GENERAL FARMING NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 730, 1 February 1910, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS

■"■' A':.-!PressV-'issqciatipn .message- from the/dispute/ber ■tween-.tho 'Canterbury,' Agricultural' anil ■'P^6ral;:'.'lial)Otu;BM';-;^JJnion-,"-'and : '.'' : -the' threshing.'mill-owners.' of:'Nortli'■•-'Cantor-" .bnry.j!:was:'before--tlie. Conciliation'Conn.cilv yesterday. .:-',The'; parties iweTß -unable to/coinOiito an"agreement and the- matterivrill,.be:, referred: , to' 'tho•Arbitration A; ;;V_;,:.;■;;;.;<. .:^:-,:^- .;!:■■ Jhe;.new;.season's?grass seed'-Brown 'in the ;Bay. district' is 'reaching: the seaboard, .i All'\the ; "seed—foxtail, l ,: cocksfoot; and'-English"' and vltalian'..rye--i8; of 'excellent, quality;, .the> foxtail,: , especially boing; clean, -'weightyKsecd, -rnnning ■ 'as ■higkJaa^SSlb'.VW.'the.'.eacKi'-'VM-.-i■•■■■',:■■' -■'■'.■

T v farmers, in v.Taranaki iare . now receiv-' ingv2Jd;',per lb:. foritheir::pigs; but. this .lpw : ;prico. does;not" appear; to: make/ any appreciable:, difference ; in ..tho : quotations 'forjhams-and bacon; ■;/ ■■/'•/ : .-x-', '■]■-. :' ■ '.■Eagwort,:'or v ''yellbw/periii" "Has 'made, a'.decided..step, forward in"some :parts'.6f:' ,Taraimki::during,:.theVpnst.'twelve;montlis. ; , Those. :who.'have "it>on. ■ are working' -thejr -are,i:\fortli"-to \copo■ .wittr.tne 'i>est; .;and i '.'its,,'career;.;,'is". at ''pre-'-' ient-.receiving'a'eeyere:cl\eck',>:.but:.it" is .a> ! wcedv.that. is'.said-to thrive ; underi.onlti--. yation; anil, the. more: itiis cutthe; thicker it-grows.'. , ;^--/■/>:../;■■;--"::/:::'■;■''-.:;:■ '■.■:'■■. ■

.;.' : An:.exchange, states.,that 'on- the Blpdmfields estate,'-near;Wpo'dville,{at the'"present, :time .is/td. be; seen:dno: of the- finest ;cropsV6f rape. ever ;grown: in: the .'district;, '■ThoV.acrcfee ,is';aboutVßo, v 'andv'althougn'' "bnly-.'sovm■ about.' sis. weeis,' the ropo.:; is ■'■■:■, ';.(tv : ;': I Our'.- Feilding ■correspohde'rit '-■' states' th at ■Mr.;^;;^E;::;Bater,-of;;Makino; : :>£oldi;l6s ; ram '-.fair last ; : weeK! '. .The. pnces,' ; ranged' : .fom.'ifoar^.to..''nine.'g\^eas > t4wit£'an < aTer-'. ;a:ge'<prftve:'guineas;:'iMr;iß!iker)also:sold a";two-tooth,:stud 'Rorariey.'vYram'j:to ■'Mγ. ■.Hnnt;,:'of .^V'akeneldjiSelson.'Vfp'r'so guin-; eas,'.-and bn^.four-tooth''.stud'-Eomney: ram to 'the.fsamo:<buyer>for..2s'''^

; ■.The.; Waimate' , '.'Witness'' : gives, pafticu-: '-lars:regarding..the , returns.:'-received from' ■dairying- , by, a" farmer on/tneSutbcrlnhd , ■rpad.:r,He:,has:a:farm''o'f';4s'acres, :whicli, i .carries,.; : a. ; :;dairyi:'hefd: : pf.33 ) cows and seven' throjiglioiit the year. ■Jliart'.yeaipithßielnM/irpml'niilk'.flmqMtqi :,tp';'ie447': 3s.W2d.i:?and'rp'igs; , . , ■Realising.. the - total. Tout ,; at ; Tetprd'V.whicfi'./mUv.tftkeysqme.bpatiTig;.Tho.ipresent-, promises: :: ; to'' give'; even \ a Return:-;:' The > cows j .'came-Jin .'.'earlier.:; nidon.;,vbetter,' ; condi-'j :tion ; : i,thp;flow',: bfe;■mUt'-.'ins ;ttore-Kprqlifii!«^. : PorVi^"jiyd;!ttqri«is ; -of, :thissseasqn£-i{from-Si : iigqsfcvh)jiPecemb'er,-' {the^nfflk;:c'lieques:^ye7;t6(ille;d:^2l7, ! :18s;; .;3d;i-,'on : '.a'lO'd;.-a'/poUnd:paymenti ; ercept.■ing.Tfor; tli,.': in',' -Angust.;;.,whilb:ifqr;'-the. lid. , ' :avpound:;paymenj;'t.tKr6ugho.ut," ; : the. ; :t'o'jai •ieU';sh6r.t;-pf;tWa:-smAJtv.bebig-4!1Mi165. : :7d.,:> pf .course; ; i-in/i'orQer/.-to': get. .results.. :SUch._:a3 ; -.this > it; m'aie' judicious.'selections?'in,Et6clc.'and ; 'not to : havb:-:anyi.useless.' cpw.s.'-inV' tho, : fa)rm'er^nas).'factt'r]r; ! /jgcunien& : :'to 'prdyo 'the:acciiracy:'|)f/these>particulars..: ;;,v^.; ;i/Paiaka,/the ".weli-lmown; f^ , Vand: dairy property.. of 347; '. acre s - freehold :and-/ IGO : acres.;leasehpldi; somo- of ithe.;richest:.lan'd pn ithe:,-Manawatu,'-,with:'flaxfcutablertthis. year;.-mil be-sold at: auction.'. By JDalgety'. .and: Co;,,"at Palmerston. North .on-:Satur-day; ,26th/.February .-■-, The r terms'may; \be >;-.' v -; : ;- :i ■]•*{-:;■}')!;. : .--.-.':('.'-';