GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 659, 9 November 1909, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

I'.TJie*::atten<l!tn.c£i : '-.6n\,reoplo's Day. ,'at'- , : the Manawatu,. Shmv fell,-shprt of the. liighest on JEcdofot ibyMoob.; 'The'greatest're'eor'ded"attendanco'.is,27,ooo,. .while-'the total -last , Friday was ;'bnly!^2siOOO.C I ''Stilli. : 2MOO Jmake's good crowd..vlt "represents ;one-fortieth,- of. the- en- : tirei population lot fNew 'Zealand.- .'-• .■<■"■:"< : '■•■'• '■ ' A .new feature' f at' the Manawatu Show last week ;, ; vvas,; the, ;refreshment riboeth; conducted, by',the' r Wqmen's Christian; Temperance ,tJnio'n., :.-. ("There' !*,are •'■■' million , less sheep" 'in 'the i.worl.d now,- than (there; wore : ton "years 'ago," ..says, the Hon:iT.M'Kenzie, "and 80 million more people haye.'begun to use.-wool. If, when ■'wool.-is'.'up; 1 you'are offered-:a good , price at ;;the ; Bhed)i-take''it. But if, w.hen'.it isVdown,' . you. are r offered, :a low price,, don't • take'thatJ : ' v Go' 'on "to. the market." \ ■.?>..,•' : •'■'";' •'; ! ■ Several -exhibitors 'at. ,, the recent. Wa:irarapa •Showi complained of. ; the "dirty" state of the stock .trucks ' whKh.w.erel/supplied-, to ". their ' and 'as -'similar complaints' ■'■ were ' heard last' season, ■ yhen the famous dairy, cow v"Granuy's ■'- Girl , ' 7 contracted' udder, disoase,': it (Beems; fair to; concludo 'that, the .Railway:D.e',paitment -,havo '".. not yet givenVthis matter.such attention,: as-,it :is .entitled-'Wi, .the; passenger .traffic 'to.-'-the -"shows, the ■"\Voodville :Exa,minor,";Of ,says: "A : cr6wd,,of Woodville ■ folk went'through tor the . Manawatu Show;: to-day,, but had :|hard. luck 'as , .,■• regards '. accommodatioii. :;. The '.seating' 'capacity of the train was overtaxed, especially 'as.-. regards::,firstclass -passengers, many of .'whom,'including: a number of .ladies, had to "stand' all .the way. Yet■■, there were ! firsUlasa cars,standing- in the station yard.",: In .such matters as railway accommodation,-it-is, ,of course,'- easy to be unreasonable and passengers and'consignors .of stock'ar.e r not'always reasonable.; .-Bht, on the- "other; hand, ' is generally some'cause for'long reiterated'com-' plaints. -Whore there ,is> much'' smoke," therb' must be'some .fire.' '-'.''V ;'.- '■"■ -•.•■.■■:■•':■• ■-.-.'. ' Greytown records for the season were tdpped on■■..■fridaj, 'morning last,',wh'en'the day's milk supply at the local, factory figured -out,-'at' -3.311 gallons; , .;:; ■■:-': < V- i :'..' l^.:; -.:',:. : ■■'-;'n' ''~:' ; : ;"A'. number. ;of;>'cases v of,:.miii.'. fever cows; are' reported.", my the "ibweri 'Valley "of (Wairarapa...,) :<.■ ' r,•;<;■'■■•'",■.■..' ,'.';.. :■-.■■■); \ wool huye^.}h&ye <: Vien ■ bmtitia MauriceviUe/'district, :but= it, is said that'not many clips have,changed-.hlands.; 1 '; ..'.,...,;' '■$!• w ; E.'Bidwill, of Valley, has ;ehornJa : floqk ;; .of.: 5433' Marsh sheep, including: wel£'e'wes' and '■ hoggets, vvhich/have , . averaged/101b.'-.'.ibz;--'of wool per sheep;' fMfi'jß.f.Cpbper, -'ofvGlsastorio.'-'-lias'-also'' commenced ."shearing, and ;his; ewes ..'are: averaging 101b. of wool.;,'; v, ,;. j.'U'V .!;■• . f; ;■;, ;5 'V:ThVcombined committee. 1 o'f the 1 New' Zealand Eomnoy,MarshiSlreepbreeders': Association 'and the New Zealand appointed, to make'arrangetnents ; 'for tho ship-' , ping, of sheep 'to the Argentine International Ejchibition: held ,a-'.meeting-!diir,inß'.;th..e- Manawatu Show, when ; correspQiiderice ■ was- submitted from- various shipping: cbhipanies and agricultural associations' of Australia and '.'Jas-' mania.; The.matter is being:,taken, up enthusiastically, breeders in;the Commonwealth and:;it is,»oxpect«i that .aVp.umoerVof "exhibits will bo sent.' Furthor: business:as regards the shipping"-.arrangements was,left to Messrs. Wheeler'(chairman),E. Short; and E. J.Wackrill (secretary). -Messrs. Short (Roraney Marsh) '.andVWm. Perry: (Lincolns) will be the prin-' cipal Now Zealand exhibitors at this show in the olasees named. ■ '-'it '..■'■■* : ■'~.., .';■,. . .'■-. It. is state'd.jthat. Mr. W.' : Abbott, secretary of the Shearers Union, i9"i considering a memborship campaien: He CwasCrecently; in' the Maiinooville distnet. ■.-:;- "£ '•'.-"..'' ."': The,lnspector of TactoiliesafMasterton has ,been, making an"inspectioniof the various ehearirig, 'sheds,'fc '«ee._that: .shearers , award: is being'complied with mregard -to-'acebmmodai ;V_";://:!:■„;... '..■: I,:, : *V ,■■' ■.'-•■-.::..'■.•::' ,■,:-.-"'' ,;'. What;a wphd'erftil :thing"is comfort, and from ■wha;t"-slender eotoces ,'niajr' .if riot be derived -If ii?;jpteablj.,- evon conspjing , to s think /that' when-'each'Tnehiber' of tho present Rerieration - h ??, !\P. li: ?? hed • .%.' , .^ t ''.somebody • else ■will-.De-aouig.''weU.K'All this'to say. that "it "is 'estimatedvthat^t .the present rate of planting ih" r ffie° State'ftijnber- nurseries and plantations BO^«ti ; M.jteara leaoe. .wil]

yjeld 000,000,000 superficial feet of timber per L annum. The estimated demand' at that, time is only 500,000,000 feet. As was said before,'it" is all very, consoling, but, somehow/not: very interesting.' : . . .-.' : .'..' "'There is a , smart demand just.now .at. , the; ] Wellington markets for spring''produce. At '.' •yesterday's sales lettuce realised 11s. Od.'per case —said to be a record for the markets.' '.: Tomatoes were in demand ,at 'from 9d. to i. Is. 3d. per.lb. (sold by the .case),'and hot- B house, grapes—the first of the season—brought 'Is. Gd. per lb. •'■ ..'.-:.■■■"',"■'■ :'■-. Mr. Vf. M'Leod, of Te Rahnnga;,nearDannevirke, has a ; cow which yields just under 701b. of'milk per day with a. 4.1 teat. ■ ."''•■' Mr. Christensen, a. dairy farmer in the a Dannevirke district, is, a; retired sea captain i—one of several'seafaring men who have gone on the land. He is milking '45: cows, and in- ' tends to increase the number .next year to 60, and instal a milking machine. ... ■>. ."■ . : Directors of the Banks' Meat Company held I a meeting at Woodville. yesterday. .. ' : ; 6 Mr.. : Harvey, of the Stock Department, at "Waipukurau, has been transferred to, Nelson, t Mr. Ernest Short, the well-known "Romney • sheepbreeder, of Parorangi, is tepprted to have been offered '12$ per V}. for his fleece wool this season) /but preferred to-accept the good, . price of lid: per lb. for the whole clip—about' 5 400 bales. . .'. : : . • ■ ...' . ". f