GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 700, 28 December 1909, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Wellington '."wool-sale;- next: Monday '^January. (3).v -Napieri.wool: salo;-.'3annary i.o-,*»A .movement' is said :to ba on foot .among ;-;:the members' Of' tlie '&hoarers' rTJnion to fc/.', Parliameutary'irepiesonta-. : tiob at tho, next general election. - j 'yv/iThe :days f of; good' shearing cheques still 1 axist - A young jesident of Manaia re-i;;i.;.-v;turiied'froini the East Coast after a -"run" ■ of ten - weeks'' shearing :■ for a total of menv.thousafcd-sheep :with',£7o lnv-wages. -.. ..Mr. (J. Gramdlor, oni3 of fclio fa-sti'st ; BneArors'?i.the ,i Dom mion, . .bomg - anxious .' to test the, efficiency oi electrically-, driven:' machines, 'shore this season at Air.. atom W: Caatlo's:-Waikopiro shed.; He is: inoro than satisfied with ,tho; results.'.'On'onoi ' day ho shore '211 sheop m 7\ hours, i> : v,.*:,v 'rhis . year .been a . good . shearing : tjear'in South.Tananaki. A well-known Tuipcrohenui farmer has 6honr 900 crosaDweri, the ileeces-oi' which .averaged 9jlb. In, addition he secured 98 per cent. / ot lambs.' For the first time in his .- .'. '■farmmg operationg he ■ has docided this' :;;s v.yealr; to sell his wool ;in ; Wellington, say- " .-llig that il' get. In New Zea•wvland it wouldv bo /better .than'. receiving 9id. at Home. 1 A Masterton shearer, Mr if. Bristol, :i'i .'■: who a f6w, days- ago: shoro 231 . sheep by •; ? machino -ui. 8} -honrs,> appears :tor.bo a ifairly. consistent worker. • -±lta record, for - V - - three ' days, , each - of >8} 'hours, ■ is> as follows -211, 231, 232 Somorexcellent croDS ; .t3f'-oat!i : are . just ■ vi! now being.'. cut ,011 >the Marfaia: ;by., Air. Tv- id Vrank Price ■ (100 'acres)'■and-vMi'.:: Alf. ; Tinsley.;(7o.acres). - Adjoining-'West Bush tK'" Uoad, Mr. i'finsley has .a twenty-acro field si®,::. bf- :;cleanvgrßwth l i>ndisjlehilid ' : appcaranco. ' Somo ot 'the crops of .Messrs. Perry, Eayner, and Brooks, of Taratahi, have suffered from caterpillar. i -.s'Si'.i At .'Mr;. - station, r Manga--V':' toro, IG2O Romncy-Lincoln-croas sheep - were shorn and produced-45 .bales of clean v: fiqeco : wool,' which was -iv'cll' skirted. The f average per head was 12Jlb -. . dates for thelfawera .Winter' Show, would be Juno 11 to 18. ( -' , s.«A;A', shipment of stiid-,sheep, , which 'has /-v-prises ono very. choicely-bred andtypical .Southdown ram, jiurchasod by Hr.;E. N; J3ealey for Mr. C. Adeane for service in ' his stud flock invNeV Zealand:' and five . ram lambs- personally-selected., for . the, - ' spine , bteedor ffom itho.llomnoy-- Marsh flock of Mr. A. Finn,'.of Westbroko, Lydd. ?is reported that.'-a most Asuccessf ill !':v-,.canvass:has : bc'en,;made.:of''tke- Rawer a districtifor /shares' farrtho'-PateayFreeziiig Works. Practically the whole of tne' . 1 shares (says■the Ifawera "Star") have boen applied for, and it is proposed to ' : .the'm ■ if - possible. -' It *IS satisfactory to note that u largo 1 : number of snares have been ■ applied ■ for ■ ontaido 1 the >, district. A... Jargc .-. number > ' (■ of settlers have .urged.thedirectors to go in for bacon curing works, and the matter will bo • considered whon the directors meet. It .is. urged;- that; Patea would 1)0 an ideal place, handy to - rml•':way and: port, , and.-as there-is -already a treezing plant and manure plant for treatment of 6IUI, farmers could start :' i v works^much more cheaply by - increasing the capital of the freezing company.

ji-lliß trouble oxpcriencod owing to .the ' 'lack; of. a' specyu-stock tram over tho ■ Main Trunk lino-', which could tako the . stock' .through quickly without the proi ] sent serious delays, .is, reflected - in a . smaller . degree; in Hawke's Bay, where i stock. trains from Vr oodville, booked for ; : Napier,- aro -held. at .-.the JV'aipukurau ■station for. five-; Hours; . Commenting .on ' the state ":of.faffair?;;the.. "Hawke's . Bay- ( Kerald" sayy I .—"Tliis.isparticularly in: , jnrious.to shfeop and lamb?, which, while : standingat huddle together.'at : bhe'Terid { of i the:' sheep 'pe'ris , si*' ' . tightly packed. that onco they get down 1 ;they are likely, to and; at times do'suf-. focate. While the train is on "tile move; the- continual'bumping on-the rails :keeps ; tho shoep moreVevenly. distributed., "Besides; from' a humano point of view, the : Department are!■ not ' justified in keeping ; stock at one pqint for- fivei hours at .a ' stretch in the hot weather, which .is' (it present- being Oh 1 the" s(iut)i 1 line/vw'e /.areinionried,. matters ■' are even , worse,-;aa stock' for Wellington . are. kept. . waiting, for.-about' three hours at; WoodV : ville; ;and : jhave'another'wait of between three and! four . .hours at Palmerston": : Surely better arrangements can .be made, ' seeing the important of the industry/to' , farmers, freezing, and buyers;" ' ■; .Wainiaraniara . settlers" (Hawke's Bay) i aro complaining that, though they took i up their land ;fromV the 'Government un- ;■ der a, distinct promise that a road should be built through the estate, tho road- ' making has been stopped, and they ara at , a'great disadvantaje : in'getting out .wool; They have'six wool wagonsin use. , Mr. 6. P. Donnelly placed his ; shearing sheds at thoir disposal. "\:= : ■ The erroneous.statementthat the Gov- t enimßntV .harast- estimates'.were bn'ifigures; supplied "by,: post direct from- , the farmers, which was recently published ( in newspapers, at Christchurch and Pal- . imerstoh North.has now'been repeated in' a'■'Masterton'newspaper. '''.' ; ; Mr. I". S.' Giddcns was tho successful . one' of >two applicants last. Wednesday ; forV ci block of .ffi acres of first-class land \ ron'the'iCarringtpn: settlement'. ' V ' ; '/The president - and of ""; the: Pahiatuai-Aiitio" I A. an(l P.-' Association , are preparihg; : a'list of judges to bo submited. :.to-tho.-:. next-meeting, v They (will; also present :an-.' estimate ,of the,, judges- ' expenses,. .7 ... 7 : V ;7' ''7 : . Tho actual 'resoiution .paSEod .at the.'ret centmeeting'of Napier brokers and/anc-; tioneers, on the subject of "trotting" .at sales'was: "That bogus bidding: be,! riotallowed at the sales, andthat the various, ; brokers give, their, respective auctioneers' . written,instructions to that end/' i Dr. Noonan's .'.imported Jersey cow ; "I'ury," for,fivhich lie paid7B ;guineas,','.; has this season dropped, a; heifer calf, for which' two' offers of 30 guineas each' have been received and refused. "Fury",is s 6aicL : .to'have tho longest pedigreo in New Zea-* ; land. ' Her highest; 'betin :':,8.4,' ; Another of Dr. - NaonM's.iberdi' a old heifer, called "Beauty's ; Sweet,"; hadt , her bull calf sold to Mr. Joseph Mourie, • ■ when only one week old, for -£25; Dr: : , Noonan has great , expectations from a V -.' year-old haii-sister to - Girl;!''. ■ iler: name Us f "Granny's .Cherry."' . ,-:Ah: 'un,usnal number,: of carpenters and, 'other '< amateurs {witKv/blades'' 'are; ■. said ,to havb been seen at work in shear.-.' ing -sheds this seasonj': owing > to the. trad'e 'Mr. Sam. 1 Wood, 'instructor'' in wool-. . classing' in Hawke's Bay,: reports that th'e ; classes: will ,be resumed early"in 1 the, New ; Year.: Ho acknowledges gifts' and promises of' wool'* from -Mr.* John -Hblae'n,- i Tikokino. two balcs of mixed ' 'fleeces; ; Mr. G. P.; Donnelly, .one bale;: Mr; >T. ' Whelcli, ; Xjako station,' l-fadge of select. , fleeces i- Mr. J. ,W.' Harding. -Monnt W.ei-, '< 'non, l bag of select'Eomney fleeces';' .Mr.. ' R;-. D. D. M'Lean and Messrs. Douglas;.! .T4 vllahanga, : .'promises -o£ ; quantity of' • personally congratulated by American and, Bradford.' buyers, who attended tho Napier Bliles,' . on-the, and tho improved get- ,1 up of certain' clips that had come under, their, inspection whilst-, valuing, tho pari ticular clips i referred -to ; having been .;Classed';''by:>pupils of. Mr.;, Wood's during ' season;- : "i ■ 'lfMr..'Ait^r;:^'^thuf;;who'.was; : at:one, ;timea:: Scotland, -has ' (says: tho'. "Otago Daily Times") a. ' Californi'an i tests,'and;whichj unlike its .predecessors; .has.* thev to tueV.oK liitial'i. cheapness.;':.At" 'the''pr'esent timo : ' thg Acri'cultural 'Department is testing ithe efficacy.-of tho' preparation'. ,