GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 670, 22 November 1909, Page 10

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

T?hb Hau'era Show takes placo on 'Wednes day and Thursday , Haymaking has begun in Wairarapa The milk supplj .at the, Grey town Cheese 1 Factory on Tnday morninff 1 ,was 3438 gallons, being about 300 gallons more than the quantity las* reason Atr J G Skeet supplies the "largest quantity of milk, in, 294 gallons, with , a. test of 38 Mr Skcet hns recently put in a milk cooler, with good results 4 / The Warea Horticultural Society's annual meeting is to bo held to morrow ( The locord sh pnwnt of \butter. from ono firm in New Zealand ia said to he that of tho iNow Zealand Dairy Association (Aucklind), iwhich was dispatched by the RimutntVrc jcently The was 5956 boxes This. Ji\g firm held th.6/ record for previous years, und broke it 1 few weeks ago with 1 ship 'ment of 5142 boxes, pVior. to establishing a view record by the Riinniaka Bntter export 'business must bo booming jn Auckland, as efeewhere. In the Warea district, sheep fihe&nng is I about finished cu' the stations of Me«srs Ducker Bros and Alexander Th,o bu'hfflllin" at Kangitiua is now about completed («ijs the Eltham "Argus") Eleven ( men only are engaged there It is expected 'that the who'd of tho felling will bo finished V about the middlo of December A Patca -press lepresontativo -leaTrted that about two thousand acres of, bush havo been felled Any-i thing from sutv to one hjindred and fifty j acres? have b»en foiled on eaoh of the thirteen sections Although not authentic, it is under , ft-ood that tho Government has dcoided to burn and grass the block 'Already °orae ecoro ol applications ha\o been forwarded for tho sections, and everything points to their being keenly sought after A rigid inspection is be in; niade into the antecde-nts of each appli cant \ The Taranak-i Agricultural Show, to be hold Plj mouth on December 1 and 2, pro ' raises to be a very successful affair; this year, and it is believed that tho number of entries Will exceed that of. any projiojis year ■; One of the auctioneers at the Christchurdh wool sale told a reporter that,' many of , tllo' smaller lots of wodi , «ont fotwird (by fandcTs had suffered \ery seriously owing to the fact ■that tho wool had not been properly classed Ho said that in some irstances farmers who bad endeavoured to on the expense 1 of classing had lost as much is 3d per Id on their wool He strongly advised fanners to devote the necessary amount of trouble to this pirt of the preparation of their wool for market, as an hour or two or a fen pounds spent in this way would be omplv, ropaid by 1 tae increased price obtained

Mr B J llarquot, chief wool grader for \ Mr Walter Hill, and instructor in wool class xng at the Christchurch lcchnical College, and at Ashburton arid Aknroa, has been requested by the Department of Agriculture to collect type samples of tho various qualities of wooH brown in the Dominion Iho samples (which Mt Marquet is obtaining at the various wool eale-) are- to bo forwarded to tho Dutch Go\ eminent The collection, which will bo a

"■ thoroughly u representative ono, -will not be' completed n'ntil alter the Now Year, Entries at.the Courtcnay Agricultural Show' r numbered C 63, 'a decrease of li as compared , , with' the previons year. » Somo of the highest prices '• made" at' the' Christchorch wool snlo were: Cashmere half- . bred Jod.i three-quarter-bred 12jd.; Innerton " half-bred tfd; Jtncecomso Hill half-bred 14Jd., fine cross-bred 14Jd.; Balrmzio half-bred UJd,; Hurstlea half-bred Utl., thrcc-quartor-brcd 13d. j bell over, Coldslrcam half-bred UJd., three-quartet -bred lid.; dagger H half-bred lid., cross-bml 133 d.; SS over bar, hnlf-brur i« HJd., cross-bred 13d.; U half-bred lid., cross- • bred 13d.; C over X conjoined, half-bred Hid.; '13 X,-lialf-bred lid., cross-bred 13d.j Dalme'ny, < Cornedalo 13Jd.; Hprsford, C'oiiiedalc 13d.; Dafford, Hiroe-quaricr-bied 13d.; bar o\er S, half-bred U'd.; Moana Jlora comeback J5Jd., half-brod lod., tliree quartci-bred HJd., 11 in ' ' dinmoiid half-bred 13d., three qujrter-bicd, Wid.j Glas:ievii\, lmlf-brcd IHU.> tl\rcc-(iwintsr-bred U{d.; Aolr.ay, lialf-bral lljd., thiep.-iHlarter-bred 13il : Holn\o3 liny, liaU-brrd lid.; ' Mount CJrey o\er White Koclc, Oonicdalo 14(1.; 1 ' Keatliitock, Corncdalo lid.; Sorrat, half-bred 14J,; TS ovor Island Forui, hnlf-brcd Uld.'j G. half-bred li\'l; OH, llangor, half-bred 15Jd., tlircc-quartcr-lneil lid., crosi-bred 12}tl, Tho new ■seasorA checso fiiini soutlierr. districts liave shown ti good increase. They are ai follows—llimutnka: From UlulV, 3183.crates; iiom Dmicdin, 87(5 crates. Booked for lonic from BlillF, 57)(! crates; -from .Punedin, ipCO crates. Thp hg.ire3-'toV ithe--corresponding steamers last wore: I'aiiaroa: f From BlnfT, 268 D ciarcs; irora JJunedin,- 711 crates. Connthic- Troh! JlaiS, 3777 crr.tch; from Di\;ip(lin, O'JG crates, 'lhis means an- increase of 53 per cent, from Bluff, lluncdin would ha\e

shown a similar increase had tho Taieri checso factones not continued making butter for the first month or so. North Island shipments show fully tho 6arao increases,

It is stated that Mr. J D. Mitchell's draught stallion "Here-1-Go," ivhich has been champion at some of this season's.New Zealand sa'les, though bred in Now Zealand, was bought by Mr. Mitchell in Australia, whither ho had been sent for sale.

• of; the high prices realised at tho wobl| sales, this season, it; will to interesting to", growers to - learn-, that; merinos and crossbreas of tho western district of Victoria, from: iWhich conies the 1 choicest wools grown in Australia, aro realising.. At.tho Geelong sales on: November 11 tho..chief among the merino clips: offercdjwero:,the Plains, Ettrick, and Mount' Hesse.: The top lot of the first-named -was quite perfect, being deeply grown, light in condition, and of. excellent quality'and softness, and sold up to 19Jd.V which establishes a ;record to date. The Ettrick,although not so fine, showed excellent .style, jjrowth, and condition, and sold iip t0;,i91d... Tho top lot of the Mount.Hesso made ;18$U;, .this being a wonderfully attractive, sound;well-grown wool. '.Che Morgiiiana lamps', which>iwero.beautifully Soft: and -fine,' sold.at iitjjd.' ySupariot comebacks and' crossbreds iwere ■best represented by the Green Hills over Victoria, the G.E. (Golf Hill), and Minjah. 'Die former, sold 1 up to 18d. for a comeback of very even quality and. remarkably light in condition, ■fti-modium.qndity crossbred of the same mark selling at lOd.* Both G.K..and Minjah sold up to 17i<l.- in comebacks; ''- : :'. .; ,■.■,' ..:. ■■■'fin , the Omihi district of the South Island the oats crops are , luxuriant.and forward, some of .the fields of.grain'.being.out iirear, and , a large ■ acreago'a's ;ripeniiig fery rapidly. : Tho wheat crops/give indications that tho ..straw, will be 'ienvy';.;:-,.'--:- : .-.■:.■,;■..■■•'.,, .'.■.:.-.- , .' : ; ~, •■■'. '■■■;'':,■-. : <*&.' notice of motion to make yellow broom a Soxid'us , -'! weed within tho borough of Stratford lias, been :tablod. ;' . .•*.- ; . : : -. ..-. : 'V ! ;-..-; ;

• : - ■■■pnnnenrjka.ias adopted. the domain ■ asivita ■ shownKround:; A-counter 1 proposal to hold it at : the salovards, where pens already exist, .was-re-- : jected, on the ground that it..would givo visi- : tors 'a'.-b'ad- nrst;impression if the 'show .were, i '.held •iii:-such?'n .place..-;.•.;;. ■ > ;*'.v"---. 1 .- r -'- : -'V;,:-^.--i'- : :: ■■$ With'anZayer'ago 0t,90 bales ; .of'.V"pol coming 'i "to'i'ahd evciy'day perrail for some, timojiast, the-New-Zealand Shipping-Company's store/at : .Gisbdrne has been well supplied,,.and du*p- .. ing operations .have been proceeding actively, with the view-of getting ; the- wool': shipped by tho; Kia ~Ora; Hoiveycr, through what vis attributed to the -inadequate; pressure of .)gas,' the .company, were, placed in_, a --.rather awk-: ■ ward-position' 'through tlieir.'.engine .refusing, to '.work.- The stoppago, "came .at:, an: .awkward ■ time,■„ when ',there was..: a 'largo -number of . Dales tcf .be ready for shipment, ; and . it Twas • only 'jthrough'f-tho "kindness..of '■ some ."of ■the'J'other;farms that;:thb:'work', ■pltjtetl; ■■':.-; • l ' l v'\ .'■■'■■■•:. : .■.■•■■:' - .'•■ -: i: ;::"■?:-