GENERAL FARMING NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 736, 8 February 1910, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS

•The meml»rship'.. of .tha Mysterton A. and P. Association has -now- reached the.: substantial.total of 812. The'.? "Stratford..--3?ostV.' .-gathers that South"Taranaki settler's;are to be waked, lipt to the'? fact''that'-the'-Noxious AVeeds "Act"exists, ;and a. number bf prosecutions foi^failing' to destroy-ragwort will take plaefi immcdiaiely- ; • .: ; : v : Over twenty '.itbns ..of grapes ■: are ' expected to. be'' taken". from the vineyard 'of Jir. -Ijumb. -at 'Manaia, this season. : • The tenants on/;the, "Kauroo Settlement, in Otago, are'harvesting ; their first , crops this season, : and have eyery promise of satisfactory returns.. , r . . '■ - Harvesting 'is - how-, general in the Maheno, Incholnie, and Kakanui districts of Otago;. and tEe prospects are much, -better now than was hoped for a few weeks ago.' The recent rains have ensured-an abundance 'of -winter. feed,: ; nnd .the turnip and rape 'crops arc 'locking' exceedingly: will. At .Totara iUr. MacpHerson has a crop SF .wheat, whiob is expected ."to yield CO bushels'to the acre.. . . J)' Says': the":'-"Kaik'oura :Star";—The' crop' ;'of -barley: grown .by Mr. S.' Andrew, at Fernl^igh, ; threshed 51 bushels to t)ie' aero : for, '70 1 acres." The. grain is of.-ex-'cellerit quality,\and is evidence of what cereal crops can /.be," grown here.. ' Were local-.farmers- more enterprising : at .this of"'the. yoar -tho local steamers "should be . hatches'.viull .yevery . outgoing trip -n-itli such prpduce,': -.:. ( - ■ Cheese .'from CartertoiP'district to , the nurab«r.i ofi 982' -cases J is'- being consigned Hoine per Corinthic. Towards this; total, Dalefield he'hd6 the list with 400 cases, Belvedere-200,' Earkvale .i 92, Taitahi -160, and Longbush 30. ,- ... , The. dairy industry in Fiji, is receiving, a greatmove, onward by. the. introduction' of,;a..heW'of'3B'JineiAyrshire cows, .which arrived' in. Suva'bv the Manapouri to the. consignment of• one of - the kings-; of Taviuni; - Mr. H.' X. Tajte: . Mr. ■ Tarte, who, with', the cattle, is being taken on, to .Taviuni by : the Manapouri, .proposes to -.establishan up-to-date butter,-, factory •at.Vuha Point. The entire venture will: be unfler. the. management of . Mr. Warden. As the 1 cows*will come, into milk in March no time -will :be, lost in- getting affairs in 'order,' and!;iie-. may,: expect; (says the "Fiji Times") in a few-years'; time to.be exce«ding . Queensland in buttar produc-

tion).as wo do now in,bananas. ; &'p.taini.Moss, ; ,has received (advice that' the ton l shipment of-.ihe ,'h'eliaiiti "fodder, plant, with which he" intends to experiment in;,-the 'Dominion, left - London . 011 January "14; and "should consequently"' ,ar.rive here ; about, the end' of. the :: current : ,m6nthy;;ArTahgements'iave:been made .by wluch.a''.'plot:-6f :.the,'tubersiwill be-planted, : in,.; the •North , Island- ;; pumice country. From . the- r-xpcrinipntsl inade ' .with 1 ' tho •plant; wfAlgeria; ■ .Captain-«-Moss'' thinks there-is every prospect of-;it taking well on pumice land.^

The Wellington ; Technical Education. Boardjproposes : this year. 'if a sufficient number;of (iiupils-:comes forward, to.give instructioh in- pol-classing.;'' The'board

is" ati. present engaged,: in ; circularising .'the' various'.firms 'ehgaged"in'tho. wool trade iri order\.to' asde'rtain, whether. mem-. bers of theiri.staffs swill be. attending.. ■ ■There is reported locally to be ansun--usually poor demand•• for.'grass, seed" at 'present; Merchants are holding .'considerstock,, .and- aTc waiting for. the - far r mere;.'.to',do v their' burning.'■ The 'burns ma'db.' so ' far are stated" 1 to have pretty generally 1 and : the season promises,- unless ' ' conditions . im- • prove considerably, to bo a pretty dull one.' ■"■■■■ ■ ! " : ■

i Paiak'a,' the.: well-known'; flax and dairy property, of 317 . acres. freehold and. . 160 acres'Jleasehpld, some''; of/the; richest land onHtie'.Maiidytitu, '.witKiflax ctitable this year, '-will: be, 1 sold.'ai Dalgety and •; Go'.V''at"Palmerston 'Niorth c on f Satur : day,' 26th v February * The', terms; may •: be 'arransed.—A'drt: ' '