GENERAL FRAMMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 663, 13 November 1909, Page 8

GENERAL FRAMMING NEWS.

, The TamuiVcargo/of butter (31037 peSe; P^ o2o ,° rates > last ™* f are S' shipmen^of

Dn «2g October Kells Dairy Company re cmved 32,5591b. of butter-fat, for su* 10 f Jflh tawid JIW4, being at the rate of lua. per-lb. lor the corresponding month of Inst year 30,4931b of butter-fat wal Mmibed bouyiUaed at £W0 The puce was Sso 10d'

■•r firmerjn the district told a. -Herald that the .season so far had .beett.a^apitaTone:for nowly-opened sections ,tterr,being;,;so;;much* grass that'. : the chief .taouble.was.to get it eatondown. v ~r". - .'-Althougu shearing operations , in the Wairarapa have ,bcfn-retarded: by the wet weather the clip.; gives promise of being: a good one! One .fanner who has • just finished, shearing his .wet ewes states • that some of the fleeces'when started weighed Mb.; while the hTs rams weighed about-281b.- after' being skirted in; Sydney are reported'to bo lirm.: ■', ; - ■'■,:.,-, - ;

AMasterton farmer who attended ths Palmereton Show gives it as Ins opinion that most of the shows m the North Island have attained their zonith as far as tho attendance of the public and the number of the exhibits are concerned But while he holds the opinion that there will be very little further increase m this respect for a number of years, he thinks there will bo a material improvement in tho quality of the stock exhibited. tv Fr ?y erowerE f™ waging with great interest the Uoverament Biologist's e-rpeiTments with oil sprays. Oil is one of the most effective materials arailoble to gardeners and fruitgrowers, but its defect, howewer, is its wellknown ohemieal reluctance to mix with water. Mi. Coctam-e, however, has made some very successful trials with a special form of emulsinor, made from soap, which instantaneously omulsrHos tho oil, so that it can bo sprayed without fear of damage to the tender shoots of the plants. He has used the crude Taranalu petroleum, costing about 9d. per gallon, subject of course to heavy dilution with wator. As an aphis taller it has no equal. It is understood that full particnloTs of the trials will be published shortly.