GENERAL NOTES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 30, 30 June 1939, Page 7

GENERAL NOTES

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES There is little change to report on th;: New Plymouth fru't and vegetable market except that cabbages and cauliflowers are not so plentiful and root crops, especially carrots, are rather limited in supply. .Fruit Is available in average winter, quan., tities, but the coloured varieties e* dessert apples are almost unobtainable . SOIL EROSION As an important step toward combating soil erosion in South Australia. the Cabinet has decided to re. commend to the Executive Council a variation in the terms of future perpetual leases. Under this alteration lessees will be compelled to pre serve the natural timber on sections of their property to be specified by the Commissioner of Crown Lands. The Government is convinced of the need for an active campaign against wind and water erosion, and further important measures will be introduced when Parliament assembles. POTATOES DEARER A sharp rise in the price of potatoes has been the main development in the Christchurch grain and prot*nce market,s, during the past week. The quotation is now from £7 10s to £S on trucks, but the rise hss made buyers cautious and the market is inclined to be erratic. The main cause of the movement was buying by May sellers to cover. Not n great quantity is actually changing and the demand from the North Is. land is ,*nmll. The other markets are all very quiet. The bulk of the small seed crop has been cleaned up. IMPORTANT MOVEMENT "No movement in recent times "s destined to have a greater effect . in New Zealand than the starting of young farmers' clubs," said Mr W. McLaren, of Master"ton, a former pre sident of the New Zealand Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs, in an ad dress at Dannevirlte. Mr McLaren said he had no hesitation in saying that he had met some of the finest types of young men in the Dominion as members of the federation. These young men in a few years would play a leading part not only in agricultural and pastoral affairs, but in the affairs of the country as a whole. FALL IN PRODUCTION An indication of the substantial drop in dairy production this season compared with last is provided by figures released by the New Zealand Co-operative Herd Testing Association. During last April 61.398 cows were tested by the association, com, par-d with 80', 553 cows tested during the corresponding month last year. The average production of the cow*; tested in April of this year was 297 lb of milk, with 16.91b fat, this comparing with an average production of 3501b of milk with 19.61b fat lor the same month of 1938.