GENERAL FARMING NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 698, 24 December 1909, Page 10

GENERAL FARMING NOTES.

'•* - •'The largest 'load of wool to pass through-the. Ifalsuri Gorge arrivedm Pahiatua yesterday. ::v- • Tho > consignment, whichcomprised 25 bales, • was driven by W. M'.GtifEn,: and came from • the Range Road Parni of Mr. A. Dickons', near , Pongaroa. At 'thel'ilangatdinoka chceso factory; (writes 1 ■ ' our Pahiataa correspondent) - the: daily supply of milk is now 2700 sgallons,, the largest amount ; in. any. one' day this season- be- • ing 2760 gallons.- It is pleasing to. note..that V^;Hheivdai^.'fafnierXis : .now:/talung : .'more; pains with tho caro of his milk, and delivering a ■r'ii %^-ingthat' so 'farSthis'season'only>two;cansiof -V. milk: have' been refused. Up to - the present all first-grade-cheese .has manufactured," -: tho highest grade being JOi.-.i-The -highest- test i-vl.k is ,4.0, while the ■ avoraga runs -between 3.6: and t j-• ! 37, and tho largest supplier, whose cheque for November's I milt : supply,;.'amounted' to ?i!69, ; is'. 16001b.\ibf f qilkdaily-. ..I,On' ®-S;WWetoesdayilast .a. record; shipment of j225 .cases ! ' of chcese-,-. about 17, tons,'was : railetl away. The ■ suppliers now delivering :to..thu factory num- • jber 65. SHwv^jHalfii^^illionVpoiridsftworth:'of•.wool was ,- exported from Jncw Zealand in' the - first fort-, night of December. ; Sir. E. Clifton, dir'ector''of/,«periment farms, iormed'back.on AVodnesday from Chnstohuroh, Kvwherb: he had paid!:|a ' tural College. 1

NITRO-BACTERINE. followsi—"A. ; crop i of oats grown. by llr. J.' Wmgate, of Slanaia, has 'seemed to. demonstrate; lor • other than •,. '• ; leguminous crops, ! the value of of tho seed beforo i'o'pittwas. at ;made IB- Appearance v groundi~:and ! iiart after.-Ttyiiad ait: fi;j.tamed.-'a .'month's growth; ll The; crop ' hasynow. : %^s?toi>iory<i^;Jjy/^r. v i3|lliiig(bnr* : states V. -that.it .was one, o£;the finest he• had ever ■ seen.; ! ;X r X*he portion 'treated , after a month's growth \..- ..'7:{ho says) appeared.to have• thrived best.. It an' Exceptional;: crop; and'ho.estimated tho yield at between 70 and 80 bushels to the aero." Mr. Wingate adds'—"l may'state that Sli. Bjlhngton 13 a son-of-arespccted' settler, and is, now engaged ' harvesting , difforent- farmers' i Mv :^P®>'l:®®^w'bM; l had* ; a i life:long'-.'ex^ficnce'-ot .''.yields; of - crops. ; farmers, will ■ soou lx).. con-efficacyyof-this' culture Jand bene-'' v fit. by its uso. No- manure ; lias given such h;{;-35#;direOt i;;and .ygaod , i:used yon : of ''ce'reiils, 'orvlegu-; 1 ffijnous plants, orchard trcts, etc."

,< , THE EXPORTS. Tho official produco leaflet,, stating. tho cx.tn.'i.:- ptots of produce from ■ Now -Zealand during v; ; .the first half of December (ending December 15) shows tliat tho chief totals were as follow:— . /V; . - Butter, 25,767cwt., jCllfi, 153;' cheese, 27,113cwt, X7WO9; beef, 7HBcwt:, .£8780; mutton, 15,007 csfrcasses,.£ll,Bsl ; lamb, 3312 carcasscs f ' e £sso2j wheat, 24 bushels, £6;, oats, 37,618' bushels, £M3G; othor grain, ctc„ 1G.G70 bushels, <£23!)2: potatoes, 3 tons, £20; hemp, 829 tons, .£20,281: to% 117 tons, .£835; rabbits, 12,232cw t, JCBH6- . kauri ; gnra, ' 4"8 tons, JE37.332; hides, 3802 ~: ■ .£4,780; skins,' 476,176, J337.461;; tallow, 489 'tons ■ timber, 2,814,773 ft., .£11,571; wool. • .£440,712 i gold,. 17,6790z.,