GENERAL FARM NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 28, 28 October 1907, Page 2

GENERAL FARM NEWS.

. • A'well-kn'owii Hastings business'man who purchased S2oacres at'Mangatarata some ten : montlis'agO' at ; £S -ss. -per acre (says .the' '.' Daiinevirko-Advocate ") sold out on' Saturday at-slsper acre, netting the handsonio ,'trofit'b'f-'!£3510:; ''.; ; ; ;.'■.'; _)p'- V :V!';. .'■.■ v Last month" (says the " Hawera Star ")'tho Kaupokonui Co-operative Dairy ...Factpry ■Companv, Limited,, paid out, £5400 for .•bonus and"interest'' on' the..'season's" working,' and suppliers', are congratulati ng'' themselves that 'they; have received'about £30,000 sterling i■ v two years 'more/than tliey 'would havo'Te- : ceived had their milk been'made.'intb butter iinstead of ■'cheese;- ;'; ''.',.',.'* : ','!.'.'' '.',',"..',,','. Sir. Joseph , Ward , has formally, written his. refilies ■ to. the resolutions, ,of .the; last. Agri- , ': cultural Conference, , in terms'.of his .-verbal, reply given .the .dpputatiqn, waited on liim'at the'close of tho.cQnfefenco. :; ,,., : In sympathy with l the ! -general .preference for Jerseys (says the " Hawera Star ■'■) Mr.A. O'Donnell, Inaha,- has- purchased: a very fine bull'of. that breed. • The animal arrived on Wodnesdayi afternoon; and his general good appearance-wasrbomniented-on. He was a little poor in condition, but the "'Plains ; feed should mako a difforence i;o him. Ho has for some time boon in tho possession of Mr. C. Clarke, of;'the.White Hart Hotel/ Now Plymouth.-' The'dam was- imported Some 1 four 1 .veal's ago from Joi-soy Island, being- then in 'calf with this bull. : Mr: Wiitkins/of New Plymouth-, -has taken adyantnge'.'of; tho -bvll'sservices with his champion , cow Heather' for a couple of seasons, and two of tho progony were sold' for 35g,us. and <).sgns. respectively; The'bull-should bo of advantago'to this district, ilr. O'Dounell has-'several well-bred ; .Jersey cows, and intends to work up a herd on seioutilio 1 lilies. .' .:." ' ' ' ' A big Jambing return, is: reported from Waituiia,' whore rMr. J. J. AVilliamson' has, 'got 130 per cent. of.lambs from 700 Romiiey owes. ' A pc'rcehta'ge.of 120.is reported froni. Aprangi. , . ( ':...' ~• ' , '■.'. '...' . , , ; , A Wilslow farmer.has told tbo " Ashburton Guardian " that tho prospects of farmers .in his district were never better than they are at tho present time.o Lambing•'percentages are all pyer 100; tho crops are looking splendid; and'. 1 :'tho ,prices' ruling, 'for ...every, class of fanning 'ikoductsiareiall that can ,bo_. desired.! , Eren old' fowis|. that: >yoi'e. hard.'.to,

dispose of at 9d. per pair a few weeks ago 'are how selling fre'ely-'at''2s;"6d. ; Potatoes aro on the rise, and there is every indication, of gbod/prbspeiStiy'e Values being offered for thp-'coming suaijoi'j-s : lambs and grain." Bailiania, oiio of tlie competitors at the recoiit Hawke's Bay shearing contests, is a.little man-el; -..■ At Mr. Hardm'g'sjat - ' Raukawa, last year lie sheared' 337 sheep in a day; and established thereby an Australasian record. Dully, a white man, belongs to Masterton, and H. Hawkins, this year's champion, to Hawko's.Bay.,.. -~..- ■ .■•_> ;i".- : Our Palme'rstoii ' correspondent states" the Secretary of the Palmerston Dairy Union estimates, that the.heavy., rainfall h.as,.mada 'a difference of at" least'-£2OO in the'amount paid for milk during tlie;mpnth of September this year, although - the' amount paid out .(J22353 14s. 7d.) is slightly above, that .for the .same month'' , of wliicli , was ■ £2304 ,18s. 4d. Tho cheque for the August supply /tills year only amounted..to , £779.