GENERAL FARM NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 22, 21 October 1907, Page 2

GENERAL FARM NEWS.

N.elson is to litivri a.'brass band playing a its .show. ■;':.' ' Tho■ directors .of tho'Eltham Dairy Com pany met recently-, to-discuss .tho question c erecting a cheese-plant on the Eltliam road H. was .finally rosplved'to postpone all actio: in tho matter.until tlio end of March.' '■■'"'An urgent meeting of the colonial executiv of tho Farmers' Union at Wellington durin thecommitteo'stages of'the Land Bill wn .contemplated, and members of tho executiv Were warned, by wire to ho in readiness. ■ The' , Taranaki executive of tho Farmer; Union is in favour of plural voting as at pn •sont in operation at Count} , Council and Boa Board elections, and has asked tho Taranat members of Parliament to vote against it abolition. 1 ' . > . 1 The Farmers' Union executive of the Tars naki province has resolved to ask for tho n instatcmeut of a clause in the Agricultun Labourers' Accommodation Bill, which tli Labour.Bills Committee struck out, providin that acebnnnodation may consist of (a) a sufl cicnt waterproof tontj or (b) a building'por able or otherwise containing 240 cubic feet < air space for each person to be accommodate therein.-- : ... They havo a man at Eltham who write about the weather prettily. Thus tl; " Filtham Argus ":—" The past few days ( fine ;weather .have served to romind that th summer is at hand. After ,tho weeks of rai and'cold winds the countryside is pa'rticulnrl pleasant; the hawthorns scent the hedgerov and a hundred sweet odours rise from tl; ground and from growing grass, trees, an (lowers. It is true that in New Zealand tl joy of spring is not so intoxicating as in tl Old Country, where snows hide tho earth f<

a season, and tlio gaunt, baro treas swing drearily in tlio gale. 'J'licro the evergreen shrubs* arc few, and so tlio awakening of Nature and tlio rush of green buds is nn experience to bo anticipated as a solace during winter, and to bo sighed tor oven under sunny skies—" Oh, tb bo in England, now that April's there." Spring, unfortunately, does not garnish with green tlio dead trees on a Tpraiialti landscape—wretched rcmemDrances of the primioval bush—but it gives a deeper tint to the grass and unfolds the tender Jear of the willow. The cleric and tlio storekeeper feel the call of Nature, and quicken thensteps by one in .a dozen, and mayhap ■purchase a straw.hat. Tlio farmer thinks of Ins increased milk returns."' FEILDING. Somo good lambing returns are reported from the Waituna district." Docking is almost finished, so thatsheep-owners are able to calculate their returns with certainty: Mr. J. J. Williamson has the highest return yet roportcd. From 700 Romncy ewes ho got 130 per cont. of lambs. In the Aorangi district settlers report that although tho supply of milk is only half what it should be for this time of year, tests show the quality of the milk to be very satisfactory. t , ' . Bad weather has retarded farming operations have proved to farmers the boncfit'of our correspondent) that it is feared that those who depend upon cropping will be seriously handicapped this year. It is an ill wind that blows no good, and the stormy conditions have proved to farmer tho benofit.of mixed farming. Warm weather having set in, the grass is making a big recovery. Sheop farmersiiavo not como out badly; one large sheep-owner reports a lambing return of 120 per cent. Aorangi country is recognised as splendid sheep land. It will'carry seven sheep to tho acre from October to May, and four sheep to tho acre at the , worst time of the year. Romneys and Southdowns are found to be specially suitable to the Aorangi country.: _ . . . ■; '•/■ .■,