GENERAL FARMING NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 632, 8 October 1909, Page 10

GENERAL FARMING NOTES.

; Although'.the.-ambWt''pai&;.eut','for butter--' fat at/Atfatuna • Cheese factory /last ;eas,ori. I seems-small ;(averaging a fraction, oyer lijd.. pervlb;) still the extraordinary expense :no,d' to be 'met during'the jpast season . would /'have mcaht'aii extra ljd. per lb. Consequently', the company consider, that it-is.in that much .better^ position: and that. the-: present suppliers wilE'reap the'benefit"- '-■ ■'-.--.' ~ . . j;';; It'is-stated that the agricultural impleinont makers do not'intend.to'exhibit at any ; of.'the' smaller',shows :this, year. , One large.-.Christ.' "church-"firm' will-be represented at only,.five, shows in .tho Dominion. ':.'.-•.,-.•>.; "i$ '", ■"•Jlpfcwjng 7 ;Hurwbttli;'CohipSny r withv,the- Mangorei'.'Butj ''fer''-C6m'pahyr , tlie"\:h'airmaii; , of tho- latter'torn--' pany,' Mr .-Morton,'says the' Hiirworth" bus"i r ness had been too-expensive as ■ a factory, owing to the small supply. It was within six miles.'- of iifangorci main, factory, -on,, a, good road,-and: :the proposal, was to.rnn'itjas one of ..the', Mangqrei .'creameries, on the following terms: : v Wheh the llurwor.th supply- was;.less than- 60l)01b.sfpr. ; the-highest week in' th'e year the 'payments ■ for-milk should, be: reduced, by Jd! peVpoiind of fat; between-.6Coo.iand 70001bs. the-rate, of .reduction .would- be 3-Bd. per lb;; 7ObO-80OOlbs„. Jd.; and above 80001bs.', on the samo footing as the'rest of. the- company. That would .'.make; the 'cost.-'of running that creamery; : ,the' 'same.Vas thel;.-Mangorei creameries; .-' '.''"'■ ■■':,'!'-. : - ; ' ">.,-•' ': '.- : :-:.- '-.".■ 'Mr; Primrose M'Connell.writing on irriga-:tion,.:'sAys:—''-Lbamy-'an.d huinus- soils are' the -most suitable for'.irrigation; If tho soil' is •an - opcrii;.porous ; .sand, the.; liquid then -per-, colates.dbwnVtod rapidly.and reaches, the drains before it has time. to purify, -and'the, brown juice may...rcaoh'tthe ditches 'just as.'much'.asif it were r turned, in direct.':'Oh the other -hand; a' "clay does not'allow:,of .sufficient per; eolation; "and .-.the;-water, is liable to flood the surface. 'With a medium, soil,; however, there is the, proper combination, of porosity and letentivehess for. the -work, but unfortunately wo-'have generally. -ta...tako,: the;, soils-,-. as t wo find them."'.;'■' ','■, '"■'■■ ;i'..';' ; : '.v.'--i' '."-■' ; ? ; .The world's prodnction of raw,':roineral, phosphate in 1807, was 4,649,000' tons, and'it came from the; Vfollowing . coiln'trics:—United:,-; States;' of America/.' 2,250,000 ; . tons; Tunis' and Algeria, -1,395.000 tohs; France, 373,000 -tons; Islands' in the P'acfiic, 290,000 tons j Belgium, 180,000 tons; •Canada, 100,100 tons; sundry countries," r 9.000 .tons; total, 4,040,000 tons.; It is estimated that the. production' increased last-year. to about 5,000,000,t0n5.':. Twenty years 'ago';tho"':total quantity "raised was only- 800,000; tons. Almost fhe .whole quantity of' this;"raw', phosphate., is manufactured into superphosphate',; of; which tho,'consumption-'now exceeds: 7,500,000 tons''.a I year. •The itso of baisic slag.'is-.rilso fast.-in-Creasing; The, production of this'product may bo put. nt-tho iiguro of 3,000i000,-to'ns a :ear at the present time,. . It was'., first., introduced Only' twenty-five, years ago.':' '' \ -. ;'• :■ Mr. GV' W, Leadley, 'Canterbury. ..Prpvincial President of., the; Farthers', TOioh','-* ; writjnE;!-.iri ■■'relation to the extension of 'tlle:.Farmers'> Union [,t6:*South:- Canterbury, said thpV.'gfe'a't lhistajte I the .Union had: made- in thc';:'past.-.was "trying I'to', run; it.'' tPo.: cheaply. • .Whilst '..others :' had I been working-against.them',',Hicy';;ii'adrhad ;to sit down and count their-copper^before they, could do,.any thing. It was simply ;a-'-shanie aud' a 1 ''disgrace.' that while-the' tbtee* labourers', unions that, would affect- cbuittry, workhe meant the. Shearers', the' Fa'rjnViahourcrs', and- the , General - spending . iCGOO per annum .and keeping, three; Men .: goinjall the time to fight for thorii,,anili.safeguard their ; interests," the whole .farmers of Canterbury; could not. even a'ffbrd. ! to;'keep one,:or pay,.tho railway.fares'bf-ithe' men'.who attended'meetings month; by;.'rnbnth! to'-con-duct the'affairs of the union.-'-■These i ;men had spent the last; eight: years iiri the', attempt -to keep the farmers of. Canterbury -a'iid"'New, Zealand from,- being. overwhelmed- online rising (tide of'trades;.unionism and'.' v sb'ciali's'tic. fads, which -would. soon ruin the ''country/ if • allowed to go:on.unchecked. .'. l'.'-;V /.'. .-. .: Tho Patea branch of .the.-.Tafanalii '-.Farmers' Union on: Monday-decided to communicate' with _;thi!-Government expert askinft' hi'ni to make' scmo agricultural-experiments with different seeds:and manures. -Mr. J. W.'JOhcs, when' in Wellington' in connection with the-Farmers' Union Conference, interviewed tho'export, who stated that ho was willing,to visit tho.district ■and make somo experiments, .and would bring whatever..seeds and manures we're ' suggested After superintending the drilling,.he would leave , tho management,' to -.a '[committee until harvest time, when he, would'weigh the variou? crops and give ,his. opinion; as to tho best 1 .results. It was arranged to, ; .havo-.t'wo- plots of ground prepared, pno at Mr.c. Sutherland's,. Al. ton, and-the other at Mr. Horicyfibld's, Pntca. 'Maize, kale, rape,' mangold, 'aniT'Wrnips were considered the most important-'-crop's, .-and 'therefore worthy.-of 'a trial;'also about on acre of grass land to be subjected'-t'rfthe different top-dressings. Those expcrinlents-'ilro a step in the right, direction, as they will' give the settlers some idea 'what thevland needs.-. The owners of'thb plots' to' 1 Ko' experimented upon will admit all those interested to judge .results,for themselves. . :.--';':■

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