelton Times" of the 18th Inst aays : -As lnstaooe m favor of the culture of the Shropshire Down breed of sheep waa given yesterday, when Mr W. H. Cooper purchased a pen of fat threequarter breds of this class. To test their quality he had one killed during the afternoon, and the carcase, which is now on view at the shop m Armagh street, tamed the scale at 1441 b The meat ia not unduly fat, and the frame, though large, is ah«po!y, and looks to be m prime condition fur food. DAIBY PSODUOB. A Preaa Association telegram, dated 17<.h Instant, saya :— W« D. Grant, of the firm of A.. W. Grant and 00 , dairy expects of America, la at present m Auckland He is to examine all the dairying I districts m the o ilony with the object of, opening a branch of thair house ia New Zetland. Mr Grant aays the more aoqualoted he baa become with the colony through tbe perusal of its journals the more oonvtuoud he has become that the New Zealand settlers are asleep to the vaat resources that are at their disposal m the mat ter of dairy produoe. OOOD PKIOBS FOB WHEAT AND MOITOX.

The JEGilesmern correspondent of the Ohrlstchuroh <( Preaa" writes ;— it Is satisfactory to hear c i » deoided rise Id the price of wheat m the looal market. On Monday » vrell-kiiowa farmer ia the Slleamere dlattiot Bold 7000 bushels wheat m atore at Aahbarlon, at 3j 7d per bushel, or cqoal to 3a lid f.o.b. Thin farmer by storing has cleared exaotly £350 after paying all expenses connected wttn storing, Insurance, eto, of hU wheat. Another well-known farmer has cleared £300 by storing hla wheat Two farmers, who have been sending Home frozen matton regularly for oome time, by the last advices have reoaived s}i for their last shipment of sheep. The increase In prloes has given rise to a great activity both In the sales of sheep and wheat, Bayers are offering very freely for fat aheep at the late advanced rates, and prloes from 3s 6d to 3j 7d are being offered freely for samples of wheat at oonntry stations. A large sale waa effected m the Blleamere dlsfriot at 3j 6d per bushel at the aountrr atatldn.