GENERAL NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 621, 25 September 1909, Page 8

GENERAL NOTES.

;;;::!jjKvi company,'(savs^ourjJlasterBt-':'-:,'■ ';v:.' t ? n .';.'iorresppndoht);..'irill^^.probably'purchasb -a p ?' : ;-:; : ;f jf*;- 0 ' 'fivejhundred;- acres ; at: Waingawa;- fbi"- !:#?*?;•■•™ Ir land-being .the.:property-of f^:S'y¥f r -, A"en. m'atter.--haSKyet to: receive- ■ by .'• thb'shareholders; ': :-^J : ~ : - ::'; { M i - ,3?C.v:l;ane; secretary''of the" Manatfatcf" t':;:;-'.-"■ . Ai vs n °: p --Association, irfites tbTriE-DoiiiNio-NJ f ; '^K'Joft^.]|s9P^^^ l^?' : .to advise that:the date: for tho next; •'•-; ; Na f'onal: Dairy.-. Show!: or J this 1 Assoc! atio'ri' "is' KsS-'-^'^ca-for: June' 21,'22,':23,;and 24,1910," "■: ;! -Madkaxj:" .the '■ retired;, Hohie. -.'-agent- .'of; .i.-'W ,National: Dairy ■-Assooiatidn)''has -co'himencecT:' &.ii^r-''Vrf;ousines3;:i".is;«an: 'auctioneer, in Waipuknrau; on connection ; witli^farming: andv.com-:-?fe&i*v : mßr cialcmattbr3 ; ;observes":that -it-was (avvery ; v; : ;"i :: ?ecodJstep::to 'take?-and J,-'-::::i;T::v:-.icellent::pne.-fbr the piirposer '"If,"- he added, 'sufficient capital,,'ho '-'Svlll fc?> :V; : -':: make: a.s'ucces's -pf tho venture. *Jt -ho has,not &i" :?•" V.'enbngh get.-a 1 P'S S d P'r y good' meiyhlthatJinp: f?; ; *-'-'V>'■■'°' : h«sinessgust"iiow.;are;-hard to'get.",- ; *':-:: ; ; : ?s. statedithat;but (of3lr; Ellison's 'normal! P& ':?•;:■..salary,, of attaching ..to ' tiib:'p'bsiti'on" 61fe:'; 1 :".-'-i'Honie salary,"' antlrthehreiiiaiiiing l for> expenses; l ;;:; (This:; salary'V'bf-.'.adOQ-'.is''-tho'Salaryiwhich :<^??^:^-P a y s^'c; 1 t he:head;of: its :dairying;divisioh; ;:•;;, •.?\ : :-?;:,- : '' : :.-'^' s^ f.:-::.;:-.':-l';-:.educated : and,t'aninVals..arb; ] selected;te -Sj-?'??purtioses., {/yphb^all-purppsb;. i horser'and : '-thJB I ;{.->/,-? : ;''!,:dual-purpose"cp^ ■;?:;:;:;:;>.,'.'ha.ve?but ;little';standihg. ; jn:.tho\ Export" judg-!: f'i'.;;:';''?; /,.-;in.9nfc- of.. jibilern. E : '•',-:'; .'?'■ ..easyifor-a''raan i 'fo-,se"rve''rt i O;'raasfers'as' :f?; : :?Hjo;fpr;a :cow to; please';both;fhe / butcher':'and-.tho' S;?ft:''.*. ':i dairyman;?; Tho function-;of •:;;,??.?i .'and: of) i'-'?j?:i ; ?thb?pregon?Exilerunelitr,atation Jn?Hoad's; :^:-ft??:: ?Dairyman)?.Thb':cpHj:will;either :cleayp:to'the" |:?'?;?-:;'pnb^pr,,-yield:,to -tho;;bther..?rh.ere.,-is.positively, ; - |:V.f-;:V: 'i : ;.i-;;- : these"; two S;.).:;?:;': ..percentagejoftindividuals'Which sufßcientlyjap-'; s&M''',*.! '-"'Pba'r?to;.p'o^p43;Cthis,vtralt;'':,but.'.upbii';:'a'clbso" •;':.?,? : "-?^'analysis theyj'rarelyvhayeiany-fpriderof'aiicestiy SS:;'?S? nor: hope bf;jj'bstfefilyj : oiv-;ik. -words A 'thb'y; )-??'..;;'" : :; neither .inherited ! ;rior:/frere..capablp;pt'; trans-,. CSft'?;;:'-Emitting the, milking■.traits;,whidh. I thOT jyW;i;'.v-;-'''bhanced-fb'pbsses3.-';i :would: hfer;less.;p^dajrvijig i (loesn't; 1 ,:':;; 'pay.t'' v .Farm ??:?'?. ; -V;?pufpbse3, atfdvithP^daify^cpw^isvby;no means: thp;rnlo;'j;?:; :?;;?-•:.>;;,.;'v::; '(:??';'- '•'.;'-: Tho ?opening?cer(imb'n'y:,:in' , .'connectibn' , -'with' [??'?? ;'-th6 ; 'Kaitawa-' tW'* ; ,?' ? place:"bn-'?Wednesday; ; f??;.-'--' : 'speeches wero'iinade; py; Mr;' Dickie .(of-;Messrs. S?.: : . -i.'-'V"'J.iB. -M'Ewan; and iCo.);~ Mr/.'.Pc'thorick,' .and, fe:'?;?' : ' "Mr;: Crowe.;-The factory.■was-fbrmbrly'.'a'creain-s'-;;;??,:?ery,;;bnt; has been ;.altered ;for.the "purpose of; J;";;ft? ; ??clieese-makirig;; -?rhere;,are. : two'.vats: ',of- Cso' e;;-?:-- ~ .' gallops' .capacity .'each';:iii-the.: making room;; ;V?>?' whichvis 40ft. ; , by;.:4oft.,, and, the-latest,'up-to-: E??;?;'■':■'• date: plant.has .been put in".,.-The two: whey: : ' ?tanks -have; a /'capacity.-pf ;800.:- gallonS:r.each. |?".:;;!>y ;':Should;clieese-mnkirig ; .-prove ("'unprofitable? the; [,>!;'?;;;::- '.factpry is.: built; so- as- to,-, be-easily; converted (ft-;?;;?, into "a abutter 'factory.?. Mr. •"■;-.;}lorrisbn 'is '??; • -.-manager of tho'.factory,;and.tho,.directors are ?-::?',?-';.":-Messrs. -A. Stev'eri'sbn7(chairman)V'G".' Sbss,''C. l-'--'.'v?.:?:.• Manson,■: ■ Mr.: S. r*-;,;., ?;■ E.-Warner is-secretary ito: tho company. :'.-"■ .'.'',:;?"'- :';.Tho -. daily milk ■':supply..at,;the .Slangnramar:;::?'. ■' /rania: chccse'.iactory, -is "between 020 and 630 ?;??>: "•'-' gallons;;..:?:;' .:': ;■' .:■,;'-';;. : -;■ ; - -'■"■ ■-;■? ■ -'•' "?;'?'''■'/: : --;A-'Press Association, message from Stfatford.' •;";??-'-'? states '.that:; .at;. : tho Sfagistrnto's : Court yestpr--fy'j. :.;:„: "lay -m'ornin?--a\ settler-named O. '.Dale was ;???:: ?:;HhcdJ!s and:costs on -ni-oharco of feeding pigs. fe'J.?:'v-? ! :-ori''nn1J0iled. : ''on ! nl;''-' The;.'prosecution?was--'in? ????;?';: etituted 'bv.fche: Stock ■'*■'(■■■ ■' ?- ■:■■;; the !;.':;':>!■"-?- Jloiinwatu Show,'aid the llouso of Parliament ;?:'-. -?:-;,". invited to attend.-- On-a, former occaI'';'?; ?:s|i.n the House;of -Renresentatives'^sbnt.a,party fV:??;?; of''mombbrs',td'.;th6.;snow.';.? [<.'?',:;?.?,''-Tliern'-havb:,beeri:w - elconie rains recently- in iyy--/'r ...Canterbury ori-'poils' that had been warmed by ;:;:'.:.-;;; ■'-. o, week -or two 'of sunshine.. ;This-warm [■::?.l. '.■..,,--.tiireis.tho very thing to make "crops grow, 'and ?;?: ? ?;thp results are already causing comment in the' ?-r?? "'Vgoiith.-':; ,:'".;:■'' ..'•:-';:'"'.-:'■' 'V- ?„:".,'' ■?;: -Tlio Scargill correspondent of the "Lyttelton fii"-'::?-::Times" -.reports:good lambing percentages, pro- ???- - ?.;:' niising pastures, and great activity in the sow-' : ?"? ; --Hng-o'f crops. ,He. fears,'however, that the fret? ?;■;,;'■; -'qucnt.- discoveries of caterpillars: augur ill"for, :???? ::the;ccming:season; ??;.?!; ? :*- ?-:".:-:;>? :■•;'"Ji.'-ia." reported that n' gobd v .deal of fresh (.?.-?■?:- pioinid is'being ploughed-this year in the. AI-. ji'■,•■'.? , .;.V.■■,.y■{H■dWn''distrlct;.'•:•..'.■.■.. , '■ ■'-■? ' ?-, '"?■/:

'■'■'■The'-: Farmers' -Dairy Union is paying for September, butter-fat IOJd. per lb. .for butter.mnkinff,.and lid. for cheese-making. ■-,"'' .; The third of a series of wootel nssing lectures endortho auspices of tho Farmers' Union was held in Eketahuna on Wednesday. There, was a .-largo, attendance and some vnluablo information, was given by tho instructor; Tho class .how has a-membership of 31. //Although' losses 'of 'ewes on some of,tho runs in:tho- ; Alfredton district have been; slightly usual it is expected generally that tliero will-boa much larger percentage of lambs than, .'tho average. Ono ruuholder ■ estimates that ho will have 125 per cent; over; tho wholo of. his -flock. ...',.' ■:-... -.-'- '-•; ■'■. :V-; ; '-- > ,->Tho.Motumate/stream, which is so small that one can step over.it, works six different milking 'plants between Kapouga and'Manaia, a distanco of nine. miles. -.'■ ■'.-.