AUSTRALIAN JOTTINGS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 753, 28 February 1910, Page 8

AUSTRALIAN JOTTINGS.

:^-v;fi,'sN e T;.Southr.^aleß':'wheht ! .estimates'a , re , !?:* ;, iK' a ;'2s;sOo,OoO-bushel::;yield, :V averaging, g?v> .':";l;;bushels. per.,ncre. ::• The-'sUrplus-avaii- ?; v ,t. : .:::WJ;'io r ;;7,?pprt.. is;'estimat£d ; at;from'l2 &iI(K FV- IfW'ionxbushelsf/i The-'Victoria:" crop fcy;; ;i is: ; estiinated {, -."..-;; ■::;- ; :k^ T bj£&?th ; ;7frA ! -yi' : *S r * o 'f- ! Tcnmsula-'are : 'selliiig' at'between; i^;air:ac're'::-.--la., i Viotona'i'ahd , in; 3ir'r, : r..','he:MaUee,l universally regarded 1 as worth■%s>'':'J^ ,a 'i*Wvyrars ago,..is ; sellihg at nearly. s-.-ltf;."•':■: .'.;.:','-:- '■"■', '■'-■'':.-.: : 3HK:-. :; . T being formed' ife.y vto,.develop,..new?■'processes-: --:':- *v. - ©v ; -/"T!iei;Victorian: Grand' Najjoual-: Show; f «i>";;v..'Wli';-!)e-held- - .at / '.BeiidiB6' in' the second ;J;; i v;:weekyiniNpvember."V.i:-;'iO: v :.,..-V.-..-•;-... $»*;»' stock transactions h'ave : lately in Queensland,.-notably the ''■&% ■"'" S'f- o^B3 ' U0l) "ewes.-in-:the wool'.by the' ftv^Milo.. ann.'VVelford . Downs 'Pastoral; ComMessrs. Tully and."Pinkilla-Stations,':the K^:"', tompaiiyvhaTing.Valso',sold'■';■ 30.0UU U:*S- ■ wethers ; to a Aew;Souvh Wales purchaser: r !;;J. .Ypung,Vof:Byfgiiinia Downs, is reported-:.to.::-havc .purchased:.a line: ;3S:ffi-.w, i 30,000;;twO' ahd' three-year-old' wethers ;&:*.;;.,',bom thejPairbairj'l'astoral-C'ompany, of Barcaldine. Downs.-': ; ; v ;;■',:.:■:..■ ■ ■■:■■.

woo! 6eason has &,#~-sin>aed,v and:.-clearances-at :the':'Adelaide!l 129,998 'bales'--in- :*,;<.;:■ 1908-9;tb.,'137;2i2 in 1909-10:" 'Offerings in J.'i.-.'ft -the; two?periods were.".138,461 and-148,490 "«; K teen > ;an(i:for "nything-w-ith quality tnere 'W,-: ■■■ ■:.■':■■::

Sl;>.S V '.The.Tasinanian 1 butter-'factories report &- : '>-i^record-.season,- , and afairlv large ijuan-- >^^■ ; to the' .mamland;.-./Stock'generally 'are-'in"better : ?'; : :^'vJ co Dditibn--;than' they have'.been ;at : the for! several -"years ft;;-; r^past:.':;*h;W;!:-;v;;:;.;;^,";-^; .>;;;;.;,-y--':_ .;-•-.-. :!;?'?>;"- A' ; writer- iu'\t)ie' ; f'l'astbralists' Eevie'w" ;«i;":-': Bays:.that ; the:-:.traus'cohtiiieutal •'-railway; W& SJ- 1 foawrt' Barclay: Tablelands, in "the into"!the- greatest v%t:;r\Meep;Walk:;4n':;iAustralia.;i-V-He''Mdo;vßi)o- - it,; aVsea; of waving'grass :;'ii'-v'; ;: three .without seeing . anyone My tiling:-It-has'besn'variously csti»y travellers and explorers that -of :coiinfry would carry be*v^;:vtween:;ls,ooo,ooO.:and;2o,ooo,ooo sheep; a safe 'estimate- would be' .10,000,000.- The ■v'iV- Ernest Favenc.' .'says'- .its "carrying ;;S:'^S ] ca Pft c i t 7r'?; a :slieep toj.hi'p acres. . " : '.

'^:/: ; .y Sheep dipping ..is" now compulsory in Victoria;;; This: is.tho result of "many s ..{;J-..v years of agitation. ; '.-. cndeavouT which lis being made by Mh; Victorian;- butter factories to obtain biit-ii-KS; Mr.'boxes-for;less -than the- Is? 0d; :caca the" present pricn.-is.likelv to re;ii f :..--.- suit'-.in'a-thrce-year?'' contract with -a SKy'/'Queen'slaridsfirm.:. The,officer.sent'-by the aP,;;;,-,A.ictorian.7.Minister ,to.make inquiries re-'fr?."-.-'-P'rted '.favourably. upon-' Queensland tim-Sife.-'.'-ber- for-butter boxes,.■ and .the offer under ';.->..a" the :'c6ntractfreferrcd ,to is being- submit.r^v'V'::;.ted'to, the; representatives of the-Victorian ;:;■?;.■.•;■.factories;-.---.■.-." '".! ;■.>-::-•■•■...-;

;&'..; ...:A..,Victorian importer ..of • horses who Ovv'J--* <lett- the/Bluff.lasfc.week with a consignAment; for.•'Australia!:informed ; the' "Otngi) j.yt"..,' Daily.':'Tim6s" > that '.Clydesdale . heavy in (tooll JW;? ■ demand," and that -there : .is' .'.every likii-. vQr-.'-.'boqdiof the market remaining ftim.-.'-'l'lie !';,.H: : :bot-fly,- supposed to have boon introduced-'-:3,-;f ■'■'. frornvNew/, Zealand, is I 'taking.'firm, hold ;,;•;..;>', ' ; of;th'd-':pla"ce;■" His observations nrolthht :'*ii ' in.NewPZealand 'the 'horses have 'becom'o %-r,i ';iromiiiie .'from the- pest;••.and,- seemingly, %.;' '■■'■'. 'Bustain:nri-great inconvenience;' . !tn Vic-:,;;;;;':!v.tbria,-V however, -the • case •is different.'

:;;.• There- : itsVraVages arc serious,' but 'thero pV we;, hopes that in time the fly will prove ft; ißnqcous, as in' New Zealand..' "-.'

::,:-;'Ajriong'-'the : visitors, to ...the'. Argentine :S>'Shdiw!-w>l];.be;Mn..J; : st , sleiibmiii;:the"wHl-.' .*.:knowh sWpfarnier : '.'cf' .Tcrav.-hiti;'..'.who ;] .Bails,: in"; company., with. Mr...Sdoiu," in ' tho Clonic ;6n,iApril^2l.," ,!-../-: '■■■/, ...'.«... : ... -','..-.