GENERAL FARMING NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 638, 15 October 1909, Page 10

GENERAL FARMING NOTES.

Fifty boxes; of butter - are being manufactured datty.at the Konihi (BaUance No. 2) butter factory./ '■■' . .'"'.": . ' ' '"■..• [ A Settlers'. Club has been formed at Carterton. It-is. hoped to have-it in working order in time to be of service to members during the show time. ":' '. '..,"' . Shearing' at'.To Parae/station is to begin next Thursday. ..; ; ;. . . > ' 'It sis' reported that farmers wh.b --left'.their, lambs, unshorn.last year arenojv,.confronted.' with" very dirty hoggets. They, therefore' prognose .to ..shear : this , season's: lambs. • Possibly, 'however, ': the. higher price; of wool ■ in, influenc--,ing- them also. /■.; . .-. ;,, ... ■ ' The rabbit pest, on the East Coast does not. 6eem'to be diminishing;- On'a station which ■wasrtill/recently;free from rabbits onerabbiter killed over 2000 in a shprtCtime./ / '.- Writing to a Hmvke's .Bay. runhblder .in praise of New Zealand frozen meat; an' operator in .the frozen meat trade at-Honie saysi— '■' "Ihave not yet'seon any meat/like our owny chilled, frozen, or home-slaughtered. I- was; told while ashore at Monte 'Videoi- that there has been drought-for three years in ; Aigentina/ and' cattle Buffored'-very .much;-. hened,,. I , /suppose, vy'otir 'advance" inf price. people got a 'very; large .order- from' .Germany—some /35,000,0001b. 'of -tinned meat and , mnf ton-Hind it .'is currently; reported that, .the' in this class of goods is, very low.- I honestly believe.that'by 'this time next year both meat and'-mntton will -very ■ much 'higher prices than ever ,they- l did. I 'am.'l.nfortQed persons , that'in Argentina ' tho very', largest sheep,owner3 are rearing .cattle only : now'.", \, . . : ; .

' A'ipetition in favour of:forming a rabbit board for • Povorty Bay had, .up-,to Saturday last,:'.beenV'signed by 335 stq'clc-Qwners; ■.The 'riuriiber ""pifi'lsi^natnres...required, in order ' to imike^the,; petition , operative"is, 347,'.but'it was "auticipatcbV that the full number 'wouldr Bo obtain'od before the week closo.d.'.A.Vmaiority.of' the: Opotiki farmers had signed,.,and also some in'-Wau'oa and. Whakatarie.' {."-'.'..'■' ';■ .-,'-;,:'", ■ Normanby Dairy' Company paid' ; JOd. per 1 lb. ■jfor -its September butter-fat—the' Jsame .price as fbr'-Septembervlasti year.:' Haw'eni- paid,-10d. ■for. September butter-fat this year, as against :llja;' in September, ; l<)oß.' ;" : ' : : . ; ' [J^ ■ .The agricultural instructor of :Hhe Hawke's Bay Education .Board '(Mr. Loten) has ;"'been itestlngithe. milk 'ofcfarmers' herds in his d|s.t'rict;:; HoJ'mado two tests'• at a-mceting'-last week/'.'.One'sample was from- Mr. Malcolm M'Leod's herd, which consist;ofn : niixed ; strain 'of;, shorthorn "and .Jersey, these being.'regarded as; a .good strain 'of milking .cows.. This'-'te'st Jsh'qwed''3.s. Tho other test (of • d 'Bample- ofmixed- factory milk) - showed -3.3.■•.Mγ.. '."lipten ■'said,', that the .Gisborne High'"'.School already :had:tlie necessary ' articles > for'-testing milk,: and,he yould do his best, to try/'to'get a , testing ■■'m'jichine' put into' every one -of . the'. conn-' 'trxschdblsi'so that!the fanners' of ;'each; locality rcoiild': take advantago of it 'and judge whether ■fh'ey-'had'l'profitable' cows.. ■■• ■•. '■■.■'.?..-.. ■'. .-: ■, ,

; i.The'.-B6mhey'.(snys Mr. Jfatthewe,' the,well : . knoy.ii< sheep breeder), is naturally an early mat'uring-'.sheep, and: if treated,' fairly:should be.fit. for/market from .16.. to 18: months. •Hβ :has'grown'soinne,y,.wcthers; for- shbw : purposes whioh''weighed.,oypr. ; Solb. at -the age 'of fourteen month's, arid whioh wore- raised,oh grass only; . The average- lambing' in .tnij' AstiburtonV r,-:j. trict- this-season. is estimated 'tp'b'd botf'een .115'.'ahd 120 per cent. ; ':'':'"■ y" ' FS.;. It is believed that the Manawatu inpVeniont.for meat freezing werks will.finallyjlead .-to''the purchase of. the~'Lo'ngbur'n 'works.'/Thp fssue of- 200 \ £a shares ia copsidered' the necessary preliminary.. - .... • V; ' ■ ' .The wool-scpiiring wprlss and fell-mpngery.'at Awatoto, which were burned down some/tiin'o. aEo,. have, been replaced, by- new premise?.. These _were k ppened, on Tuesday with a'social, .andldaricej'at-' wHich , the proprietors; Messrs! M'Leod and Co., entertained' 120 residents.* '■'■! :; Since. July.;:V' 24,031 . bpieS of butte? bave been, received at-tjie Moturoa J!reezipg.Works, ah;' increase ot'''622B ;, comp'ared. wUh' tho; cqrresr ppnding periotl last year. The indications point to the increase being.inaintained thronghout the. Geason. The weather.conditions' are now ideal.—Press-Association^-'V':'' ..•'.,";> , -, . '.•■".lf, we went bung, ■■ what would be theprice. of pork?".asked Mr. Morton', (chairman), at the liiglowood Bacon' ;Cpmpanyfs on Saturday..- "A. penny'■'a;'pound-," promptly answered, several.' shareholders. . ..Mr.-' Mprbn, said..that ujidorsiich. conditions, if.'they should, como'about, farmers wouldjint'breed and fatr ten pigs for market, and they could: not afford b. lose, the profits from this, particular "sidolirie" of, :the. dairying business; At a later stuge,:Mr.,Mortpn:.declnred',thfLt the; Inglewood Bacon'Conipanj-stobd between the.farmers.and' a low: price ; for pork. "Hear, -hear,".yelled, the meeting. The same sentiment was touched .by' Mr.: Williams,' who stated that, the: company had been the. salvation of the district., He feared .that 6omo financial conditions sought •to be- imposed might drive: shareholders to another company, where there' would bo nodednctionsifor'paymcnt.of share-capital, "it's' a matter of £ s. d. with some of'them,' , ', he said.:'i"lt would be a: matter 'of ■'&: 6.-; d. to' them if the cpmpany.'went-.out pf, existence," chimed in .the, chairman, who i.went on to :thank''-.tb'e.'.shareholders for their'loyalty to their ; company,,in the past; and to .express the - opinion *that. they, would. he just as ■ loyal ti> it in the future; for. it. in .their best lritbrests to be. '• . : . : ' ~.■■'