GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 695, 21 December 1909, Page 10

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

;secure mention,mithecatalogue ivpolsale,(to be'itfeld-at WoISK. g,Kj:on January^^aqasignmcuts^ofVool: mult W |Sv ; :,v ; ;in>:stqre ;: at;.WellnIgtonVnot'later1gtonVnot'later than O^p.m ip^ e ; lStiv.tbe sum;M'.£2218,55.-:&lrto«2 i.jilw.;^.pliers-for/November,- ':,i:}.:-;';y „;,;, k"ly, -have -ten° K' %? ; >i^;^ f3 ' mo , n.as'^ool):anil:9}lb":S^ SS-r^-^ li^^^ftt-&r;;^;:;: Mumy > s Station' -1620 Eoranoy-Lincoln-cross were': shorn : balesofclean'Hcec e v wootwK iKSjfb "$ i> B^--- I^) dT ? rnße ? P" ■> head.'W SpS *• The "• tiay:,; -Stock>' Auc- ; held aMnefitinglnMdEsrs: C;ii 'Hiad-' :".•?;, :, i:ley and; Son's:rooms: on, Wednesday to invesH." iWW'i gateivcpmplaints-of '• trotting"/.at'stock• sales • u,^:; r ;Aßrotos : and-auctioneers agrued thaf 6ft i '-..: n 0- reason .'' ol ' 'tno .suspicion, -and-that sales'in' ! $;■ : v toe., province.; would compare.-.; well : with any. i,g^'.|.*thers;]n;the::l)oininion;;'-: ; ,'.-).■/■::■;.' ■ :V :g: ;^KMr., :B.^.;:Sandersvi»iid. : ;Mrs. : : Sanders,''V- O f,' vXv .F- Hawko s.;:Bay,v'i ; who.: arrived ■■■by.-.itbe Tbngariro week had been-absent from «■;:'.vtne Dominion,for .nearly- six months. -An exf Kvf oeedingly iwefc- harvest,-says : Mr.- Sondeiß, - has Late Brain\ lying-in: the ■fields in the stook'i ■:>•■ -.-blackened ;and apparently not worth harvestvv,::.v.ing>.after.itsweeks of exposuro to almost con-■■:;.;-w-;-eiroqus I rain.';.;-C-.;.-. i';;.----.-.-?.-''-:-. : ; !■]■.:■.■'■'■ .■..-.■',; ■ /' ..- '^'■r.'^/Al': considerable: acreage "of. swedes, turnips I ;k; v ;antl .rape : is^beiag'sown.in. the Kifitaki &s■.' s:f:- , ::^trict.j.;.OnoVenterprising.farmer'has had ; . 20 vi:;'- 'acres'jstttniped:-:this.-"season,^and;- .the- -whole Sith;i i swed(is.^isV:^O;.;£^.. ; .; ! ;:' ; i;;0 :■'--.' ';:>J ;;^ifr.;ir.'^rist/Vof 'tipper >Stnrdy's ; -road, Kirimachines owing to ■{■jii-vi difficulty.Jin-seburing:milkers; ■■'■::>:k'.■■■■>■■..■ .: ■ , s sjii■ -Vil^^The; ! Dannevirke, A;.:'and,:Pi-"Association : has ipivSfrecoi^ed'i'-'letto , ..'fromUho' : ltinister.for Agri- ;<: t.ff) culturbj; asking;for ajs^amped.^^declaration.. scat-S'i'-lp'ing,;that-the.association consists!of moro than fSJjf ; ,50: membjrs, ;and. otherwiee complies with the fjjsjj; ■;■ Actj:.;When -,' this cis received: him" the. Goy;S r :-|i;ernorr.)Till.;bo .'recommended .to- issuo. necessary' 'fj|.γ-papera' for .tho registration;of ''the ; nssociatibnV

Tie Mowing have been elected by the Dannevirke A.-andP. Association us a Ground Committee ;Tansey, Stuckoy, Averill, D. M'Konzie,- M'Dermott, Pairhurst, Kilford, Cowan, , Graham, D. M'Donald, and tho officers ex.officio..'; . '■:' '■ ■■ - .'.- ■:. ■ ; ,'iOa;Saturday.:; payments -for'.bntter-fat iwore madb'from. the undermentione'd, dairy factories as follow :-Ngaire, ..£2958; Cardiff; : Lbw;garth;:ißlß97... v :.,..:.,.; • ; ■ ..■■■ ;■■ - ; '. ■,■:.■ : Dnruig tho" promoffrig of the Hawera Winter! Show Company it. was suggested , that a good rqvenue would bo got from tho use of the building' as: a skating • rink,' particularly tthafrpart of tho ; building which is. to bo unfloored and used ibr "inachinery..ehibits. ! The secrotary ■ of tho company has now received an.offer ,a year for the use: of tho un-floored;and:bacfc-part!!-'of the winter show property,: together with offices, "for Messrs. Gillies and'.Nalders uso.' The letter of offer asks that the-niatter should be made public,.and adds: 'If-anyono.will.make you a better offer by all meails.jet him ; do -.50.. , A further reason for publicity now is so that the proposal may be placed clearly before: tho shareholders before the annual; meeting and the election of directors." . .:; ; •■■■';.■. ■'.■■■ --.- '.•.■'; '. -.•

■■ One-of the Lincoln' rams, wliich. took a firs) prize at the llawera"show hns been' shorn and yielded; a fleece weighing:42lb;'-'.: :':'■..' \ •'.. Directors of the Dannevirke Dairy Company at a meeting-on-Saturday passed an item'of .aoil for the November-butter-fat ', v : ■ ,No :lcss,:than v 2p(Lbales of wool 'have been' at the-.-Pnhiatua station. ;for the past 30 .hours (said Friday^'.CPahiatua"-Herald"),: there not being: a single cover to protect them in the event ..'of .'rain falling.' This is another : phase of. the,, gross mismanagement 'that-still characterises* the working;of the railways. '■„ . .-..-.• *; ,;. Mr. J. Wingato, of Longburn, who was last Tjeek busy shearing the: hoggets bred from Rom.hey; rams he imported from England, and from ewesilM?<bpllr"w'~o;; Rowlands, :■ -of Jackeytown; reports. that the results" are extremely satisfactory. ■ -Nearly-all the fleeces are over : .18!b.,and jl Epme;ha-sjo / weighed 21Jlb. .; .:,.; , .'i"Mr.''J/'.C.' :Q*bper,i"ohairman of' directors -of f Farmers' /Meat Company, 'says 'sbmd';:3oo"" acres - ' - have .been secured as a' site for the works, and ■ the ' purchaso will be completed not later than January 31. The : directors had written to' Mr. Mitchell, engineer to the company, to'- come.' up, and, in'-■ conjunction with ;Mr. Reakes, Chief Veterinarian, lay put the grounds for the pro-' posed works. "Instructions had also been issued to the engineer to draft plans, and the directors: will .be in a position to call tenders''for •the works at' an.'early, date. ' ... .~: ■•■ , : ~; ;- :| Mand'Kerehi, a Wairoa (Hawke's Bay) Najtive,;, shearqr,; dropped dead on Friday morning while shearing at Mr. Wilkio's station, Vnear Taihape.:;/:y '•;-.; -;■;•" .';,. ':.•:. : -,i .>;....■■,/; -.' Tho Stratford Co-operative Dairy'; Company is^distributing'.ijl9l-, for:,- butter-fat-., supplied .v- •>■:■• .'■ .-The November, outpntof the. Stratford cheese factories increased by about five per , cent a upon' -the .quantity.'oftho '-same month/last year:. Unfortunately,;-the ..price : obtained in London is about,-? per'cent.' lower, ■;. •: '';':?.> ; : ' . ■ ; : The gate receipts' at the New Plymouth agricultural' show;:amounted to XlB2. Bs. 2d.,- an increase of about 'on the previous year... -.'■ vThe• '."Poverty'-Bay.-Herald": thinks it'.is 'no' exaggeration- ; io say. that far greater profits are: being'made -put',-of'.New'-Zealand'-frozen , meat by: dealers, in England than, , by growers in the , :':■;; -.-■. ;"''.: ■'■■.■:■[ ;> >;-j 'i ::-Mr.'; (3eorge" Crosse, ,of Weber; 'has' bought ' Mr;. J. : A.: Riddell's valuable property; at ; Ti:Tree.Point,:;Dannevirke.-.;; ; .-;.-;/ ;•' ;Mr. A.. Campbell has installed af Rauma't'i! the first :milking:machineof the district.' The,Raumati Cheese Factory was only started Mist'-year--6bviously. not,;befbro' it was wanted.;.;, • rSome* Dannevirke, tradespeople aro ('speaking' l none>too kindly:of "farmers' butter/; ■;The Dannevirke' Saturday.:says:—"A paragraph ■ ■ was ■', recently a- published in : the reference-to-the: filthy ■'condition' in which a quantity of this.article was />lied:.to a:local-store. To-day l we J were'-ia-fornied by aiiothdr shopkeeper" that during this week he received from, different people three lots ofybutter deficient: ia weight. It was a,ll made up, presumably, in one-pound pats, but; ■these-were', , th'eV.case'of.one lot; four ounces, short; three, ounces less than' the .'pound.t; and ■-.tha',lHirdi,l6t :required - an" ouDce to'make'the fnll weight. '-Thesiopfceeperi'said ;that ho dared not,'of ■ course, sell the butter, by. the pound, and the only alternative .Jwas-to'dispose.of.it..at a price per pat." liTlio -\. directors;. of; 'the.", Tomaki ; Co-operative Dairy. Company I'.on,'Thursday resolved,-in' regard to its patted butter sold 'for the .local retail •--trade,'.that •in 'future': all .wrappers :bo marked:with a • rubber : stamp; showing the. date on tho:'butter./was made,; so that the retailer and the consumer, can eeo lipw long the butter-has. been:'on the market. .. /!''."'■' -;.'■ : :Pasteurisati6n;.wais'. discussed ;.oa-Thursday between: Mr.;.Thomsbn, -. dairy- instructor,".and the'.',directors 'of' ; the' Tainaki'' Co-operative Dairy;,Company.:-It ■• was resolved' to .consider favourably., the 'installation .of - pasteurisers for the:beginning ofj next season., ..■ ■V- '-■;• .•.',•.■ .''.The'!'North;.British. ;and Freezing Company'.have,'.sold. the : P'uk'etapu- Estate tojseveral -purchasers.'. •■lt is tho intention of aVnumber of these to.'cut up their portions into sniall, farms.:".;..-;.-.;'-'-";.:-- , -':-:'-''' 1 :. -.."- ■-. ,-. '. ..:'•.- At Thursday's, meetiag of. the Napier Chamber. of ..Commerce,' Mr.'" Eustace. Xahe: moved:—, 'That:this chamber can' conceive nothing more' detrimental , to'this'Dominion's, credit than the Government's-land policy; defined by.Dr. Findlay as-." 'the '-freehold .with' the .recurring charge.'" . The chairman, M'Lean, remarked that.ho doubted if the motion were in' order;".it trenched ou:a political question. : Mr. Cranby )rose, to .'a ,point ; of: order that; noticehad not been given; and Mr. ;Lane accordingly Bayo:'notice>for.nexc"m.eeting. '?•.'.".-.•' ''.■:'. .In consequence..of the very- large .quantities pf ohoeso.no.iv , .doming into tho Moturoa Freez- : mg 'Works'ffom'factories.down'the coast: (saj-s me "Taranaki. News").-.it has'-been found neces-' cary; rto-'proiride''iseparate receiving- acoommoiation; for .it- HitHerto the cheeso has been received -from ..the. wagons into the butter-grad-ing room, thus not only interfering with , the convenience of. the graders; but .absolutely stop-i ping their work, for no butter.could be opened in.the cheese was there.' The directors have: now, .decided to .build, a receiv-ing-shed .for''the'dOa'stal cheese,- and the 'contract has been jlet. ,- The building .will J bejrecled alongside: the and: will have re-jeivingdoora-on Uhe; , seaward side, 1 :': the cheese being taken froiu'here direct to the cool chambers.' It is theJntention'of the carrying 'firins so ;'deliver Their .cTifiese at the .works during ihe,night, so;this new building will be a dis:inct!.advantage to .them. -.' -.. : '■..-'■:■■■-. ' Experiment::',-w,heat.,orops; that are 'being »rown under' "of .'-the; llaeterton i T :ond.P. -Association were inspected on Wediesdtty.iby.'Mr'.Baylis/supoiintendent of the aoTernmenf for. field experiments.'.. The plots ire •reporred-.to be in a .forward condition. ' -The chairman. and; two directors of ' the Eltham IJairy Company last week inspected oreameries.in connoctioii , with the prizes. offered by the.company for the best kept jreamory.'. '/."Another'^'inspection.-.-will be; made :ater in the'aitards are "made; 1-general l ' improvement, in the. appearance of :he icreameries^^asinoticed. ; : ..:,-:. '. . ;■■■'•-■

'COIJLI-N IN APPLES AND PEAESA.cortain -,yremedy>is; Sfrift's' Arsenate of Lead. Spray'• after ; : petals of blossouiß ,fall. .Continue at intervale throughout the 'season: