DISTRICT REPORTS,

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 7, 3 October 1907, Page 2

DISTRICT REPORTS,

Tho milk supply at the Dalefield Dairy Factory on Monday morning was 2500 gallons. This is considerably more than during tho corresponding time last year. Up to the present tho factory has been manufacturing for New Zealand consumption only. Tho first shipment for Great Britain will be about October 30.

Addressing an assomblage of farmers at Roseworthy College, South Australia, the other day, tho Minister tor Agriculturo (Hon. L. O'Loughlin) laid stress upon tho importance of tho egg export trade, which, he said, was going to bo of vast importance to South Australia. " I want to impress upon you farmers," said tho Minister, "that there is monoy in eggs, and I'will give you an instanco of that. Last October, when eggs wore Gd. a dozen, the department bought up 100,000. dozen, and these were kept at the depot! and afterwards sold at Is. a' dozen. Wo provido you with storage, so that you cau do tho sanio thing. There will bo heavy consignments of eggs exported this season, and wo have already secured space in saveral teasels."

Tiie representatives of the freezing companies at Feikling report that, there are no fa I sheep coming forward at the present time, the district having lieoii depicted so far as fats nro concerned. There is strong' conviction hero (says oar i'oiiding correspondent) that tlioso having fat sheep will benefit by holding on to them, as a rise in tho nuuket is expected. Our Palmerston correspondent writes:—The weather still continues to lie detrimental to farmors' interests.. On Tuesday night a galo, which had been blowing for the past weok, ceased, giving promise of fine weather. At nine o'clock yesterday morning a heavy thunderstorm broke over the district, accompanied by a deluge of rain. This lasted for about half an hour, and was then followed by a steady rain, which continued through the afternoon. All over the district fields are saturated, and the dairyman plods along under extreme difficulties. Speaking to a dairyman yesterday, he states that it is the worst opening of a dairying season that ho has experienced for years. His cows fail to give the same return as in the corresponding season last year. The grass is also backward.

The milk supply at the Wairarapa cheese factories shows an increase compared with that of last year. Managers informed "ur Wairarapa correspondent that the increase was raainiy due to the fact that the farmers had wintered their cows better than in previous years. Dairy herds generally wore in good condition, and there was every prospect of a most successful season.