GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 718, 18 January 1910, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

• Our "Feilding. correspondent i writes^V--in- \ •9™ervto..give(the:r.faitaer>'whor ; «wi!ig : to' - the ;busy season has . neglected to: make , his entries for -tho, local show, an oppor- ' tunity of .doing so. it. has, been decided to extend,'the.time forreceiving samo to Fri;day;'January; 21.: A' large number . of.'entnes havo b-et'n reoe.ived'.duriiig the'-past: ■ feiy.'days.-. .•- Discii'sring .the '••'dairying..; outlook, •: the - manager.of the -Waverley l-'actory expressed ; ion. . tho:.,butter; "market I'arO'i-very'.' goodi'-'Thb' : present price ; to':ss. v per.vcwt. -Tbetter-. than'/the pric<K :: .ruling : at this time, last: year. This heightened ■ ''.considered;:■ 'was;:.partly■';,due , to! thei. '-higher; class 1 butter '.now.Vbeing jniadeinNew: Zealand. -Bast ; year: many-' New,' Zealand, managers put'too much moisture in their, butter.-: xhcy. .were legally :al.'lowed'JG.per.cent:.6fi'.:water,':ivhioh allow-, advantaget ■This': proved;; very"-: detrimental ". to : .;tKeir r abutter,-:,'.and : the' iprico" dropped.'.. He"reckoiied ,tHat"'l3'-per cent. : moisture.'was/ ample:: '.Hevbelieved-Jih ,'dry batter, but. a iebh-' sumers likcd butter- with a fair :moisture ! : in .it, 'as it-could bo.spreiul more easily, .■and'.'.also;;they •thbught.-.:' it'. : . Now, ,'however, vleK rmoiHure:; :is '/'.being used, and enhanced quality and pnccs were the result;' As-to:tho statcmem: that' Australian;'- butter was . receiving the' 1 same;.priM.'as : .inakej 'it -VasJ not:borne;out Vby, prices.:: During past three years" Neir - Zealand ' buttor. liad brbught'-,higher.' values-sthan" had - Austra-. lian.-.. Last: year -the Dominion's" : butter had ..topped , by.: ss.per, cwt. ;.This: : .an.;casy.''first;;pbsitibh'.:jn prices- as against l Australian;' 'siu'e'' to •A:.farmer' at To' Arolia received ; for.lithe;' prodnpt iof i-his' dairy, cows v. - ; for. ohojm'bnth- (November); siys- «g| exchange. 1 .'lt pJniost'.incrediljte. \ For tljeisame, h'.cnth'i th'e localii' factory"-paid'oiit'Nearly" m'eeting': of the frozen meat eonferenco fromii ; 'phristb^nreh,^'.'is' i.to;hav«i^n'Jth'£-tiitSAyfc;7(»isiderW : -'the'- , mbstXcoiiyenient : -'prac(i i.for . the -majority .of those attending. ivirji'v/y:::;" /.'Letters.Jrebeived' in Wellington - from' Homo' la'st':iveek (dated end .of Novem--ber):::state 'that.; the}.'iharket : :fbr imutton and la'mb was still '.very dull,' and that "on-ltfet' aecount-ithe.'strikoV.in! Australia-, ■did not Taffect the. position l yery much.:

The'j;Midhirst .Dairy' Company ."atV';the ;flush " of; the ; ;;,122 ;boxes;;ctf .. daily. '•' ■This - constitptes a record. for the tcb'mpalij.'f4' The'l'daily output- is 115 boxes. : ;v;

\>r Thei'^direotors' "of 7 'tho'. ■;Eongokokako i .Cheese".'Factory 7 . have.'deoided'-to« advance' ;?d. .'per ,"lb.- for ;,butter-fat":for 1 ; the -December supply. The total payment «x----'ceeds. .£650. ■. - ; J V.;