GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 658, 8 November 1909, Page 10

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

;.v.On.. November,lo (says our Pahiatua corre.sponttent) tho Mangatainoka cheese factory will' :pay. out to • the over" 4900 :.for - tiieir milt supply. The supply is steadily, irii creasing, the amount delivered daily now'being about 2500 gallons. ; . .. • . i-yAs eyidonce-of the forwardness'' of the!sea- , Json,- one ; supplier to the Ballance Company's butter factory at Konini--Mr.: Thos." Quirk— ;has been; delivering recently. an average of •■3ooolb. of ' milk daily, whereas' the very, highest supply, for, the whole of, last season .was :29841b.. Another good .beinciput' •np:M Mr.'Dougherty,' ; who has been supplying ■ the' Hukaniii crcamery/with , ;24001b.: of!milk - $The Rexdale cheese factory has' been .receiving 20001b; of milk' daily: from: 5 Mr. J; >Q. These figures!'are splendid, 'as the ■'height of ;the milk season is still a full month •away. - ~ ... .' '.. , . ; ' Mr. David.Evans, wio.'/did'.such'good .work with' Mr. Shortfs flock'of stud'Komney 'Marsh ;shepp,' has been in the employ, of Mr. Vavasour,! ;of' ."Ugbrooke," Marlborough,' for some time ( pas« He left for., the south, last .week with ia :finp pen of . Shrojpshires, which are 'to be ex■hibited at the Christchurch Show, . ,y. ;.'Mr-_J. Strang, who judged thevfat stock:at the jManawatu Show last, week, considers that : classes'for the freezing stock should be "bet.■tor. ;filled. .He advises exhibitors to pen their ! flowns and long-wools "in these classes' sepHr- ; ately. He remarked thatjswhil'o big, • extra-fat •sheep were no 'doubt ': 'a .popular . feature -at" .shows, .they were of; no: use to .-the industry! : ;Cpncermng the fat cattle, he stated that , they .were fit for'any show! in''New !Zealarid.. '.of Wairarapa; .'Viio 'judgeiiJthe.'.Shprthorns;- at *tho-Manawatu -Show;" ? de-' jdared the placed animals to .be 'likely Winner's:' ;at- ; any New;, Zealand: Sho.w.; i., | .XAn exchange • reports' that :.'ani;'raperimenter. : ihas-suppressed insect troubles by the use of jtomato leaf...infusions -, Hp states?, that', the... to---matp odour' exodus ot-in'-' *eet;pests' from _shrubs, ..peaches, and ..other, wees,.and also kept away flies' from- houses. ;loipato loaves will.'soon' be' available,- arid Jier- ' !. ha P.s some;readers may like to test-this singular notion. Tho fact that thero aro caterpillars and ;aphis pests' that are very fond of tomato Myes of course,,prove !that the .insects, which infest: these jjahfolike their .flavour., also. Unfortunately the '" paragraph: in' xmes-1 ! 'PW.-:™?? not,.say what was the species of ini sWrnwUMh. retreated .'before, ihe,-.smell-of '.to-' i - , ave f: it was'.that. most numerous of ' au. posts—the- aphis—one -would accept ' the tnopry with thp proverbial grain of salt, for a very,-simple-reason. The aphis'does not ,bite the external parts. of t tho. olant. oii which it' feeds-;at all,: It pricks the'leaf. with its! sharp tongue and sucks the jAice from-inside. Tomato wash on the outside would by no means inconvenience 'him by ;its flavour.. It ;is. a. fiict, however, .that even pure .water.sprayed upon', trees will cause .the aphis, to: seok:'fr'esh fielffi.'''. ; ■ The sheep.in Australasia "are distributed'ap-as.-follows ittNew-; i,South , .Wales 49,000,000 j Queensland; ■ 16,708,000'; •' 'Victoria * ! 14,148,00.0; South^ush^lia,'.WOO; wtton Australia, 3,9oo,ooo;.Tasmania;v 1,800,000;. New p a^nd,-_2l,OOo,(Wo.'...New; : . : Zeafahdi ranks ;-inext ; to : New South Wales m the' riumber'' of her' sheep.'; --•/ • •/. • ■A .peculiar. cure for mortality, caused by'winwriM. sheep on turnips is. reporte'd' by-' Mr.'' T. H. Evans, lately,,pf .Nunburnliplme;,. Baleairn.i some' years, ago'/after., heavy losses araonpst a flock; : grazing, i, on ■■'■' turnipsv he'.' examined -the carcasses ' and; was ; satisfied, that !the deaths' .were caus&d-'by kiaoey-trouble'., 'The i ~that .were dead .were in -the.:-best' of , 'tradition,'l but the carcasses soon - wept-' ba'd arid putrifie.'dj and he. concluded "that the .trouble,'.resulted owing ! to. the undue retention of .'. urine,' The ■ re-' . medy-adopted :by .Mr..'Evaris.'was to-send', 'his shppherd everymight 2:and 3 a'.'m. to rouse- the. sheep sheep, 'oh being aisturbd; would urinate,, and thus remove the .'cause of the troubled Th'origh this cure was • probably; most irksome to, the. unhappy shepherd/' it was'/efEoctive as;regards- the 'sheep, for Mr.-Evans-has:lost: no more -sheep"wintering on turnips. : " : -j ' :of. a patch of : kaiiri :■ gum was' illustrated recently in. the north' (says the "Auckland Star"), where a : farmer with only 19 acres'of.land was.engaged'blastiiig.out,some Finding .some! gum, he 1 started to>. dig got.some ftoore.v' Finally:he', decided, to'-get ' -ihe". whole '19!' acres ploughed;'.'^yith : :,tho'!, result' that he got gum which, realised J6500, it'being sold at Sloo per ton. . ' At : practically every factory,' (says!'the' ' "Hdwera Star") the milkj? supply larger than formerly at .a . similar iperibd, : but this,is not brought abo'ut.'"?pvmudh by';an in- > crease jn:.dairy co\l's.as 'bj-.:'the''fa(it that?many : .fariners''(had:.,thei|r . : ; herdsj''ci6ming" into'.-'jprofit .-niiioh earlier. this : .year, jfore.'v that tne maximum -' milk .will. be , ; yeached.'rath4r earlier-ythan ..usual.. 1 Make poor land' l, good, arid • good land''better. FISON'S SPECLVL -.FEETILISEKS for' Turnips and Kape.—* ' <