GENERAL FARMING NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 711, 10 January 1910, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS

:• '(Peilding ' A;r"aud&Pl'ii/A'ssbeiatiPn. , hist' we«k Butterford, :L. : , AsiworthV'->-'dt^Hlkj'hittle,';'. iF; ; 'S./-Ainadio, -Palmer;: P;/-ehapiwll,. G. (Wells/ G; : BeU: att4;.Shepb.erd.;•', ,/~ /;/; ' //At Pria%:nigh^s l meetiiiß ; bf' the Feild-: ing-'A.; aid P'.'-Assoeiatibu ! Mr. Eugh-Bnr-;.rell, prosident,;thanked:the /judges. of ■' tlio schboi/gardens, Messrs. 'J./Weightman and /F.,'yv:OLiCthbridge,* for'; tho/ time (they :hi;d: ; givon:/tb;jthp ./.work; "/He'/''Was..' sure /that' v the.''ta^^'ha4/;be«n; i 'A, the president,/was/thenrboiried'by/applause,,'ln acknowledging ; 5 the, vote/.;Mr.. Lethbridge said;that'it; had/been.a/labour of -love, and,.did/,not;; take/sp i.yery/; long.'.', Next year; if'thb'oemniittee'wore "willing," they; ■wouUdJur^ertakb:the-judging again.:// ,l /'•TKei.Feiluing/proposal;-to':have/a !dis/ (play;,of,.milW.ng ; machines-at'wbfk'at-'thb .Bhow has-:been;.met: with (a request, from 'machine.: agents'.-' that;;c'ow's /may, ■be'prc/ /vided/fbr/: them/. Tb/e';:show'autherities" ,are; not. willing ;tb ilp/'tliis.; -■ '/ / / /://,;,;// '/ ; -'Mr.'-S/.E.- : Lane^ep'.has , '.\reitten- l fe;.iUiS)- . Peilding" Aifahd/.P. /Associatibn, (ihg- the;',opip4Pri'''^at-Hbee;escln'sion"'-:of: Surebred/ajiimak .frbm/tto'dasses.; for-. ~ airy/cows lis ,view/cf;,the; impprtahce :.of' the Foildihgi Sliow:':tp;dairy.'stock.;/.The (.-association;:: however, does nbt/prppose ito. "roverse its': decisipn/ i/;;;/// //"'v//// ./>,/- i/;///v '/•/ifr.' D./. Gunn,': who -'has/just:"returned; /to,'^hbiuten'fron^'/Australia//where hb ! -has,; been/'pUrchasihg • lambs for freezing,; "statesythat'.Hhbf average,'price f-fo'r/311b/ jand^Mlb.,'lambsv'is' 75./3d. : te/75.-,6i per : head. ;:^Tho'seasoh:.in• : 'Ans,tTalia" l has':-been/ .a."particularly ::favbnrablb,'/bhe,';''and •'a. ofKthbvlambs: havo bebn-'gpt/pS;un/thisbest'of'''cbnditipn./.',-,Thb': qiial-' ,ity'. r th'is ybair/', ahd/ : are'';iiearly, all .milk-' feed, ■"'•„'(•■.'. ,'■', (/-./ it. A niimber : who : ( went':bver tb tAristralia for' the/shearing, (.there ".have returned,earlier 'than' usvml,: somewhat .idissatisfied'.'witn.' the rcsnlts of /their/trip.';. The- state .that .matters... all ,rquhd 'were far/- from /bright, chiefly ow,irig/t6;. the; /,/; /,/ /,;:.;'.:.;/ ./'A/letter;'f rom'cMessrs/Slack,' Bros.';" prb'dnced a'lively/ discussion at a meeting'of the 'Peilding./'A,/ aid' P.:'"Associatioh on (/Friday,/as to.iwhethepVthp'lamb''classes /worejto.be: : included?far'.. tip pbi^.ts,prizes' clasWibr' 'the:'Qnibell-Ctip/ r vThe': schedule:' stated'/.the, cup ;Twas"':for: 'competition v ''in' the .(.clasEes for": rams- arid /owes -under. 21 months, 'and in/the purebred classes (ex-: ,Mpt;Epraiieys). : /::'Messrs.'/Short, ICnight, Atkinson,/and: 'Gprton /ware . of ;ppinibn' that.lambs;coiild;not be^iholuded.as ewes ,er i'ams:,nhder:2l months.; -Mr./CampV: bell .'proppsod, that 'lambs / be .included/ •This,was (seconded by f Mr.'Eeid.'but./was' losi». /.It. was,; therefore; decided'-ito ex-, ■clude/.the lambs/:/: //'/;':;'-■:/":■■ /// ■,-;;' ■ (During: th^''severe ■ haUstorm/that'/visited; Waikakahi; (Canterbury) a.'week'ago. thb/strip ef/coroitry:. touched/ 'by 'the .shower.;.of- ice/was;about..'a-'.mile ■ wide.: 1 .The? storm,'; accompanied;, by,/ deafening thunder, travelled tetween; Hpdcliffs: and. , : Morveh, ,L 'lasting;/:';for;: oightecn;;. minutes./ /Seyeral.'. f arms,; sustained'.'serious;/.damag,'e, v -espem-Uy'Sthnse.;;V^'ofc^'''Messrs;^''' : C6ske'ne,':' ;Jndge, Allan, and C.. Dicksen. ~Mr.; Cos-" /kprip/expected.'to 'get. a yield of/.fifty, bushels from, his (wheat, ;and naw'it looks' Kke/giving not/mpro than/three'bushels.'/ The. wheat was' fairly green, l and the"ears were, bent and ■ broken down against; the straw.-.'/ Peas/were pulped'.in./tho..-po'ds,i' iwhilb:rhubarb in'gardbns.>was smashed' as' fif. afdray-wlieel had passed;pyef;it.;/At; 'JlxiyA 11 art's there iwas :miich /damage'::to* fruit.'/ Mr./.Eossi''.' .nearer/.:to/.Eodcliils,' sought.to.protect his house 'windows-with sacking,(bnt'.every'Tvihdow;o4.the weathei'/ .side;was/smashed. ,/ /':::,//'/■;///■;/'((/ -The; .has permeated eve'u'( tho/argricultural show .matters. ;At' a.meotihg:of;the-Peilding'Sbbw.Commit- ; tee; last (.week ,a letter was received from f .Mr.'lE;-i 3J Thompson,- stating "that ho had Written, early' last: year declining' to .contribute further to 'the/funds .of theasso;ciation !until/tha /sale''' q{■'.sbrong,'■ drinks. Svas';discontihhed;';As;he;'-;was again asked; fe'r a membership fee, he/theught/tke let/ ter/ could not ,have reached the secretary.; ■"'/■ Harvesting; in/tie sentlii has - been hur/ ried; forward 'by" the-heat of. ,!ast-,;week,; which /ripened'- crops .rapidly. ©In .'some, 'instances jtho-'oat crops aro'in stook. The edeksfopt/seed'on Banks''£eninsula,is not : expected '.'to be so. good': as' was' the 'case last season,' and- some of?thb fields show, ■,a considerable, mixture, of tares-and fog. -The'.seed area/has.:-beenJreduced on-ac-count of the .increase of/'dairying/'and a fear! of. scarcity; of- labour" tb gather;, the : seed. '"/!(///;',:;/;;/^:■'//.:/.( ■'.:-/■ -:- ; '-' ■/.-,/. ;: ,;The ; blight, scare which caused/ Sydney: , and/Melbourne to-place an embargp upou . the "importation '•■ of. Tasmanian . potatoes -has-had'.the/'effecfcsthatlwa'SSpredicted, at( thb time.;/'Tasmanians have/abandoned. ;"the homely,, tuber- to a' great extent and >taken/to dairying.'" The area..of land un-. /der 'pbtatoes';; which'flast; year .was;a.R.ivlß: ,aeresf"has /how; dwindled-; tb'^abput/20,00,0; '.acres.;.. The point"has r an/interest lor :\\ax, Zealand: potato, growers,'/wKo'.might have .feaTed'Tasmaniah.compp'titibn. '.:/.',(',;//