GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 630, 6 October 1909, Page 10

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Sir. Brittain, stock inspector at Blenheim, '.is'.at''present'in...Wellington. Ho'will return; on; Saturday.';• - ->, ': .'■'' ; : ..; '■" ■■■•;•, ': \ Mr.. Ellison, the now Home, representative of'the National Dairy Association,.,will probably leave for London on October,.'. W '.: '■'.; The annual meeting of the Makstawa Dairy Factory took place on Monday. :■: '.During the. past season the milk received was ,0,876.2271b., and..butter made'l36. tons 16owt..l<jrol5lb., an, 'inMease'Of fiye tons,over the previous highest year's 'supply; The average weight of milk to;llb. .of butter was 22.441b.,' and'the average test 3.93. Aj'further. 7-10ths of. a,penny dividend, is proposed, and. the suppliers, will then have received equal to 11'. l-9d,, per lb. for' 'butter.."■:■•.-'. ;■■••■■'- -\ '•■•'■- ■'— ■'•■ r:r:-.r-; •" :■ '- Local ontriea for the Hawlto's. Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society's Show on October 20 and_'2l close to-day. . . : .. The : following return was 'taken' off a farm of .125 acres. at Pnkekohe (Auckland), owned by :Mr. William - Adams:—Creamery cheques •from '22. cows, .£250 4s.'6d.j.'calves and pigs', J24G;-'poultry, .£9O 10s.; onions (three acres); .£274 j potatoes (nine acres), .£l69;' chaff (40 acres),.,£3oo 12s; 9d.; grand total; £1150 7s; 4d. In.;addition, Mr. Adams grew,six. acres of 'wheat',.-:-which was .consumed- by : the poultry, .andVhe retained enough-onions, .'.potatoes, and chaff to last him until the next crops, come-in. ■■•VMessrs.- Lonsdale and Company's representative, MrATnrner,-claims to na'vo 'established j a ■record .in. securing -the output"; of- the 'two largest cheese "factories in the.Dominion, viz.', Kaupokonui : 'and the T. L. •Joll,!Gdmpaiiy, ;.in the.one season;-. Their output.is estimated at 4200 ,tons' this •season. •'■''' ■.'!'■

"■At;the Tarauaki A. and P.V 'Association's parade-'bf i stallions on- Saturday, there a. lttrgo .attehdance'of breeders, and farmers. Fourteen horses paraded, first in Egmont Street anAVJiftcrwards.on a section near the railway station.; /It-'is intended to-.hold---the. parade, earlier in future years. , -Mr. [H. ;.D,'.,Vavasour,..of, .TJgbrqoke;, Marlborough,'; was' awarded,. a. gold for his ;bafleyvat; the/I'rancb-British; Exhibition; ;'; ~ .Stratford Dairy Factory directors have had to consign their output again; their' ideas -of value not being endorsed by buying firms (says the ■;Stratford correspondent ; of . tho,' "Taranaki to be ,a;..very small 'proportiouVof'!'dairy.-produce sold '-'this season, 'ancf%b shall'h'a*o»an"opportunity of noting : .whetber'thor'e:,is- anything, in the theory' tliat forward sales are necessary, to stiffen pricos later on. - ;• -. ;■■ .'•"'. ,v : : ; Eairera Dairy Company has doferred theifin'al disnosalof its output till [October 18,,;. but mcan'ivl(ile. , 'isVcbnsighing to ; , Messrs';-; Henry. A. ..Lanfc'-'.aiid Co.''. ■■■' ■;;''■" -;;./;," ;■. <'■;'. '■'. ""A"' y largo ; . meeting of, farmers',at v-Wairoa Bay) "on Thursday'/sot up ii committee tnySscertain what support was likely to.':'bo -giy«fSt : il freezing works. The- farmers' -are r'uriitedjas :to tho desirability of. the'/wbrks; but i,Ui6.'.siteUs a disputed point; .. '•''.!,;';' '.» L'aStS'inonth there were shipped ■ from "Now ;• Plymouth:.:bieakwater. 2167 boxes ;of ..butter, talued- at-'ifis6Bß. 'HThe valno is based,. on -.last yearVprices/ namely, 105s. for butter, and-.rifis. -rbr-'ebe'ese." •Therb'.Verb: also on'Soptember,:.3o ;ih"' I 'Me/.cb1d'.: , 5t6M*,9772 boxes- of gutter - and 53i'"cas"es;of ; eh'ees>:' In' September of last.year '.th'ere'Tvere'.'shippea'.'l67o boxes of butter (worth of cheese;(worth .£588). ; :'The'7 : says,.tho /preponderanco tho /: *inter., '6hbw . P? ) ji?eu , od with. :'-' •: ; \ t-.' •.. .are;understejd to bo aiming-at Kllihg their [outputs-at that will'enabl6>t'hem to pay suppliers a-frac-tibn over a shilling per pound. ~•';...•.;,,-, 'During the past -two years tho [Greytpini, ■Fruitgrbwbrs!.. ; Ass6ciatio'n.',[-has, aec'ounted ; .i.for' 3?i582 eggs"'aid' 1 birds made up as followir•Eggs •''■■ Thrtish, 21,857; blackbirds; 8420; white eyes, '96;. : .minn,1i5,[70.. Birds: Nestlings, [2G08; :ls3l.'N'Jn'its'first year tho,'association paid out the sum of .£ls 13s.' 7d. for .eggs, and birds, and in its second year X2l-.163. The association considers that if. the present policyf ifuriß. en te(\i.year i after year, tho. birds 'will beTjtought WB?to"a'-' reasoriablo limit;" .Tho' : daily milk supply at the Ballan'b.eiCbm- - •pahy's" Hrnhua' Creamery is - now, overj; 1600'gal-.' 16ns;i.'WhiiK^s.Vc6n'sider'ably;;in' exejgs;'.-of' tho '";?;.:"".',';*;;•«' ~''']" ! .;\" '\ ' ■'.The'-'Edehdaie' [Dairy Company's ""experiment in'making Stilton cheese last, season .is' said to-have", involved; a loss of J8103...

Itatedv that no fewer jthtih ; ten dairy factories ."htivp begun operations-.'during the :pa'st-ypif-'-in.-the; lnvercargill \.. ■VM'.'vi;';Wi' : Knthßrford/'6f, ; SBn'djp-";Hilis, Canterbury,-(bought'in South Australia,.a ram from-M.r.v,Alex; Murray, for- 300 guineas,: and another, from c Murray^; Bros;;- bf-Jvhitis' Park, at a' similar, price. ';'■ • . :, . 'The ■ Carterton .Bird-Killing: Society aims to include,-gardeners,/who may'have no trees),' afa'd'ilso'agriculturists, whose grain suffersVfiiiim- birds! '-from'- seed time .till, harvest. ■'■ ''.'■' .....'. :. ''. ,The;'Edehdalo';.Bairy.Factory..;is. receiving spOo/gallons'.of' milk.per. day.-,.- V-".'' . .'■;'.;',-; : •"The'cplbhies lost'year- supplied England with .'about v£24,000,000 .worth, of wool.' , The/.'Xim.aru.lJairy:,C6ra.pany is now receiving RUpWies;. l bflcream'-' 1 from' as. far':.north 'asj Mount -Sbmers;- and from: as vfar 'south as ptekaike,..says -the. "Herald." ..,.,....;'-,' ...... : The weather late'has' been very.ifavourable:< and vegetation is now making rapid growth. Lamb flocking is nearly, completed.in this district, and. on all- sides thorp.'is t l ,a record 'crop of -prime ■ Canterbury lambs, says \the Kyle correspondent of the " Asliburton Guardian." ' Wherever-ihero: is'a dairy'.thcrb,.6ho.uid.'-be-porkers. The younger.the'. valuable to it is milk. Never, mix the food, with .'water"when:milk isavailable, and alwaj's give the food nicely warmed. ... !..;•;', '

' Young>-pigs show ai-disposition'-.to eat. at .three They:should:b'e encouraged to 'do. so;-'/By. (the time they aro cight-./wecksvold ''.they : ;sHonld?b.e on full,"feed,, and teeaning/enn 'take (place without check, to -thrift'ipr' growth. ; '..j'iTho .tendency of cow ; s;is t6'''give''r':clier rriilk*. .yyheri.Hho teinperaturo 'falls' and poorer milk .as. lit''other wor.dS; the; quantity of milk ■ • fats) tends to'-vary.,inversely.to terii-: 'peratutß chaiiges. -';>■'; '■;..'...>,'"'.. '■•'■■■/> In New Zealand': and' ; iiistr : alia ■ the value, of skimmed milk for pig-feeding'is 'usually put down at. Jd.' per gallou and whey.'at }d. Even then it is held by some' that the chance of getting-this value back, -through the pigs depends ..'very ,rnuch.s..on tho,/skill : -of the v pig-. keeper... It "gives .iamo pleasant ;chc6uragcinent.' .therefore, ;tb.';find"Ehat in--Ireland ''the value-of! 'skimmed .railk.'fed;--to pigs;."h'ns been' definitely ascertained to be 2d. per gallon.'. Such an.estimate will surprise dairy farniers- of.. Australasia, and ma's ; : stimulate the demand for State--experiments, in pigiraising' in."'. New ~'Zealand. .;.JVitji|tlio.'prqgrejs :pf. pasteuHsingj/ofi' 'skimnied (milk.-and-,'w]ieyy.vtlie qucshbji'.bf, the" ''proper mbtliodsabf,pig-fcedlng>is likely, to'attract increased attention. Iu Irolaud the pigs which wcro fed on milk, meal, and potatoes matured lb'-three months, whilo those from vchich tho milk, was withheld took five months..to' reach' the same, stage. £,: The 1 ; latter-.-also consumed 5201b.*;of.food, to., produco lOQlb/of. live weight as against only 3821b. required 'where milk'' was added....'-. - ; ; ' "• f ' The ampunt of .grain carried over'the Sonthl??!^?*. 1 Saturday last'' amounted to 9:)3,333i saikS -,(say3 Hho " Southland '• Times "); Last week 7291 "sacks were carrie'd; as against B J B !jiJl .IS W? •, c . orr , <;s P,ndini;>eek of .last .&ppvetp,W.f ,Tq 'dftto the business'Jsh'oWsanincreaao over that of last year by.303,030, sacks.