GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 725, 26 January 1910, Page 10

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

'iAsT'an OTtrariio of .' .ttbS frequent lain iUiis'3seagbuV!asta^;^ds"along the Eost : Coast:are:sh6OTng a- rpmajk"ablo .flush of grass..' llefcrring ;to .kiveral "largo: stations .beyorid a' well-known' drover "stated.^tb.'a: reporter 'of.' the i.'jHawke's .Bay •'Herald"?that. ho;yliad "never,j'in'.'all the '. years he 'had .'been' on' ; "the i road ' seen such a remarkable"; growth on; fern country and-Aof' natiya'■.■ grass'.•-.■Bush 'lands along ;tho;coasti.weW.'.'runnihg ; :right away; set-tlers'-had : the'fstpck:to:kocp, it" down. "One ' tiungi -5 however, .was" notable, and that -was: the. absenco'. of substance in' the grass. As a, result, stock were fattening ' slowly.:v.'This ■ .'jwas;; apparent especially .with; lambs, '.'and); instances'::wero given of and 1500 had last year been secured ; ready .:for freezing on the first cat,': not. half-a-dozen were 'ready for :'.tho ; wbrks>tliis year. What sheep-farmers ireqnirq.vh'e.'adde'd, > is: a;, good : dry '•■spell; iotherw3se".it.-is .pretty . certain.' there will a}hcavy;.mortality: amongst- lambs 'and hoggets from the. worm trouble.' j'vAt; a' meeting,last week' of the' Tarahaki Provincial- Esecutivo.i of ,11m ' Farmers' Union, the necessity-for steps,being taken ,to have.: wool, .'graded, .-incidentally'• came up ' for: consideration. Those' present agreed; that "it -wouidbca good thing to;have -a ' standard :grade 'for'; wool,: but . tho:question;V.was: Ccruld;,this<:bc: done? Jt;was','admitted.>that- ; there, would be a 1 : in^'grßding.';, : ibe .wool :in bales l .owing; to \the: fact that there were. of^ten■times -. some' tirenty - different, ' gradesi, in 'one : bale. : The : grading, apparently, would ' havo.-to . be carried i out .'before ...thel.'.wopl. was'-'baled: * '. --; :.

The: supplies of. dairy produce coming •into the: ew ; Plyni'ontli. and: Patea grading works as yet:show-no sign- of diminu--V... -pairy. Factory Company have sold .their output ;of cheese (including .that which has already; been .shipped). 1 price .is not .disclosed.

~-.;lnsome' parts : of-Southland: the .very, _on 'the turnip crop. -Grain crops are well out, ill* ear, jand under- present conditions . j-: --..0. - : .- &•• ■ Bcaal^^Peninsnla.-.A; ciatioris- shdws .in: its!; interim • balance-sheet ance; of*.., receipts - ••••over expenditure N - of £UK33:':8d:? : ;-

At—' l is ' csti^at e d jt}iat'.'' the -.oat ; crops ; in' the Masterton ' district this, 'year -yfli; be, to fifteenbushels per '.'acre .lighter than>;they' were, last year.-v' '!• /-•