GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 669, 20 November 1909, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

PROM NEAR"AND TAE .Our Pah>atu(i conespondent (writjng with Wfejence- tq Mr. G which appeared in,Tuesdaj's issue) maintains that the'state'ment that lid was i the Drice-.naid .per 16. fbr the"Wsber butter-fat bj W'SSHauU Co., is correct t For the September supply 9tl per lb wast paid out i for butter-fat, in accoi dance with a resolution passed at the annual meeting held in August, some suppliers only received Bd. , , , -The chairman of the Defence Committee'of tho New Zealand Faimors' Union states ini a circular regarding Shearers' Jfnions "At present thsre are sulficicnt funds in hand to deal with any immediate dispute, but the executive considers that shortly a small ilevy of Cd. per hundied Isheep will require to bo made to establish'a fund to meet all expenses", Wairarapa farmers say that inflammation of the uddoi is unusually ptovalont amongst cow i> coming in this season. , Ilesirs Slack Bros, won four firsts, ono eccoml, and a championship in four classes at the Hamilton A. , and P. ihow. Ifr W. H Buick (Wairarapa) has shorn tho hoggets exhibited by him at tho Hastings and Palmerston Shows. Tho rams averaged 201b. of Wool and tho ewes 151b. -It is expected that the additions and alterations to the Longbnrn freezing works will bo completed next week, when freezing operations will be rosumed. The Dairy Union returns/for October show that 11s Id was tho value of butter manufactured, which was at the rate of 10d per lb for butter-fat. The cheeso rnado at tho Aewbury factory was valued at JESBS 2s 7d, ■ being lid per lb, and at tho Ashhurst factory .£507 17s lid, being also at the rate of lid. 1 These figures wero only for a four-week period, and not for the calondar month During that time, tho butter turned oat weighed 65 tons, and tho'cheese 28 tons. Tho lhilk Bupplj continues to increase rapidly, tho union having now 33 more snpphers this year than at this tune Inst yeaT.. Although the supply of milk put through the factories this year is much greater than last there are fewer creameries running, and considerable saving is thus idfected. ' i Asked aliotit the wool trade>.and its prospects r by a Chnstchurch reporter, Mr W. G. ioster, I managing director o£ the Wellington Heat Export Co, who has ]ust loturned lrom a trip ta England, said —"The wool men don't know this themsclvos—thoy tako the risk and bear tho biunt. It 13-a great gamble—something suddenly turns up which creates a demand for wool, and those that are holding ore able to ,qtut at a profit, bat they are never able to ianhapate with any certainty. To give you an idea, I made the acquaintance of a 'top' man, "who bought heavily eighteen months ago and ileld. The maiket collapsed, but he was ablo >to hold on, manufacturing jast suihclcntly for the demand, until finally tho recovery camo, end he found himself a good deal better of? There were others who could not hold. But generally ene could not forecast tho price of wool. I was Informed at Home that tho outlook for woollen v mauufpctures was -very good." A valuable consignment of Jersey-cross leifers was recently sent from Taranaki to .Hinuora by a special train, and driven towards Tauranga. In addition to thce between 300 and 400 selected Taranaki hcifeis, and a numbor of pure-bred Jersey bulls arrived in 'iWnikato last month for local dairymen Mr. Poderson, of tho Dairy Department, visited Tikorangi this weok, and the new pasteurising plant installed at the local factory was, under his supervision, satisfactorily worked. Tho milk supply is steadily gi owing, and the increase for October over tho corres ponding month last jear was 123,C1G1b Tho i average test was 3 83. The month's milk cheques to be paid to October suppliers of tho Kakaiainea Dairy Company total .C3-H1 53 Id From 81,9131b. of buttef fat was made 91,8701b of butter It v took 27 271b of milk to raako lib. of butter. The average test wrts 353 The company from Monday ceased butter-making Tho new company's cheese factory is expected to be opened early in the new year The North Taranaki Dairy Company pays out to suppliers for Octobei milk JMB9 9s 6d, as against JISIC 13s. lid for tho same month of / last year. The Waitara Eood Dairy Company suppliers icceiYO £837 Is. 2d for milk supplied dunnf October. For the tame period last year J.7IG ss. was paid out North Taranaki's m " crease is £H3 ss. Id, and Waitnra's XflO lCs Zd, or a total increase at the two factories of ,£534 Is 9d. Payments to suppliers, wages, amU sundries' by tho two companies for the month of Obtobei amount to tho respectable total of J3839 4s Id Considerable interest is being taken in tho coming mooting of tho T L Joll Co (says the Otakeho correspondent of the "H.iwora Star") The subject for discussion is, I understand, "Why oro tho tests* s>o low?" Farmers who have supplied factories with milk foi many yeais havo never knovn the tests to bo as low as thoy are sit present Mr Fred Lyo has caused the mooting to bo called to discuss tho point Mesirs A. B. Kiwifht and W. F Knight hive donated 5i each as special prizes in tho dairy classes at tho first Dannevirlo show. The ' asiooiation bus'32o mcmbeis.

•■' .The milk received .during: October by tho Kaupokoriui Dairy Factory was as follows (the October, 1908, figures being in parentheses):— Milk, 6,737,7331b. (6,207,800); faty 237,2901b. (218,897); test, 3.52 (3.49); payment, .£9883 lls.'.Gd. ,(.£10,028 ;18s. 10d.). Paypout tbis'yoar is .at 10(1.;' whereas lost year it was lid. por.lb. of butter-fat.: ■;:. v 1 : ■;:' ..; ~;i 1 The El'thanr Dairy Company's milk cheques for October .t0ta1.'48025 as against..£Bß9l for Hie. corresponding month, of last year. This year the company is consigning. ~ No fewer ; than 221,0081b. of butter wero made, being an increase of-83381b. compared with October in. 1008. -. At Kaponga -factory the -supply- of milk for the past two months has been about twice as much as for the corresponding 'months of last year. For-this-monthi though still good, the supply will not bo so far ahead of last year. ..iVenty-two Entries llavo been received for tho first dairy cow competition at Pahiatua. Mr. r T. Quirk'(Konini) sent in three entries; Messrs. W. G. Carey (Ballanee), J. Cornforth (Mangatainoka), -J. G. Brechin (Scarborough), nndW.Yiile. (Scarborough), two entries each; Messrs. R. Mabey (Konini), C. Neilson (Mapga-; tainoka), J. Tanner (Pahiatua); C. Ayery (.Konini), Oliver (Scarborough), P. J. Qmrk (Jvoriini , M'Gbvern Brothers '-(Pahiatua), J..,W. Parker (Hamua),,: J. BourW(Hamua), .Mrs.. Spinley (Pahiatua), and Miss ;Lo/Comte (ilangatoirioka), one entry -each. -;■-. ;. "• .- :■ : -;.■- : TherV atp now," SI suppliers tainoka . Cheese! Factory,; and -, the highest .test i5,.'5.4. :;X -■■ .' .-, '. ]■:■.■ ''■. . ■■' '■'■ ■:., : Thereason" fqr-tho changing- of. the date,oi the Dannevirke Show to February 11 was that it clashed with the date.'of -Hastings"_Ram i'air. '■■■ Among the prizes donated are: £o ss. from Mr.'G; Hunter for light horses, .£3 '3s. froin Mr. Panl Hnnter, 255.' from" Mr. Ean;som,vand £2 '2s. eacV fronv the: Wellington and;.Geai\ Meat Freezing. Companies. . - _ ; • Sawmilling, was tho ..principal, industry in Dannevirke-v district a few years back,- but some thirty odd mills havo disappeared/'and only six now remain; and four of these : are small. The lands,-which, were held under sawmilling: leases ■ are being rapidly converted into" dairy;farms.. . . ■ '■■'•',;■>.'. ~-v; '■>■■-~•■.: :' ■.' The recent spell of dry weather has greatly expedited the ,forwarding :df.. the- wool -clips to-stores.'-" ':'■■■''/ -. V- •• [■::■■.'. .'-"i .- ■■■' -' : >: ■ A bull supplied a sale-day incident in Kangitikei: Street; Palmerston-North, - on : Thursday. Mr. Christensen , was charged and knocked down; iii. the street, but happily-, escaped with nothing worse, than a shock and damage to ah arin.'.,:■. ;.■'■■. \V ""'■• '••'..'■ "■.--'■'.!.■./■■ ■'•'■■."■■ .-'■'■ ■At a'meeting" of -the Society-for- Prevention oi Cruelty to -Animals at Palmerston on Thursday, vthc,.hope;; was' expressed; that :the. proposed new sale yards would "contain, adequate nieah>>: of watering .stock. After, the animals had been driven'; into the sale,' they should ;nat--;,bo' allotoedVto'-remnin unwatered. , .. ' ;;.-.■-." " Auckland wool -sale 'next It is said. that -wet'."weather has mado it. likely that the' , clip; offered will be smaller than the opening .quantity of'.last year, but at' subsequent .sales -there', will ho : great ""Shearing, operations!.'arc finished- at. Annadale' Station, on the .'East Coast.tvThe' country .throughout the. Coast 'district :_is : lo6king; particularly well. ' : .- ; ; '•' : V .''- : - ■' ■''"'.- [■"' An erroneous paragraph, nasi. been going *the I rounds of the newspapers that there is expected' to- be.an exportable, surplus.'.-.of bushels of Trheat this-season.-: The paragraph i?-clipped-.frdm''-the annual report.; of>the De/phrtmerit't'if .'Agriculture, but it refers.'to the last , 'seasoh I .^:,The"'-'exportablevsurplus' 'of- the harvest '.which we are now' waiting for 'is likely to bo; more thau; dbublo the .quantity stated. , .