GENERAL NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 622, 27 September 1909, Page 10

GENERAL NOTES.

Messrs. J. C. Ewington, E. Wilton, J. K'jestrup, and R. Kebble»:hite, directors of tho : Masterton Co-operative Dairy Company, jour-, neyed to Mauriceville on Friday last, for Iho purpose'of discussing the question of amalgamation with the. directors of the SfauriceviUe Dairy Company. During the course of' the conference it was ascertained, thatthe.Mauriccville Company had already sold tieir season's output, and engaged their staff for the .'present year. In view. of. this it was;decided not to go on with the matter at present. lambing this year throughout the.Wairarapa ■ and Bush Districts has been -exceptionally good, and in several instances;very large percentages havo beenl obtained from large, flocks. Our Pahiatua correspondent is infonned that tho splendid, percentage .of-125. has been obtained from a flock of between 2000 and 3000 ewes at Gladstone (Wairarapa) belonging to. a well-known resident of Pahiatua. ■ The old order of milking by land is said to be almost a.thing of the past at Kapnni, especially among .settlors with herds, of SO'or upwards. ' At least twenty farmers have had machines erected .for this season. ■ 'The opening .ceremony in connection, with the Kaitawa Cheese Factory took place oh Thursday.l There was-a , huge number of "settlers present,,and the function was a'very enjoyable one. There are two vats in the factory capable of holding ,650 gallons each, a receiving can of SO gallons\capacity, and two whey, tanks of '800, gallons .capacity.- 'The.'present factory, l was, formerly a oreaniery, and' is now being run on cooperative lines. ■.-.■..' Mr. G. W. Lead ley, of Ashburton, has consented, to come to Mastertbn about three'weeks hence, and give an address bn matters relating to the freezing'of sheep, the management of freezing works, eta, to shareholders of the ■Wellington Farmers' Co-operative Freezing Co!, and others interested...... . ' At a meeting of the :Farraers' Union Mutual' Fire Insurance directors at Palmerston, the statement of insurances showed steady business' had been done since the rates had been reduced, and the ass,ociatioH.;now.held a total of ,£J4,000 worth of risks. /New agencies had been opened it Waverley, Woodville.v Sanddn, Eongotea, and Waikanae. Over of proposals had been received for the' past quarter as new business. The special dairy cow is not'; necessarily delicate of constitution, but is highly sensitive to uncomfortable surroundings;'.-,' The special purpose cow docs not necessarily mean a purebred cow, but she must be a'descendant of a purebred; sire: of the special purpose type. Dairynjeri' can., hope-for- just-as good success with highly graded cows which are descendants' from sires whose "dams were special-purpose cows. If the small dairyman'''cannot afford to own a. purebred sire, by all'means let him co-operate with his neighbours; and secure the very : besV animal, .possible—not necessarily a show animal that may' possess fashionable colouring, but an animal that claims for a dam : a heavy-producing cow, and can trace this oharacter through the ancestral lino far' back;; ,-.,-•; , ... ...'•■'■ ■ There appears .to 'be. dririge'r of''great' loss in: case of .fire-at .the grandstand;or machinery hall of, the Palmerston Show, owing to the laoit of .accessible--water supnlies. The Fire -B.rigndo inspector-has,advised the, laying of a.'din.'-mairi from -Pascal' Street; • '.■"., ' -. The Mannwntti': Show' has "broken the ice" in. regard to»inspectioij, .of stallions .before judging, nnd. has obtained' from" the''Minister' a promise :■ to '.allow, vn! .Government veterinarian to-inspect all stallions . tit .'.the next'show. THE "MODERN" • •SEABINoIS MACHINE? FOR, LAMBS.—In. use throughout.Australasia Orders.should ba placed at once to prevent disappointment. Full, particulars.' upon" npplio> Hon. Murray Roberts,"and Co;; Agents. Wi'. liugtoh.—Advt. -•,■■;:■■;;.:;'.',"? ■ -^.CWJI