GENERAL FARMING NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 639, 16 October 1909, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NOTES.

:; The"potato bliglii^'-reported from-.Tfita .and -elsewhere is,attributed K ■ tlio' recent' winds; r* Hev states thati 'ltfiis, uri likely' that the Irish and'othPr fipgus flight! •'doul£ : yet -liave'had- time :to".dovelop; On. "thi other hiinid, : , the ricen^galeß. 1 " wort wen-calcu. lated' : 'to bruise and • brown itlie; leaves bj.-lru» tion If this be true, the; trouble will quicklj remedy .itself... In - any 'casc,,,;itvmay'be'mentioried thnt ; a"safeguard against.injury.by ttind is obtained by sowing strips', of oats across tbe ipotato- ;fields; .'about- planting; time. .-_iho oats" grow-fastor than.i the 'potatoes, .ana form .breakwindsiA'Potatoigrowers,- whose .orops,,have ''should;,,send; samples Herticiiituristi'!.Weliinßton., -Ho'; would at .least -b< able/to. 'say,; l^hefher;.'.the. r;!^ecentlyT reporte<. :trpriblevis'really blight. •*••.• ; ' vThe -scheme of'ijig insiiraiico introdirced. re cently. by-' the butchers • (says;, the • "Taranak: Herald"); is.;proving,,of great advantage! thi ffariners/.-il'br the.'mouth, of-; September*' the; pit farmer? paid' into' the fund XC ,10s. for,, insur arice,-! and received £12 3s. 3d. for condemnec pigs,-jart -of • which' .would, have . been, a losi had the -insurance- scheme, liot been in vogue The-difference'ibetween ithe amount paid in bj .'the farmers'and -received by them .was ,mad( ■up by:the contributions of-the' butchers, whe • pay.', in - to - the, fund .'at ' tlia-jame rate .as '■fhi farmers'themselves, - viz.,; Is—per..pig; - connection with - 'his-' .new -milkinj machine,* ilr.C. Gane, intends'to go to-Mel bourne ',in<a- few days'; timej/.to'supervise- thi ,!fl'anUfacture ofsome: of /tlic v'ne<;essary parts. iTheHev.'.H. 'Xißs6nV : -tte':fain'pfti'.TOterrfindcr •'haS: -b'e?n'Vthis' week:y in r, 'th'e:'Stratfordi district -on 'a'.profe&ionatl visit'. ;«About,. Stratford:;hii services . are } hot. .-wanted, ;:as the; waterf ■frbhi 1 ! all resources 'isl 'requirements r-hufc-tKerSSIsV: said: to . be ■ greai at .th'e .Tu.t'utaw: :B(itter;:ractory,' and'.Mr. .Masoii. left .Stratforc on. - Wednesday ''morning'-'for;.that' locality, ii order:' toVendeavour to .locate' a.)' good Supply. , :;'Mr. C.; Stevenson,' who;for ,the' ; '.past*two year: '-ha'sKbeen.-manager of •.the.-PardifEr-CJheese.l'ac to. take'up his nen :position;;.as:;Xlairy;;inskuctor..-.un'der • the "Agri -oiiltural--^Departments< '»It is, understood thai Mr " SteYraSotei' work'priU . continue in Tara hakii. ■ During ;'his. connection. with' the- Cardifi Factory,; Mr. ■ Stevenson -has done exceedyjglj well,, obtaining cheese .at :Jloturoa'twp. y|ars in succession. 'Hi; ''successorwill' be Mr'.'D.. Ogilveyj .who for. so'mi time has been' associated with'the T. L. Joi; Company,'.latterlyXas manager at Skeet Road. ;,i Mr. C. J/'Eeakes, Chief :Governirient Yeteria arian,'*.has been' in T'aranaki this .week., * .'i'he 'Mangatoki 'Dairy-..Comp'any.;lias decided ,'to: ship Tits; output ;'of..butte.i:: oij- open consign. ■ ment :through ' Messrs. >Jlills' and .Sparrow, foi .whom'.Mcssrs,\E.'. Griffiths'- ahd/Company. , ar( ■ihßrlppal.^jfeprtsenttttiyps;^;j . V v* Mr! Turner,, :buyer'.. for- J. - and -J. Lonsdali ahd Colnpauy, • (jtaje^that the..total '■■ tonnagi of cheese secured by: him amounts to 5050 tons .made: up ■ as followsKaiipokonui • 2200 ' tons 4'." L.-. Joll • 2000.* .toils; Aivatuna 51)0 • tons, -.Low igarth'.'SQft'tons.'.Luptpns'SO -tons. Of butter- hi has* got 1 642- tons—from Whenuakura' 120-..tons .Opimake 220, tons,. tileh'. Oroua 222. tons,, anc Awahuri 100" tons., The approximate stpfliii! valuo : ;of this.Vprodiic'e amounts to .£331,020. ■J.'he Otaki Butter Factory is manufacturing .on'.an average about. 22civt.'of butter per day, 'equal to the maximum 'output- of la - st"season.' JI lis expected: that during the height of'.the'.' sea-;son.some;.two:,tons-of.'butter will be made daily.