GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 747, 21 February 1910, Page 7

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

'• The'Himitangi- correspondent 'of 'the' , fManawatu Standard'-' ~ s tates!", . that."^tha' ■ very/'muggy, in the, i , potatoes and v rust- in- oa,ts;-.-.: *". ; .: i:f- ? ,-,- . ' W^ahe'rsbroughtrecord 'prices ; at thf loaii ; and Mercantile-Company's- 'sales' "at Opiinake. : last week, ordinary lines that lash yeas' for . or 8s! ,riis-, : »fi>F as.-high' as 355.,- aid.' special" lines, . .with: : a,- strain •> of Jersey i blood : in" :'them ;. running over-.£3.)' . • • ■ y The'miHif fnpply rtp the Masterton. Dairy Factory, is slightly on the. decrease, whilst ■ the proportion of butter-fat .to milk is , increasing. The factory-just' now is tumping; out ;between 80 and SO'boxes-of butter, gpr jvf«k. r .. • v It is stated - by, (he Sydney '."Telegraph''," Lord. Kitchener ''is tjusing, in ,"his : . visit?tb~ r edch'of the''Austrian-States,'-a' ." special iriteresfc'in' Ausfcraiian horseJireedV ing.:"-It,;>is' expected .bymilitaryofficers. ". that.: theV oiitcome, .be' ai lspecial .-recommendation by: Lpjd Kitchener to the' Imperial authorities 'to .'establish"'a .'good of ■ both Indian Vahd amv ' reiiuirement'sJ.?-' 1 ' -v:,AtvtEe time'of- the''recent'-'rain -that'" ; damaged - 'grain oansiderablyvv a"' North • Canterbury farmer sold, his. wheat, standing in'stook a. grain: buyer'at 3s. per '. bushel," "a" condition ":being" that "the" far~ ; mer"was .to stack' the-grain' for .-two months.;;.-The cmp jis estimated.- to.'yield .. SOuO..bushels, and .a. good deal of interest ia .being ;'taien" in' tho 'residll' of the'dciL In. North' Canterbury, .according, to ;the " 'Trefej 'been': harvested in splendid -order,- and the staoking has been : iwell' dono: in." case • of any further .; break: the."weather. : In exceptionai. . cases the < grain has: suffered , little, .but - generally, -while. the wheat is now .hard and- dry,._the grain has about it.'unmis-' "takable' of thd risk fo*'Which it" was subjected; Threshing \ high .return, anticipated-up .to the sec-' . ond ;week ;of January, .but vrjio eipected a total-loss atto that-period are much gratified:,to:.fin<) \that;ithe . ' cheque.will stiU.-be a.'gqod iteii.,in'the farm' banking acbount.' i. - '?• The Winton 'Co-operative' Dairy. Fac-. : tory is now receiving over IMOO gallons of /- jnuk rper; ;l day. : Last month, .-.£1200 i was 'paid out.in'milk cheques to suppliers.. .'. "i. v The': milk supply -at ;'the Mauricaville Co-ojjerativc.: Butter.'Factory, and' .Cream-; ery, runs' somewhere about 1500 gillois daily:'-- ; In- this height of . the season"l2oo gallons"''was received daily,, at-the. factory in ilauriceville from- . 22_"suppliers,,and 500 gallons from 26 sup-" -.. pliers at the creamery at Hastwell, making,a .tetql-of 1800 gallons:;; .The.highest test at the. factory .at, the. present time is. ' i.7, and: tha'. lowest 3.6, ■ the'bulk'of tho sflppliers abont' 4, r 'Aboui -the'' ssfme quantity"'of butter' has been manufactured. 'this .season,...as for the -same geriod of last season. A':farmer who has lived for many years in ■ the 'Ashburton county . has expressed • • the ; opinion that the -harvest has never previously carried out ; so quickly.' Crops,.in,-the .Supper.; districts., are. , not .. threshing! o.rit' io.'well-as was eipeotedi' tlie tallies of several' mjchinos among wheat. crops biihg approxiihafely 900 bushels for a day of 12' hours,; . ' •■i.,:.' : The Taranald: Provincial, Jixecative of the Farmers Union has decided to-hold the annual conference'- at 'Eltham ■ on , May. 18 and 19. : '.. i' , .;. .Fullyi twentyj;thresliing mills. are now: , at.rWork,'in ,the .;Waima,te : county, mostly, '• taking ..the r sheaves. from. the . stook. v Inquin6s as-..t0 the general tallies from Btook«threshine;show:-that,ft mill, working at the Hpokj-threshed ,40,-bushols from ono.paddocK, a;miJlMvorking at, Morven,have mado ils. a:day net, and,lo btisliels: at one farm is the lowest yield-.'espfirlenced.-:;;.-:,,:jit,. ~: v ■At a'.ffle<itiiig'of-the Jeilding' A. and P. A«36ciation"()n Friday; night it wr* decided by lUHeivdtes to six to award the Quibell' ctip to' Messrs; Slack 'Bros. wophy,'Valued at twenty guineas, twas not awarded at the recent show owing to the ? conditions not being explicit enough to '.allow of adjudication without reference to l ..tho.,committee...,:.: ~.,, - ' ' Paiaka, ivell-known flax? and dairy property of '347 acres, freehold' and IGO acres : leaseholds :somo of the richest land oi). the„Manawatu, with flax cutable' 1 this year, will: bo sold at auction by Dalgety ~ and Co., at Palmerston North on Saturday, 26th-February. The terms may : be arranged.—'Advt/ " ' "- • Among the rams to be offered: at tlie '. Palmerston North' ram-fair ,on -February 22 1J ft :llil6 0f'.350 2 and 4-tooth IfomiiSys bred by Mr. William: Tclf6rd, the wellV ltnbwn breeder; of Clifton .Estate, situated fifty milo#;south.of llunedin... Thsso eheep coming otf hard" country arc famous for their constitution. .