GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 737, 9 February 1910, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

■if.'TJp' : 'to'! date'sbihe; , thirty^ , ."appiications , . received : ; for -; lnstruction'in :th'o, :.ivool-ciassihg - cpurse'.y,whicli' the 'Welling-: 'tbh''-vTech^cdis'!pSdncanan > ||iTopases\t'aVn-' ■taWish!' , V'' , MittersV.a^^'to':l)ev : put-;.inV : hah(l; at;once and'-'.thevscrmces. of;'a".competent v^ppWlasMr^mU^li.b'Vbli|^eif;a's^ihs^,ucrtor/j?;;AV'.tEe.'.board ihas;'.iip';- suitable',-ac-; commodatioii' :of Jit's ! :'owii'! available, ;■ arra > ngems!ntsiwill;havo-t | ';Ke,made)to make nso jof' a -wool-shed for the: classes,'! and' ! it'.;is. ; lioped; : ;that;donatjpns'pf :wo61;;will. ; ,bD,-f6fthcqmiDg//'The : .'6ircjilar. letter; sent; : t , o.. , ;'the.i : wo'ol-broking ''.housds'/an'the - "qity . has.met with:.a'varying'.response, and it ;is""yhoped-i that .ipracticaly'demonstration' of 'value of theVcouisb'will:result-in "a 1 increase in: the' enrolment. 1: Mr.'SAv...'E:' .:EnsseU,; : of ■■ ■Palmerston', North; who: has for'many, years been a, :'irieruber .of. the \General' Committee , of'. the: Manawatu-A:.'and>j P.: ■Association,' and who is among, the"'.twelve yho.: annually ■ pro: , pose'Vto/istand; for,; re-election' 'this "year, aS'.mltbej'cbuTse' btVa'ifew.' months': he .will' ,be"XpayingVM' T .e^ndM;;nsit';tp'!the^:pid.. .of, crops 'in'the South'. Hilleridfilistrict 7 .are':-reported'vby,'-'the "Southland Times" to be particularly good ;this, (Season, : . and-' ;the; paddock- ",on. .Mr. Thomas',jHazlett,' iunior's.iarm; , should , .yield;:between' 90: and ,100 \ bushels to the •a'cr?^;:.^'i'i-sS";'-. : H^irV^'iX■■■'■■' ''''■'■ ■''■-■ ''Qltie!m&''mmfy:&f&i'-KtunTu , (Bal2)'; iß.u(,ter-,-\EastQiy ■; how*, runs about 73000;. per"day,-; the, , average ,tesfc.boing...about';,3.7, -■ and- 'ranging' from '3.s;';td.»'4.2,v:::;At'Vth'e' : ?;-!'sSiner"' comp'any's -creamery'- , at:ilakom'akofi-lio daily supply :is". : abou^'i2oo;;gallphs",'-"Tlie"last: grade iead;;93.;-or'one' ppintvbeldw the .highest 'grade:;receiTed{by the''Ballahc'crCompany this season.',',- ,-'• '■ ■" ' : 'y'} : ' "■''',-..':'. - ■ :- ;

:;. A; Konini farmer: states-that. the. blight 'is nttacting,; his'■; crop .;of ,turnips: : , (about, 25/.acres)i; '• doiigVpprisiderable-iJdani/ ;ago:'by / thS; rpMS'vtftiSb tv ; ; J y '.;fi "Silvernqpe'jMar.ton,' -wbo' .has; been; .advice-president 'of. the,'Manawatu'A. arid: P.. Association 'diir-! ing;: .the.; - past ■.year, , "■: and ■: was .previously a' member' of the ■ committee,•■ has '.written" to; the -associationi 'intimating', that he' jWpuld.- rather;'not ...be-iiagaini nominated :fortpffice.^;AMjl'^dwdrflil-still;Ytalies'-a--:keen' interest 'in; the affairs': of j.the, asso-. ■ ciation,r but , '-feels ; ,;that., v younger." menshbuld;.:,take}^p..ith'evAvork(; of carrying it

:. JMnuDi.-Eowlaitds, ,qf:Kar'ere'(writes our. Palmerstpn ' correspondent),'. has 'donated twp),stud};'Epmney,' rains; .for; 6ale by aucto'; be devoted'..to! the, fnid'r,foi-."the!.'erection:'of van, annexe for ; consumptive'^;wdmen ; ':at {the P.almerston ■'Hpspital;->: ; ;,;;■.';.•..:•■: ''.;J..<-'; i "-. : --V.'-,'.'....- ; --;.' r .'-:'--" '■ the Tell-known flax and dairy property, of .347. acres;freehold and 160 acres leasehold, somei of the richest land on the Manawatu, /with flax, cutable this year,'will be'6.old at auction-.by'-Dalgety and : Co.; : at ..Palmerston { JSTiorth"on"' Satur-i.day,.-26th:.Febr:uary/i'.'.-The.'<terms/may be 'arranEe(l/r-A!dvti .":' JiJ.'- SJ-'.v,i-'f .'<■■■"•.