GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 633, 9 October 1909, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

i.Kftj-. boxes -of, butter, are • being nianufac-. ' ur .eu. <!aily-ut-the -HawkeX Bay,:, Dairy Company S'.-buttisr;*factory, - at .-llangatainokh/ Palatum • /.A back two. combined clmriw workers - were ; insthlled: in "place of • the oldfashioned . box churns. - Tho: average test at (he -factory at-tho present .time is 3.7. -• C .: «isbarne ■ Shcepfarmcrs'. Frozen..' Meat Victory' Will -rcqpen to take -stock'.for." freezing on. Wednesday,. October 29.. •> ■ u ou|, 'f^Ff'Wing ; .correspondent states that a B°piiiey...-ewo l .ho 3 gcts".'irhibh were sold jesterday ,oii;: account, of. Mr. H. Garlick, of Colyton,. .realised "165.; each; . . . ... , ■ .Trado in .farm - machinery has improved since wool went up. /In two days lately a;Masterton. firm sold' 15. wool-presses and numei'ous shearing ni[ichines. :; . • .- ;• ... ; -at ■ is'; .expected, ,'that ;ljlpmriey ! . sheep ".will be : sti-ongly represented at '.the. Poverty Bay A.' and.P..Show. on. October^26.and 27." ■ . milk.. Qn, Tuesday, last; the borough inspector stopned sixteen carts , and .tested the milk™' foctorv me Every sample was found satis-

' According to the "Taranaki Herald" a settler. wlio_.bought a- farm at XJniti :iomo > twelve months ago has sold again,.- thaki'ng .£IOOO in twelve.months, ' ' ,

THevTVaikato. winter -show; movement .is' flour-: .. ilslung.../V profit.of,<£2Bß was made on. the last' i 1 fj a :(Hapiilton. arid at'the last "meeting of ■ tlu commjttee_no less than, 90 -now- members* {worei-elected.:,The.featuro,of tho IDIO show will |l be classes for. farmers'. boys.\ ; i j ; vOn several- occasions lately;, a'.heavily-laden" : .cartioad rof. .rabbits has;.-been . •seen passing- * : through. Cambridge.' Tho explanation'is thafc'a : ? TO M •.•engaged in.. trapping: rabbits in : the: ■ i-k^P 110 •district,- and ; arc getting: some- big : \ patches, ; averaging,::it is stated; up to/100 tab.'bin a;.night.:. A market-has been, secured:in Auckland/arid :9a. a pair : is being paid.'/ f. The Contractor .for'theErection 'of the' new' , freezing works at Tokomaru r .;Was.'engoged- on 1 ?onuay:with',the directors in pegging .out> : tho :buildmg sites," etc. ,;Tho material was expected >toVairnye;'on . Tuesday last,.-\yhen : .dbout : thirty men.were,to begin work.' Progress has.already "been "made,- with tho and dock. ' had . the pleasure this week,'*'-states' the ■ TVairoa, Guardian,", .'-'of inspecting one /of the oiliest woolsheds in the' district," which has recently been erectedby" Mr.; T.; Byrne, Opoiti. > The shed.:is capable of -accohimodating 10 shear, "era, while 650 sheep could be held .over night. ■Ample - room 1 -has' vTeservddr for the storage. of "Wpol, and we fhavo no-hesitation ;in saying that !there , :is"'suffiei'ent space for ii season's; cli'p,':6f"'tKo s wh6lo'"-of j: Mahgapoiki "and" .Opoiti.aeep. ■■'V Sraithwaiite.^^andvSon,-'.agents'-' ,-Thomas's,.carbolisod sheep;dippin'g composition, .have,offered..;a-.'piecc> : of plate of. tho value of to'bo :awarded to,the .exhibitor, at-the-show- at.jHastings. gaining most' points in' Eng-- 1 lish Lpicestcrs,-.tho trophy to-ho .won twice, in succession, before becoming the- property .of. any. .exhibitor., A.cash'.prize of ,43. 3s. is' offered for thb students' class, in English':. Leicester 'judg. ■inc..; ...• • Tho'Tangoio/Station clip,-consisting of about' •20,000 has 'ten'-sold 'privately. ,for a shil,-" ling- a '-.'pound-alb.'roiind-. arid.. Bcl.-, per lb> for" I lesks and pieces; Another'well .known' HawkoV Bay, station, 6wnoiy.wi£lr;a" larger,.clipi has'-rc-fused lid;.'-, ■; i' -'-i'V- : , A "circular "drawing attention to: the proposed, exhibition; of, woolj;at ;,th'e-iWangaHiii Show '.on"' November, 17 and;lS. '.has^brcn- forwarded to' leading' wool-grpwets;:..,The , coriimitteo- lias >dfc'. cided to'jjllotjprices"for,'alUbrecds,- -and"classes';. ■ ,of;. a- number- oL' ■people : dp.,pbt , fsliMt|.i^tilj r December.' lUnde'r, the direction o£. .it- is also proposed'. . opefi •; to" students.;at. the local '"echnical • Three:, prizes .will' be "given,...viz,, «£3 .35.,; «£2 :2s.j 'M lsL> with;.ah. entrance fee of-ss. -r.. • 7 ,

The headmaster of the Hawera'District High School ■ 250■ packages .of seed, ;froin,;llasb -grown by'.the' •;; '-The.price:of; milk in.'Gishorne liag .been re.dnced;to.;3}d'.npor;quart?andMs. pet;gallon."'■ .. .Hr.' E. Jensen',': who has oho of the most extensive andvmodcrn apiaries in the North Island, anticipates;a"ypry,,fine harvestiof honey .season,-' -reports-' the "Maharaliafa'' correspondent of; .the ; '■''■Dahn'cvirto • Advocate." As the amount of white clovcr in tho district is' almost fabulous-at , tho: height tof ; .th'e: season, rP® -.Pursuit ; : of this' hobby is 1 somewhat lucra-' ; tive in_' a , goodseason,-' three .-.'tons' 'of honey , being,'Jlr. 'Jensen s'.average output for the last lew- seasons.. •. • • • '

■V miis.^afternooii'jn'.'the '' Gisborn? . . Farmers' uion rooraa'-Mr.'-Loten •■will' givo a ; lecturo: and practical tdemctt^'ra'tron ; of'';tho composition, and instruetdf aealf-frith' the twbvstrims' of- cattle. niilk i: and.-beef.-; As -tothe competition, it will--be 1 pointed that'f milk' 'feycomposed of water, ■casfeinr:,.butter fafcv'and■»-,Butter- ; fatvand '"V- specially.'.:debitV-with irom^a : daipririan s and cheesemaker's, points' touch on'.the' various. changes-, that occur m- milk "left standing- : /fol-_ :.ahy' 'length' of • tiiiie, and - the ' ---^s^ycjinngcs. asso^' oiated.. . In. some l -of., these the' intrue-' ' SnW -°-h' ;1l?la -—^ iSt S - responsible,and.' e jt e ', ch ? n S?s are . brought, about through" ind -;bactenolo]gical xauses. :Eo'6ds .such as'' young,cloTcr, rape and ; turnips givo an dro butter .fat- that contains:this,taste henco no butter can: safely be hiado.'from"millr derived- from cattle thaffoed o^o .(^ a .^ o .r. c his .overcome'.:this- wfth Hie .Dairy.-Cqm'miisibner's, aid, by pisteurisins V 'St j" ose arisefrom .decaying vepflf ' •able matter,, -flreValso''i&pijbed by tho !|I

1 " . "WKE'S ..BAY,. SPRING SHOW .Show on > October ■ 20 : and 21 i'" d.® pnn ß considerably 'in flinch ' s S? ed £* entries have still to- como ; in '1; i i^SSSS^M^iS^irv all-seed. nierchants a'nd^nurWrvm^n 112 > m direct, to' Murray,' Robert 'MP 1 * Aeehts!^'; :