GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 741, 14 February 1910, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

.;..' vis '.I: mentioned /tie /other.-; day ' (writes dtir. Palmerstoncorrespondent)';:'theV-'dcf'.'! BttucttoiiS;oKtte : ;iM'ttfir-bbk\\factory:-i-at..| Eongpteav 5 -has,v; caused ( : .'a'-, considerable' amountAof .of /tho/, ;b'iiitflfffKbtbrTes".' which/? were//;" obtaining/ /their./sup'plies f,i;bm.,the: factory.destroyed going -to, jir-is lriq'st: difficult.-tp:obtain;boxes ito' ■ factories ..'with wtiich':;/they.;;-had ■'- already 'made.;contracts.//;;:///://;.;: ; •;.•':■ /■//'; ■■:.V-V"' : '';'!■', ;' ■ Ttie /./'following; have;. ;.beeii-rnominated.'.for'-the' twelve'.'vacancies ~'oii, -jthe; Ge'ucral_ Committee; of the ■ Manawntii, which >V' the: ''olectionStaics/place J ,at .the , annual ■:meet-; : ihg'on March? 12':—Messrs.-'H.' J.'i'Booth',' .l i 'eilding; : W..J.;Bircl); Marten;-.C..Duhk; : : Palrncrston • North; 'Jackson,■ PaK 'racrstori//.North;.;:'S: r , ..G;'.;/i;Jounneaux,, ' Palmerston. / North; : . : .'Si;:R.; Lancaster,■ iPalmersten;. .'.North;' .T.'. / Lancaster,: :Palmera'ton'.:'Nbrth; ; /H..''i-'T'.': , ".- : Lethbridge,; •Palmc'rstbn''North-;F.':S. : ;ligiae',:r'PalmerA: s'tori North;'W; M'Kcnzie,' Palmerston I North;.-; ,J:;. .MTielvie, -" Carnarvon;?•''. IV. I Robinson', 'Himitangi; '/S: ■ Standen,"./Fetid- ; Zing; vT..;E;,>Willis, .Greatford./ v';//' ; -V ,"'■;' ['XfSays the;anriual tho VMana-; watu ■ A..:, and , -P. Association:—"The scheme; offarmers'..' experiments -' initiated by;''the'''Department'-of;.Agriculture has. .been; place(U, l 'bef ore " farmers. in.' the: dis:trict,'aM.it/is. satisfactory; to; report that Citable .'experiments-'haye/been selected; /andiput/in -hawl.//iFor;. ; the;'advance of. general .knowledge in the raising of. fodder' /crops'-and■'•increasing the/fertility.'of:.the ; : soil,', it ;is: : hoped.; that-others, will offer ■to. undertake the •experimental work.'V : ; : . -;Paiaka,';the well-known-'flax-and dairy, property;;; of ■■; 347/ acres /freehold .and Vl6O ■acres leasehold, -'some' of. the/ richest land on"the'MEnawatvi,;'w'ith':flax' cutable 'this year,: will: be sold 1 at auction ,"by Dalgety and Co;, 'atPalmerstori-Nortli on'-Satnr- : , dayV ; -26thvFebruai7'i;-/ I .The:''.termß/.may,;'bß'. '/irrahsedi/rAdrfc ■■'■;■/.■■!;■/:',.v;';.V;v.V: iv ,-';'/;;'./'/':;/