GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 645, 23 October 1909, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

' : M. '-K "'■ '■■■ /? ?-'-":. ? : -:-'Mr.':Jphn , ,'Strarig','', of '.'Gladstone,; Wairarapa; ':'i:' breeder ;and fndge of .Soiithdowns,- '::': ; ;;/;,;who'recently/had,tho;misfortii'ne to/lose several •.'.;Sof.,hisbest-studtfaras,',h'as' replaced them'.with. ->:'-!ai number, of valuable/animals from/Messrs. .:/::;'Nelson Bay flock../ Mr; ■;::'/.: Strang/will/judge at .the/Qisboinb Show: ; '■-,; : ;'; ; '' ; //^f/'Short^iMK'iVY'.:H;;Bnick, ■:/'.: ; '/a'rid" ; :Mr;-:Stdriden 'will,probably send Eomneys 'i- : - / .to /compete, ft./:/,:jjri/;thb:/AUckl^d:;Shw/'next'month;'.;. .;i;,;'',: ':,;:/ Cbrrbbbree'feir'at'the' hurdle/in: the, -,/:-:.-.'liuntcrs' : ;competition' at' Hastings-/Show;., his /.:■'"■' '.tider'-'i fMr.l!-:Harold''Whelch), , wos';mak'ing'/liis. .;//.':'-firßt"appearance.in;the-ring-at Hastings,;'in his ■ v: : :. capacity : of, huntsman, of • Hawke's Bay, arid 'it ■ '■\i':'- : . might • (lasiiy/'hays/'bcen'.his last. ;/His' horsoV-'.- '■:nlanship..;was.':tbo. E«K)d, howover, and'hLs,,fiuo .'::v' :: ;.recbycry: : dre'w/,'appkuse.; all .'round tho 'ring.. .. :•'./,':,'. "/Mr.-Triylbi-;;the well-known-.Waikato. breeder, '.:;;:'- ia likely, to:)>q :hn;exhibitor'nt'sevoral shows in i:' ,; the ''Wellingtori'Provinci;. He: was. a'; visitor to' */:.'.hhol;Hastirigs^bw;this week.;. ; ./„.:„;;/,/:;;: , ";":/:;.',',:/The /Hawke's'/Bay. .friiitgrbwers' contract for, /'-'--'-/•V 500,000 /fruit: Casesi this/ season'. has' been, let to ':-:. ; .'S r --"It i Si --v.'/'uridoi'stood that the', price for bushel; oases "in /P- : -'th'e''flat"'wfls; l 37s.;Cd. per 100. -This is a frac;«;:%/rib'h' overbid/' per-caser. The timljer is/whito //■:.'- are/looking to .tho ihuch/ de- : ..'',:'a'pised- insignia" pine tree .to'supply: thorn;with •:' : ' ; '-box timber,; when-.the vanishing: white, pine, is " :; v:- r aU bxhaustc'd./ ! :/W'hite:/pino.seems doonied;to '■■' ■••v :;: '(lisappear ( r ''.for,.between: tho butter: boxes; and. '& ,:".:th'e .'fruit .'cases,, and. the. denmul for "Australia, ''•/•-"■Mt'cannot/long.survive: the; dbmands.mado on '<?''■' 'itf'arid''tbe'mov'embiit:towards, planting:'Stato :-•:'/'•'fdrcsts'of -white' pine".has-nnt:uiado:,innch/im- //" S / : pressibn: >upon/:the "public /mind.,' f The,: uisignis .::s:,'..'V pine: /resinous ">as'■', it -sometimes: appears;..is :;///::;;jbiifid:''to::be/ I fit;eyeri;/fpr;;b^

no:' taint. • Fruitgrowers consider that the butter'.test decides:-its fitness'for their own requirements,' as ft,is. quickly, grown and vbry abundant, it is' fast" becoming their stand-, .by: for ./the., .future..,-. '"' .',,;. .-;.'!' ,', It' : understood', that , tho Harvester Trust will Gxhibit macfiinbry. f at.only two shows,in each island this season. The-selected shows in tho North Island nro those; at "Waikato and Manawatu. |? ~■. •...'. \ Growers report' that the steel blue, ladybird is eradicating the scale in tho orange trees in Haivke's - Bayi , .-■ ,".-.'. /Ono.Eomney breeder: is understood to have totter'sheep at homo .than those .which he exhibited, 'at Hastings: It: is "stated. that he ,is holding them,for tho. Jlanaivatu,Show, in order to give 'them, theit-" best' chaiico ..'of winning thb coveted: 10fl-»uiriea crip presented - by. Miv;Sliort;: If'other breeders are'doin'g tho same,* ■the.contest at tho.:Palmerston"Show will, bo ah'.''.absorbing/event,".'. '■'"{,■■) ,-..• '.- .....■.■! ji'.'prominent -.Jorsey:.breeder states that.the progeny of .the famous old bull-'TCC.B. is likely ■ lb 1 bo prominent at the shows this season. It "will be','interesting to watch results'. -K.C.B. ■was owned: sorao years, ago by'Mr.-Lancaster, but, through a fall, he had / tho 'misfortune: to ibroak'his- shoulder'.'. The-■fracturb;healed but the. symmetry-.of \ .' was,' of course,' affected,' and, that is- why..lip has, not been- : figuring:at ;the- shows. . ; For stud ' pur-'' poje's','' however,:his value is unimpaired. 'He is now;owned by 'Mr.: R. Eagle,;jun.,,whb has no', desire: to part with-him. ~. .■.--, ;I. • Mr;'-Gadsby'will leave for Sydnoy by next week's'steamer-'with a number of horses.. Ho :will:roturn.iu,time';for"th'e Hawera show. .;' '..Twe'nty-nino: cows'are ..taking,- part in the butterrfat contest at Carterton. This contest ;is in'.cbnnection- with:tho'/Wairarapa show next ■week.-V They, aro giving loewt. of. milk per day, and the quantity 1 .. ;! Mr.; Perry's: Lincoln' Stud.flock of nearly 600 ov.;osgave..a return 1 of llO.'lambs.per. cent. . - J.JIr; J/C. Lane.secretary of ;the New Zealand Sh'eop '.Breeedcrs' Association;- took:,tho hand-. :como:silvor"shield given by his .association for the'best-Border.Leicester- rarii up'to Hastings. .It/hears, a.representation of..a> Border sheep in rblicf/-with.inscription. ". ''.<■; .. ■ ■!lt is recognised aibong' New-.Zealand sheep men that tho dato.of shearing has.an,influence on tho weight of the clip. If sheep were shorn regularly at midsummor • tho amount of wool ; grown on. the. shoep's back in: a year would ..be loss than'the amountVgrown if tho- shearing were: from • October; to,'-October; ■: Tliis is attri-' butcd, :tb'tho, fact/that wool, naturally grows .faster- inV cold weather : than • in; warm, and 'jsbeaiing'".'3bno:- at'midsummer .exposes tho ;shbi)pVdclicato:skih to'the scorching raysdf i.the 'fmn,which injure it and check'tho growth ■of 'wool. I- '•.. ''_.'-■■' ■■-.: "■..'. ~'' : Mr., George Wheeler's ..Hereford bull, which was'in/the running' for the championship at -Hastings, is -full-brother to tho;champioh (Mr. ■Mooro's);-hot'half-brbther, as stated. Ho isa year'younger: ;■ '-/'...:.,.' ■: An indication of .-tnevlabour.,-.involved in .the .' making'-'.bf ;.a'/c'bii(crete' yard, on a dairy. farm:'/is .affordod : .in' ; thp case; of-.Mr. Price, of. Nireaha: In order to make a 'level /foundation :for a, yard 30 feet/by 20 feet .ho .-.had first, to, cart' thero between' 30 and 40- tons' of boulders from'tho river > two miles/away,, and: cover! this with eleven loads, of shingle, and then finish off with .conc'reto.'in whioh 11J.casks of cement were incorporated.with 6hingle y in the proportion of ono' infivo.-Afterall; Mr. Price "counts' himself be only, two, miles:from/the,river., i There are, many dairy/.farmbrs.who hare 'no 'shingleiwithiii-tw'enty.-.mi1e5...'::,.,-•:., ■■■.'. \ : Mr./'D/Ktcaithly;' a', sheep favmer '.of Eongoi . mai,. is'about to/leave thcdiijtrict to tako.up. a farm;''at;;Ongadnga..::-; ( Ho .is'-a; very 'popular settler ; and- old resident of liongomai, whoro •he'is chairman of the/School Committee and a :valued:!merabor,.,bf'tlia> County 'Council." The county. chairman','. Mr.-/>Moss,. ■ states/ that Mr. ■ Pitcaithly-has..been : .ono,' ; of his. mainstays on the cpuncilj>and- his .do'piirture', will be sovercly .felt 'in "the :■ district.' -i/fho Rongomai people gavo..him.a hearty sond-ofT'.last.evening.' 'His -brother'will'.continue.tb' work: tho Rongomai .faxinV;:;^,./'-",,' : i ) '. l^ ; :v .'■■■■■v r --.y ''"'.•' . '..: , the/New Zealand ■Dairy -Union,, has,'this' "season" made his'first ■thorough''i trial of, his. dairy ■.bows,.and-ho states' that ho is .convinced, of its -value!. He/' used, hay /fand: swedes.." 'The "'swedes'are- now -nearly finished, but his cows ;■ began the season-in full profit, and on. pastures which were/consequently rosted end in good condition to'maintain them, i Hewas ■warned that-the'swedes would'give trouble at calving time/ The hay prevented this, however.

'■'; CODETN MOTH IN;APPLES AND.PEAES/ ■ —A' . certain':' remedy '. Swift's Arsenate .of TJead'.', :.^pray ; nfbjr--'petals ,'of,"blossoms-,,fa11; Continue'.at-.'interVals.'/tllrbußhont.the-.Season; >Advt;^;", ; ,/;: ,';'//;;;: : ;/'.:';, 'C;' ■:•,'.,/-;