GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 699, 27 December 1909, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

, ".Eocont warm , weather, has been bringing ■'. tho. fat' lambs into the ' Canterbury freezing /.works', in? great numbers in the last, weeks or two,- and-.-in ■ the north. ahW tlie/: supplies are? becoming; veiy ' heavy. Pnni^. 1 Canterbury-'lamb' : i3;said; to' be, worth? about 4d.:Jor-:lbr"f .b.b.j and the prime! North .Island lamb. 3Jd. ;It'is beiiered.v by .some./that: this "price, niay. be maintained : - through .tho.■:■ season. : ,Thp lahibs. aro : now ,of .splendid quality./. ■ ;::It:-will irtterestsour'( sugar-beet; ienthu-■: siasts that the,:noisy; motor-car bffoTS.an'.outlet for'beet .alcohol. .It'does not seem' litely:; that'both■ sugar'and;alcqhoLvmay -bo extracted jfrom the same boot, .since -both' commodities : consist of. the .-'samey-'elements-foxygen,:. hydrogen, carbon—but,: the : 'beet-alcohol:.". industry may forni'a to beet 'sugar.- 'Ini;i , rarice;lasfciyear; 50 .''million'. :gallpni';of L ; ali^h6l'"were..'manuiacturod > and Half.jjof. this-AJras .made, from .beets. Tho' increased : demand -for. motor-spirit.: is stimulating-'.'-the'industry. ' .;■. ■ : -.'; :'Tho Government'; Statist has J issued an'/.estimate. of the Victorian oats crops, wfciph.:b.e places .at 10,444,000'. bush'-; els,'■.:against' 11;124,940 bushels last; year. A\comparison .with; -the ; previpus' , ,, six years.-is;:given. horeunder:^ '''.< i ;V : ;' :■ ;' ; --?:;li"-;')r ; y~i':.^ : ;.i;; wAcres.; ; . 'Bushels.-.'Bushels. ■,■ 433i6380; 13,43495^'' 30.98"i'!' 1904-5 '■ 'L:.. ■ 344,019 ■■■'-■■: 6,203,429 : ; . 18.03-: . 190 M '..:;■.;.:312,052 r. '-■-■7,232,425 : :23.18 ■:; 190fr;7 :..:r..; ; 380,493: r : ; s 8,845,654' .= 23.25 -'. 1907-B'-..41. ,338,749 .' •; 5y201,408.' 13.04 V. 1908-9 ■•;...:;,419,869:" : 26.50 - 1909-10;. 10,444,000 ./■; 23.52."■: "lMy(^-^thaty''a\ ifair-'qnantity-.6f:-';qld.:''oais-'.js- r :stiU-vheld-"-by::fMmore/;experience;':.!ha,vi': : ing ■'_ shown.; the expediency of niaintainL ing•,a preserve ,f rqm year:.to year! against ■;,-'' : %' .-~,./■;,;;"'v.-'./V '■:-,■;; j.V;!-. i-jAccording Jtb.:jthe.-s;Melßourne.:''ArgUs,''i preparations.: for 'therejival of. the ;beet. .sngar;-;industry;;in.,Victoria .ate-' being'!. :p^ed--\ah(ia'd'.-;by7.Mr.{l , .-..'vE.--lee ) : super-; iintendent. :of agricultural ■ fielduwork,. un-\ [der,'ithe■ direction.':ofii.the.'Minister ■ for! I : Agriculture.(Mr.j;Braham); Mr. ■ Lee-is .arranging.'foi''thet'prodnqtion|of!beet.,byj farmers m> a; sufficient'quantity; to enable,l jthe. State-'to-' reopen-:the ( - Maffra beet fa'c-. 'Tory, and he-hopes tbbis." able.'; to organ-' ise a '.■■ scbeme"; by'^.wKich , ' labour'.,will. bo; ■provided'- 'to; thin •"■'■ainil ■'■'top!:-the r beets:for; ■the' fanners- at:'27s.- 6di an ; acre. Two. in-' : ; worfcme'n. ,'frorri :'th'e',.Snlvatibn: ;;Army and- the "Central; Mission, recently.; made-a'-"test;of somq beet, crops, and■ they., ipro'ved , ; that;-they,-could eacli'.earii..6s.Va ; ■ day, at'the- ;'' ;o:-": i '.'■SoUp'iing:: are ; Cst>me\-additional.;■ milk; ; ;pheques'-;'forv;Nbvember.V,(the.' figure.''Aiti ; parenthesie:.'V--rcpresehk- ,; oUastirr.year's' ambunt)-.-Maketawa, J31472'.(£i547),i,Ta-:-rata,,- ,£358 :.'(,&6i)';'. , i Waitiii, - £3m{£Ul); ;:lieppertoh,-i-'^724^(j5730);' Tarikii'; wei26o,' ,:( i emß);;.Moa,'v£33B6 'O:;;-,;<-v;