SHOW CATTLE AT WNGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 671, 23 November 1909, Page 8

SHOW CATTLE AT WNGANUI.

'.' - 1 ' A ;, Wnting to The Doiinnov with reference to the cattle* exhibited at the "Wanganui Cowman" makes special mention :of "tho Jerseys-(the best of tho milking ;strain) > 1 and Herefords (tho best constituboncd cattle)," and adds —"The { grade shown m both classes worth !repqrt and ' comments. Tho Herefordi),7&h;ch on good.pas-. r ture—when raised from hit'h-gi)ado stock,'such 'as was exhibited at 'Wanginiii—fatten at .the •' rate of 301b or more per month for'the-first four years, and'aro worth more attention: from .growers than they 1 get, and tho Dominion: as 1 >a whole is'benefited by the widest"•;publicity, nbout, firstly, the excellence of any exhibit in tho class, and, secondly, tho good qualities the breed possesses for constitution, rapidr'fatten'mg, and value of their hides. Tour'paper is usually impartial in its reports, anA..l;.am sure: •will not desiro to bo otherwise respecting the details about tho cattlo exhibits referred .to .herein" ,j„ , '";■.■:>.. ~-'.^i.,; Tho winners' of first prizes in the,? Jersey" r classes, which '"Cowman" asks us to publish, were Messrs J. S. T. Short, a? first- and championship forbull, Jphn Donnldi- one "first" ; and two,seconds;'Dr Noonan,.hvo.firsts;' C. : f Clarke two firs.te (with championship and re-l servo championship for cows); and C. Hiprns,' ( ono first In oar necessarily abridged fe'po'rt, i it aimed to givo only the, most.promr: I i ment winners m the .Very extensive -prize-list;» l all except one of, these names were, duly-men-i honed. ■» ', '/ "THE WORLD'S GRANARY,:I%-,;> (. ( In reference to Lord Strathcona's prediction jj yesterday that soon Canada will bo the granary- ' of the world, it is interesting to note' the .ex-' [ -tent of her. prdsqnt output. „ Tho I i farm crops this jear are, according to'latest advices from tho Census and Statistic ' Office;' 03 under— - ,e :'•■. ?•';■''■•'-,''. ■'/ , Wheat bush. 168,386,000 Beans bush/vl 1,311^000 Barley „ * 56,075,000 Buckwheat „v'7,79!,P00Oats „ 354,919,000 Mixed grn ,/: 19,524,000 Eye „ 1,705,000 Tlax ~','2,131,000 „ 8,184,000, flay ,ut0.h5:i0,216,000: last season thcAnstroliau output was very small besido this. Tho Australian wheat yield was about W,000,000 bushels, oats, 15,830,000, and hay abonij 3,100,000 tons Estimates as'to Ca-. < sadian maize had not been issued -.r^'.•>.

( - BUTTER AND CHEESE EXPORTS. The increase ln'tho exports of dairy prodilce continncs to be noticeable in the official figures for the first half of November (np to-Novem-ber 15}, although the increase, is not so pronounced as it'was last month. Thcfollowing figures are arranged to show a comparison with the totals for October and' November ! Jast year.— , , ' ' Butter. Cheese. > a cwt. £ cwt £ I tfov. Ito 15, '09 " 21,217 108,411 17,000, 48,127 Oct. and } Nov. '03 49,003 252,943 36,702 101,019 Oct. and Nov," 1903* 58,390 305,202 31,902 97,773 ■ i It will bo seon 'that the butter output of " six weeks this ydnr is nearly, equal to thnti of two months'in tho year 1908, and m cheese it is greater. , • I -, • HARVEST, IN CANTERBURY. (By Telegraph—Press Association) Christchurch, Novembor.22. Continuous 'ram since S(icnrday evening brought the rainfall for .the year up to nearly 30J inches, or >over four inches abovo tho ' • average, with ux weeks still to go. Vegetation of all classed is abundant Wheat is ' very rant, and rust has set in in some quarters, but, in spite of this, a heavy harvest i is looked for. , f EG&IONT.A. AND P. SHOW. f ■ ' Hawera, November 22. \ Entries, for the. Hawera show total 1347. i Live stock iv ill be shown in splendid quality. f CODLIN MOTH IN APPLES AND PEARS, t —A certain remedy is Swift's Arsenate ot *&, Lead. _ netals ot .blossoms '.fall.