THE FARM INDUSTRY

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 495, 30 April 1909, Page 8

THE FARM INDUSTRY

?'•:;■ f:: : -;;.LAM)Ef MARKET. /:.:;-; ii; THE OUTLOOK IN BRITAIN.; '"Probably 'the causo'.of the" slight improyt lent-in --the ■■ demand .for, fat 'lambs:-; whic egari ilrreb : weeks, ago' is to.bo found in th overity of tho English spring., Tho mail re iorts !sp'eak of scarcity of: feed for.'the owe .ml' lambs, : and- of: prbbablo "difficultips miles ,11 early' spring is experienced. Gabled newi eceivod since, indicates that somo extrcmel nclemcnt weather has prevailed, so that th ituatiori -cannot have 'been greatly:.ainolioi itcd.: . All.this 'thcrofpro should havo 'fai Hired', tlio frozen nieat,,trado. Yet tho late"; idvicos' regarding the'London.:market fc rozeu lambs has belli unfavourable.»' It statedithat tho London, cold'storago war< louses are still' filled .with frozen '"mutton an amb," arid.-that heavy- -'.Now';; Zealand: shi] afloatjWill;havo^torbb;sol !'x:ship'oii.arrival for lack of storagp spaci \.h. explanation, isj given by'some;tbat in-bi arly, ; cbld weather tho' British 'preference 'ft beef''over-'; mutton andlamb is accontuatet ["he':New iZeilarid shipments of;late- (as'cor pared. >with..'those,of last .'year) have, take the,;' following numbers; of ...lambs :—".■ i '"•'■'""',' January ; ':,'>;■■'.": ■;;;' V.i \.\- ,"288,000 .'-r/;-,;-, 231.0 C February'•■•. : j ■ >.. : ,;' 335,000'•-'•'-:".'. 319.0 C March;: 1 f ; '^.:.S/415,000 '[■ 480.0 C i;TOo':Api'il-:sliiprrients : wiU;be found to hav beeii, very heavy/ and.the-supplies" 1 -in .vie for. tlie,-; following 'threpy months ■' arp;;.als heavier than ; was~the-;ca'Se"at'the corresponc indi-lariib,'shipnierits/ tlioVextent.of the pi porting' activity : is ; ; shoWn.. in.: the - f ollbwin Mmparatiye;figures:-^;':;';:~v'.^;.; ; V -■. ;;■ .:... ';. : v; '%'•-M -;^v^ w .-':•' *fi-V ":%=' v : ■>l9o9;:'-'';-Al9oß. \'.\> .' 1909'. '-1903 Tan.;; v:. ; Vlo6 i 040:-v^I4,344K , ' ; Feb;': ».;''■ '265,087:: ■ ! 166,'946-''.i 29,716x20,63 WAIRARAPA AND EAST COAST P. ANI 'U The' annual- meeting' of- : ,tho Wairarapa "ah East'.Opas't .Pastorah!and,.. Agricultural . Sc cietyV.was held- yesterday.'::'l About- v SO mem bers ;'.were • present,- ■'; and J:Mr>;H. .'.R- \ occuJNcd-the;;chair.'i3j i.:lnthe;'cburso of-hisr-addressiho chairma: suggested-,'that it'-.be : a-jrecommendation t the;' 'incoming"committee to;: appoint; av:sut committee", to -confer, with a; committee; repre sehtih'g!:the;:TafataHi-Oaiierten-Ra6ing;;Clu on the 'J question of amalgamating;.'■ the .■ tw grounds; iani holdirig'i, the,:.show V'at.'..Clare -,':'lt : was ; -, decided:'.;that:;iii'. the;event ; of :th (government 'again, "ref using; the'offer;.;pf; Mi Wi !'C. ; Buchar ah/iM.E.'iJ-'for' faW3'th^-'Bdraety i '''teko'-theVprbposal;!up'i;ani apply,;fo'r;a.£ .for £ -subsidy.' \]:■!/};'■■':.'■ V t vOflicers: •. H W. Howard Booth" aiid'E. Eagle;"juri.'jl.treas uror,' to'^act' during,; the. former's: absence'ln :Eng land); :' committed, Messrs. •: G;'' Campbell','■ A 01ark,';.W;'J;::-Denbee;;'S;;:V. ; Feast,.'D. \P vMahsfield,' Ji'ivMohaghahj'-.C; .Morgan';V-I).'Eeid, : ;;A. ; ; J : E^ynolds{- : : gtandto;; G^Gaskin/:ahd; A.! G.' Tyer ;pj taiii'; amount'of ''amusement: during shbw,:.t'jne 'the ; esecutiyo of ,'the Na'tional.Dairy .Show' an forth; every^^.•offort,vMv-' su PPly : .'- t h < want'.f ;6ur:Palmerstoh'. cbrrespohdent 'state-j :that.;they.;hayo"^secured.an'attraction-iii thi sHapo'.of a Katzenjamrner. Castle,'and;;in ad ! a^tidh,'3here v are; : ;alsb ! to' bo a football'hiatcl 'and two.liorse-jumping'events,;.which aro'siiTi i'tb';aftraci' / attehtion'i , ';v'?i'-'v;i'\;:v''- ; '--" : '; r rv ;'iTlio:.Director.'of 'Experiment.Farms, h'aj notified- the' ; associatibn;that' the Departmen iwillimakp'i'a.Vspdfcial; display. 1 at'theforthcoin Hhg;shbw;vwhile;thb,: apple:;class", ; . W: which-i '£10?prize-is;6ffe\e'd,;is'ireceiving cohsidbrabli !ivtteiitibii; ■ Mplicatiohs l ; coming, .;from • :'aM'-- f&. np'i-th";as f.Wharigarbi ''and ; front ;as; farVsoiitl is'C^iristchurch;^;;;'::';:;.'?''^'';- 1 "; v f.'-.'i •;':"- "=';".-' V-":".;- V >:f;;'Thefrevised conditions'for the schobM-. dis : ;piay;.ar'e';eyidehtly i ,apprecia.tedj;.assix.school "hnvejah-e'ady, notifiedvth'eirlntention;of:ex hibrtirig; '■.• ■"-; ; : '-s~ J'^pS'■'.^ : '^'-''y[^i'''^k C-TwehtyTfive firms .have. secureH ; space,in th< .machiueryj.hall at shmng.thc keen 'intpre'st-that-is being 'takenJiri Paltrierfixture}; f,i:l\:i''y%7{,'~ : -.: : j-.-' : ojl EmiVlby E; : :l N;f BUN NYTHpRPE^,^ and'-Mf.'lVhit' :tak6VJf(st4iretaryy?-<(f ppera'tiv©;,Dairy-Cpmnariy':': ; leftpn.'WeuiieSda: ■ for'Hawko's Bay and thejAYairaf )■' at'whicl places';' (says, ; they.will. ; - view ~::to'.'^gatheVing:l , inionh l ation.'as.-;t« tho' advisability 'of;goin'g ihTfor. chees'e-makinf afc;'the : Bunnythprpo factory.,;, : A.-meeting-.'o: •the-shareholders.wiir':be',;heldvt6.'wihside'r r th( questiph : when: the -'delegates' return..:'; : - ; -:i';. ''.St- ''NEW;'JEAtANDiSTOCK sFOR: , ';&<% ':.:'■" •■;:.-:* RCENtIn ?3, y^: s '-' ;'At':f Buenos '/Ayres -Brbs';( : ieceiyed;:for" Bale.V-a-'Vcpri'sjgnihent'.-.'.'di -Lincoln' rams'-frdm'.the famous Moeraki (Nen ' flocks' of;i--the-'-;New:- Zealand; anc 'Austr'aliah -"Larid'i. Cb';'--vTh«. .'Argentine cprres-pohdent'-of."the' "Pastoralists' ißeyiew" states ■' that, they .realised, ■ ani': of;; £41' a 1 /auction;..:'. The 'Argentine^iMinister,!,.for Agri-'.cultufe'-js .reconside^ing'' : .tlle; , matter 'of-'dutj :bn':imported five; stock'from'-Australia,"and-il ■; is.vbplioved. that lip .will -come to, a- favourable decision concerninglt; : ;^