GENERAL FARMING

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 733, 4 February 1910, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING

j'; Mr. W.' Mqntgoriieriei;- ! ; .who. has' ■ been 'stock salesman;'tor the Stratford branch of .thq New loan-, and Mercantile' Agency Limited,'. for. tho last !three.l/ypars;!/^iaS,flSlyeM3XMs',connection' with -that pursue farm- 7 ing. in'the Waikato. " .... - ;: 'X : : Tho "Sydney;Morning'Hefald" of Janu-' ary 2G states that- there are.prospccts of ti good market in Fiji for some time for stockl secoqd:rcdnsignment ofii. dairy 'cixttlei';. as v well ! as %orlSi 1 ' ancPflraught: horses,-.-is now. being got ..together in Vic T . torin. X-': ( " XX' V -'l- : ' X'.Thfe.appointment, is.'-gazettedXof.- Mr. -WilUani'.Demps.tey Sho\ybSn>i!M>:R.y.V.S.,as Van," inspector ''.undcrXthe M - Stock •'' Act; 1910." -: . : X', . Potato crops . throughout, the HoroyUenud'.'ai^ietX'iHiVrepof^d''!to' be .seri-. as^a.-result of the'-recentXw'et' , foriu'ed.HlleXXCh'ro'niclc'';;,Jlsat '.liis-;:eiitire ; crop,v'-cbnsiMing-;-of4some Xis-acres, i--was practically ruined. .-' :_ ' Gurteen ,Station, in Weber Counly, Hawke's Bay, has been sold by Mr. Riddell to Mr. L. G. Cross, of Kelvin Grove,' in the; same, district.: Mr. 'Riddell leaves. . shortly;ou a trip., round .the' :world..-. continue '.toXchange hands at good' prices. Seven acres on-the Bankwood. Estate'were sold-a few weeks ago -at? .£'loo. an acre, wlyilo the. "Waikato' Argus" understands that a , farm of ; under; 900 acres in the ■Koroniatua'..Valley : found .purchasers at. over iivo figures.

. There Is; considerable : comment among farmers aridotliers interested inithe grain trade.atV'the -non-appearance of the crop,: rcturn,"'which -was "promised' would bt; issued sbyi.tlie Department ofl-Agriculturo"; in Jariuaiyi.v -r, -■ ' -■ ■' ■ Mr. S.l£.'.Xancaster,',of I?alm'erston, vwill'. judge the'purebred sheep at~ : tbe Pahiitua Show.-- Mr.' A; Peters,. of Dannevirke, lias been'asked; to. adjudicate on the iat stock. The sale is reported of the balance of Mr. .Henry Gaisford's. Kauparo Estate, in : Hawke's,'Bay to' Mr. : James Bell, of BlenheimVv; Mr. Bell is understood also l,,to';haTeflpiirchased porty:' ati'Petane. . _ '"X v'-' f v :>> i •y'Mx.<'Bray, of the .of..Ag-' <i'icultufe,-,.w1i0. Ls ;in';:the;: Hutt . Valley ii; connection with; the supposed outbreak of bee disease is reported- to have so far. discovered'traces of nothing'more tban.. foul.brood.. - The "Wairarapa Standard", reports, that: on Monday three fine two-year-old pure-, bred' Clydesdale colts were railed: from' Featherston for. shipment ~to Australia. Two go'to Melbourne and one. ; to Queensland,. tlie .latter to be-used for breeding "gunnery" horses for export to Imjia. Two were bred by. the Donald Estate, and tho other-by-Mr. <Q; Donald, and' all were sired. by Bonnie Laddie.This- is believed tio bo, the first time young draught- stal-, lions" have: boon bought -in, the Wairarapa for . export, "and it -is stated that there is some probability of a regular -trade being.opened up with Australia, the buyers being particularly pleased with their purchases.

Unusually: small business is reported to Ije doing in .'farm''and .station properties in the . Wellington.,districts-it the- present time. Would-bo buyers are plentiful enough, and properties are in demand, but tho difference between the views of buj;er and - seller ,as to value ,is. in most cases much too- considerable" for reconciliation to .be possible..' . / : At: Tuesday.-night's meeting of the Palmerstqh Borough Council, Councillor Stubbs, who is chairman of, the Reserves Committee, .stated, that lie was disappointed at ,the : price obtained-' for the wool on tho i sports grounds. Tho quantity—soolb. from dO ewes—ho considered :highly, . satisfactory, but, lie had quite, made up .his, mind that the price would bo about. 10d., and it was quite a shock to him . when lie found, it had only realised B}d.,. However, they had. the lambs to. tho good. 1 ; These -would'soon bo: ready to placo on--the market, and. the council would, make a,i good, profit out of their Shcepi.business.v Paiaica; the 'well-known flax arid dairy property-of 317 acres freehold and ICO acres leasehold, some of the.richest land on the Manawatu,; with -flax, cutablo. this year;- wiH''.be"sbld at' aiietion by: Dalgety and Co., at Palmerstori North on Satur-day,'-2Cth February. The terms may. be arranged.—Advt, TO GET RIO OF PENNYROYAL, 1 A VAGUE QUESTION. , ~ : A . correspondents-writes--..from Glen '''.'the easiest and 'most ■effectual means of getting.rid of ponny- ■ royal," but fails to give any particulars of what;precise-aniount--of- this weed he character of country it is situated. Pennyroyal can bo got rid of most effectively by cultivation.. If it is'growing on a hillside, or on' land that. cannot be', eultp'ated, tho boat plan probably 'would be grub it out.' Should the correspondent wish for a more detailed answer, it : will be furnished if iho wiU;,supply^t|i£ particulars [.Dieationcd! aboyel'. '