GENERAL FARMING NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 626, 1 October 1909, Page 10

GENERAL FARMING NOTES.

SHOWS, GRAIN, AND DAIRYING. : ;Soino interesting observations, by,. Mr.-.'Hat riclt, of Wahgiinui, who' has Just rotnrned from Australia, ,'.on; tho impbrtant-iniatier of, woolclassing, appear in- tho. "Daily ,• Notes' from AVonganui,'■..published in this issue. . 1 '.The'past season has been a Vo'ry,poor ono forr farmers:who go in for propping,,'owing, to:the lo>r prices, that :.wero ruling .for.,'oats, ;cna;i, and potatoes,' but oven at theso price's it pays if" the yi'ogs.turo:, properly. handled v ,by .:,.the' grower, (writes the-Pukekoho. correspondent ot. tho "Auckland Herald"). - The following return was taken off a farm of 125. acres at Pnkekoho owned' by. Mr. . William Adams;—Crcamety cheques from' 22, cows, i£2so-45." 6d/;'.calves ana pig's, '„'<B46;'""poulti7, £90 10s.';, onions ' (three .'acres), JE274; potatos (nine acres),. i£lß9; chaff (40; 9d.; -grand total, >61150 7s. 4d. _In addition to tho abovo-named crops, Mr. l Adams grew six acres of wheat, which was consumed.: by the poultry, and -he , retained enough onions, potatoes, aud chaff,to last him .until, the 'next crops[come'.'iC.'.'.;'.'' .; ■, , Activity was: visible; yesterday, : m Customhouse'; Building—tho future homo ,of: tho Agricultural/Department. ~Thb stir,.was. owing, to' tha f act - that the officers, of the. Eegistrar4seneral woro,."shifting, of more of tho agricultural divisions; this building .will. no. doubt facilitatej.th'e working.of the department, and- perhaps also lessen: the con-', fusion,hitherto:often.:folt ,fiy. ifarmors '. when searching; for- some of tho", divisions, whoso 'Scattered locations must havo:been very inconvenient.', • , '' Tho' New Plymouth, biitter-'fat -coippetition, to be.inaugurated at the next'show on Dccombcr 1 -and; 3- will bo gavcrntd l)y.;ihiles very similar followed at Palnioriitori North. Th'A: .cows" will be grazed in,, paddocks on Old Hospital : Eoa'd, 'anu milked" in" a new , milking .serv6d .;.-\rith 'tho -towil .water, supply. - Entrios'; closo. on November G.l. Cows. must ,bo . "delivdrcd" to the . association : oh'Monday, Novembo'r. .22, or on'the previous Saturday, and '- entries; ;ard limited to :,rw.qscp'ws.,®bm .imy ono .'exhibitor.', CbVs.'of any :breed ; or,crojs arc the. sire, must 'hard '"tebn ''!purebred and . must: also, boi: regisThis is 'a. new restriction,', ahd may jrile out somo good cows, though ftorn : .other.points of.,,view- it..has its reason. Tho t'rizes.aro 'dfilO, £5, 10s., and.' £l Is. TKij - points will';be ■computed on. the following . Saalo i'iOno. poiht for.every.lolb. of .milk, ana ,25. points for'every. pound of butter-fat.:. The','cows, ; will bb;:under [ .the control for niho'-days,: liht. the •milking on tho last . four |days ~ofily - wiU'-.b'e conitted in' the.contest". Mt, w l ill'bo,optibhal for exhibitors to, rug their cows.'.,. Exhibitors .are advised-to,-lec-topp their ,cd^ : s ifot'-'.a week'bc:fore< tho contest,..so, as^to. train ;thorn- for the leg-roping-'that'ivill,:be practised during.tho ;,trials'.;i: The .best' seven . .cows'' .W,ill >bo; exhibited i at'tho:show. ,-■ :■ ; ■ '■: . i' jshii'rebblders' ..', jn icp-operativo' (ldiry, companies, ' anjl,,particularly of ' those, who had formerly,...been supplier, "D.J.n.," in tho Hawera "Star," saj's;—"The py-milkor has had many prospbroii.s,, years,', and in a rich district such as this it:only, wants, ; Bay. another three, ,seasons , for . the present milker V(or;! at . a'jlargo _pbrcente'(io 'of thorn) ' to idin his ■ predecessor's'' ranks.- Very few pcoplo milk cows tor pleasure of, necessity;' Tho danMi'arises, thinv that gradually the 'dry' shareholders becomo 'more, numerous, "or, to bo'.caiidid, they may como in a-'josi-tioiv,to.uso;.their,strength.. ..--.VrV. ■ Takb.'lvau-/ pokohui Company,- 1 for' instance!lt has,.been '■paying s"per, cent,';in v tho' ;poses'tb,pay. 6 .per."cent..in tlib";fiiture. -If 'iresblutibn'is .confirme'd' on Tuesday at' Manilla, 'it' means that ,(1) :the liiilk" supplier Who lias ,<nD«fiiiid,up'''nis' : shares :istp'avinSyiodiaybf his o'atTung's ;to tho paid-up shafehbldefs, andi'jjartieularly. tho 'dry*, shareholder, who is,. I 'only entitled; to ..a fair price,,fixed on a mfodified scale, as-he had had his past'benefits ; ahd (2;, the milk • supplier is much same, only ho is handling his,own to a certain hextent. ; milk.,snpplior .-wants: tKo'C.rato ;fairly hp expeets to bo a 'dry'., sha'reholder ar no;distant date.",, , V . Mr., Chaa. Taylor and a strong' working -beo of suppliers verb busy , last week ;manager's cottage from the Fetch Road'WeSraery ..to . the Alton Dairy Company's ' property, whoso tender was accepted by tho Kakaramea Company.-forboth ..the Petch ,Eoad :and : ; tho •Alton' : ■~M': IS'Letters v■.lja^'.Wfi.nV-appearirig'.Y'.in; './.Taranaki papers lately' "cbmplaining. that ' railway', em-, ployees hay.e been engaging in dairy farming.' Mr. -E.. F. Greathead,' who has left BelveJdere,-; Carterton, .'to:,fcecbm<)' ; i'manager,."of tho :Rexd^le,'Cheese, Factory 1 / .Maiiganiaire, informs ■■;thc, ;wri'tor, that', his neiy,, factory Jis .situated .about, threi) Ichaihs, from .the' .railway • station,' 'and' he' cojisiders, it onb ! of tho, best ,sites, bc- : i AVellingtoji.''U.Jhb'. factory, 'was-to'begin:operationVtb-diSy.-"-:-v .The question'of contributing to Now Zealand scholarships iit ;Professor, Qilrnth's: Veterinary .College at Melbourne; as-proposed by thblAgri■'oultural: Conference; has bee'n'.iliscussed at Ashburton,and . action '; deferred,,;., pending , ' inquiries as to. the.'intentions;of..the." OtagO Uni.voVsity'Council..The prbpbs'al of. the Now .Zeiila'ttd. Conference' .was. that.'cbhtribiitions of from ifS • .should be .niadb By-Ne<r:Zea-•/landv'A. :{and;';Pi);'vAsMci'atioiis; : . .' - The, grain Im'artets' (says, of tho "Canterbury ; Times") seem .'.to ,be, ,in state- of stagnation l ,'locally. .Holders;' of whom . therei arb liot'a- gredt matiy-first jiahdsi,l. fancy,"' arej .stifcking. firmly'to their jlots.,': Thb'y, maintain that , tnero will. ,bo . a shortage .oil tho' local market ''beforenext '.harvest. ;" ; At. least .fivq 'months must clapso before.; any. ibw grain can be- put , on v th*e;market, ; aiid; : tjiby. think : that . any ; ; the'■miller3;,-will SlijiTO.-'tb : como, into the'.mark# :fo%,frcsh -i'supplies,";,The firminr .of the: London market, in ; ;tho ;nbw. har'yest;; ..is, giving ' holders' and."Rrp')<ers; a Bit -'bf .confidence in,',;th'e future; .. ; ,,They: figure that at .present, 'pay 'to give Is. . per ttashfel . ..for. Wyheat, ,'iThe 'VjCrops v never •looked. 'better:' tlift'n - they, do" now! Sqmo.'of ■ th«uiV- are' looking almost .too .'.well; and:,' the rairit'which falls every now/ an^., : again ,keeps low-lying .paddocks .just ..wet enough for:stock■ihg;; .: 'l'hc; .dariger.', with: crops, '.that look,; tbo w-ell ; at this season is ,' that , ,when, a dry ; spell cornc's; nnd dibdaocs'of,'one . sort'bnd . another,, are .enable ,to,'do, such a;.'lot';.of damage ■ to';the.'checked;, growth.

The ; of- Agricultut<Khas imported' wveral *ne\v . varieties' of/.wheat, Vwbich' -for > experimental purposes 'have, -been- sown on --.the farm of Mr. G. L. Twentyman; To Pa, Arowhenna,- .who- is co-operatingj in "the ■ work. Tbe -new-Lvarieti<s;ar«-'..White: Marvel;;lted-, Marvel, 'Treasure, the two. being varieties that are.becoming' increasingly iiopular;;:-,A;'sKrnple-of Triumph oatsihas also' ';baen-60tt-n. . Itanurial tests are,'also being carried 'out.' by'y the- Department, -mtb. .wheat and 'oats -in'.; SoutK L ,Canterbury.- Applications are beihg.'recoiVed' fcom. Kaikonra to Balclutha for. experiments in cropping. . Mr. G. -V. Shannon (says our Feildmg correspondent) intends putting a; considerable portion of his "SVaitana; property- under cultivation. ;- : .... Docking operations aro now in fnll swing •i.tbrongbout the ;leilding: district, and a good •pcrcentage'is ths general verdict.. .' Mr;-- Arthur Abbiss (6ays our- Feilding correspondent) has disposed of bis farm to Messrs. Brown-Bros;,- of-. Fakiiikura,, at'a very 'satisfactory figuro. • . ....'.