GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 660, 10 November 1909, Page 10

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

; HOOLIGAN'S ON A SHOW TRAIN. ; Prizes to tho total valuo of .£IBO will be given at Pahiatua's first show next February. Some lady, visitors' to - tho Pnlmerston Show ;.seeni ;to;lia,Vo had au uripjeasant journey homo' '■to Ormondvillo on Friday' overling,, owing to. .the lack of;.proper, railway 'The Or-' 'mondville' correspondent of tlid "Dannevirke Advocate"'thus reports thb occurrence:—"Your, representative here lias been, informed of two' hooligan -acts' which occurred oil the' special: ttaiin.from. the Palnierston ShoW last evening. ti -party,' including several ladies,., although; :possessed of first-class tickets,, found it im-' ; possible; to securo seats in ,ahy? of-the car-; ri,ag'es,: and r had; to. take refuge in one-of the' covered-in" trucks: In the vicinity of Ashhurst somo;, threw a large: thistle bush' •into;!lho truck which strtick one of the ladies, in the face and" for a tiino caused her great pain. Later ./on, in the .vicinity of the Mar ngatewainili' stream, • after passing Matamau; the- party -were greatly startled, by a beer bottle crashing in, just missing the head of , one of them by an inch and Smashing against an upright: A little lower .and there would have been ,a„fatality.:' In bolji cases the train was moving, at /the 'time, while inithe• latter case-the train had not drawn up sinw. Mataniau. -It isjnot .likely.:that:people,.especially wbihen,'!'-will {like the thought ,of an Routing . m!':fnture,.when. they.,tliink that they may have this sort." .. . ! 'It'i is'* reported , that in the. Wairarapa dis--trict 'late': sowing of turnips and swedes is. be- ' ' :fcS(riiag-;hidf&• favoawd •' than early sowing be-, 'cause of a greater immunity from blight. Mr. Charles Douglas, secretary .of the Hawked Bay A. .and -P. Asspciation, has gone soutli; to tho , shows at : Christchurch, Dunedin, and Oamaru. , . .■ : An Australian firm has placed an order/in ■Musterton. for 800.0 . feet of,-white pine., . The r manufacture-of. boys', cricket bats. . Oat crops are in. ear in Opaki. , Tho secretary- of the P.lh'iatua A. and P. Association .(Mr.' Walsh) states that while he was at- the Manawatn Show last: wepk he re- ' ielVed'Miriefoils-promise? from-breeders to'ex- - 'hib'tttetdck' atjPahiatua' next February. ' * . . ■ fudges- for,' the MMtertoii'- be appoirited.at the committee's next-meeting. ■ The .'district said' to be interested in. the proposed Tokomaruv Freezing Works measures : 1000 isquaro miles,; and! possesses 15,000 cattle and SOO,OOO sheep. At, present the nearest out-; lot for . some of this stock is 'Gisborne, which: :is, as far as some localities in the district . are. concerned, .200 miles aivay. The works fire ! expected to be ready- by Christmas, 1910, and, lit is estimated, that: about, 150,000 sheep, will' .ibe killed there; in '.the "first j season. .4 .;' ? The Natives of' Waipa Uounty/HawFo's Bay, own about .150,000 sheep. ; \ .:. / ,

,It is, perhaps, ; 'hot generally known that wool (classing .classes;'for,, instruction, by Mr.:'..S.'Woodi'.tho Hawke'sjßay 'arid Masterton spe : ' cialist, may .be- formed in any district where , sullicient pupils, como forward. ' . -.'•■ ■;. .: The proper grouping of commercial exhibits at- shows lias, bo'en; suggested to, the .Hawke'sBay Society by the Hawke's Bay Farmers' Co-operative Association. : The proposal, which(appears to be: a very good • one for -the big '.-show's, means that exhibitors' in kindred businesses .'should bey grouped- together,- coach: builders being allocated one, block !of sections, inotoT-car agents another, 1 and;'so. on, the :chbi'ce 'of/,blocks ballot.' '^'certain'.amount of!,gronping , 'is already ,dond 'at some 'of the.shows, but there is. room for. an extonsiori. of-the .practice/-' -\ ■ ' '■■'■ y Mr.„ A,.' Hawiltbn, curator of 'the ;; Dominion' ■, r siiggested.. td, the.' Eawke's Bay- ' A , . ,'aria/P.--Association -that: it. would be better,, at future shoAvs. to offer a good prize, say," ;£&-or:}£tO,,.far. the.ibest collective exhibit'of '.Maori'curios , and articles''made by the Maoris;, .and .of, farm products grown; by .them, .instead' of ,ii'number of small prizes.".-. ■.';• . ' - .■•.',•■ '.-• The'. next Autumn; show Hastings will be held-on , ;April;6.-i •■: X : . ■ '.;.-■ ;.ii :,.- ■^■■■■/t-'-^'\

V ty\f! show; .i a,t Hastings last month : produced' a'prßfit of'about-',£7o'3s.-4d.,'as against\£loß :3s. Bd., last' year:. This apparent increase is. more than-, accounted for. by the increase of: ,;£7B in. , -the prize: .money;" The actual '■ receipts : ■amounted-.to c£i9oo- Bs;,-..as against. UJIB2I last year, Of tins sum .£626 19s. 3d. was taken at the' gates,; as against'',£sßo:l7s. Bd. last year. ■" r ;;Prof«sor;Jr;;KyWaghef, ■ a-sSeleian ; . inyesti-; t'gatori;"-na;f •-. inr nasi , -i 'itu^jimpaiiijthe'.flßVduWof.'.butfai-and-lessen' its. keeping .qualities, especially in : spring and' early, 'summer; Dandelions in hay act in the same way.' He challenges the ; old notion that idandehous -.increase. the; flow.: pf -.milk-a notion - Hthatlprobably. had !Us:-,b'irth in-.tlieimilk-liKe" ;fluid;,in.:the.; stoma of- , ; the;' dandelion plant. •Henoeforth he advises'dairy, farmers to .e'radi- ■ cato.'dandelion.:.as as-troublesome'weed..''.

. Speaking: of ; the-Fruitgrowers' !held at Wellington-last-week; Mr.:-A. R. Mayo, that good work .was-'done: ■'■•"•We'vsaw/"he.'said, "one exhibition' ,ot spraying: which '.wof alone .worth ;the '.trift--an. spraying' 'with'"6U emulsion:" ; The. Department,-of .Agriculture has 'discovered ■a" means ;o'J'■;-.emulsifying : 'the , oil .and causing it, to be suspended properly in the water, and- ! : it -impossible-uVruay.'/be abl*'to-;use ,nay % ;.petroleum.f6r,- spraying; "■• I think 'the : lime, 'salt, 'and;-sulpHurr mixture , -'has had its day.". , .,. Mr v 'iMoyo added that ;it '. was probable aiivofficial-•wbiildr'shortly! visit-thoFeilding, district and ■ give an exhibition 'of spraying there.: '- : ::c}'. !•','-.,.'■ ''.■•"' \-'- "..-.:",'- "'.''.'■. ':■ .■■ ■, ■ ■iln cbunectignTwiththe No-' yeuibor -Si'-andi2s; a competition'of'dairy herds ; is:to be h'ald.'.This looks'like the most ambitious ' thing' yet .attempted "• in New Zealand in contests. v The herds are to be' judged' on the farms of the exhibitors, and weight of milk; test of butter-fat; .and general appearance will be counted toward the score. One would not be surprised if there, were to be.a great spring-cleaning on the! dairy/farms around Hawera in the course "of.the neit.'fo'rt-i night' '- '.\ ■ -.'.■.". .'•.■.'■. ';-.':.; ■':'■> ,•'■■;•'■ •'. •-;'/'■...