BUTTER PAYMENTS RAISED.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 764, 12 March 1910, Page 8

BUTTER PAYMENTS RAISED.

ißy .Telegraph.—Press-. Association.), . • ElthanvMarch.il. : - the .improvement, in the but-: ®r market the Eltham Dairy Company" decided to, pay .another penny per lb. for gratterrfat suppliesy.in - October, .Nove'nijoer/. and( December.: Previous: payments m;October, aiid November; and' ■Sid. in December.

- .Messrs.. Murray,; Roberts. and Co. .have - forwarded full details o£ the breeding of the fine consignment of Hereford bulls Bent over to tho. Sydney , show by . thenV on behalf of Mr. G. F. Moore, of Bushy faik, Kai.lwi. The principal exhibit is the-, fourryear-old . bull: • Confidence, by out ;of ; : Cynthia; 111, 709. This -.bull has a very good show record, . and. his prizes, include:' 1907—First at HastertoiL-as yearling,- first at Manawatu an; class, for. bull calved since July 1, 1905, 11908—First-at Manawatu in-class for bull calved' since -July 1, 1305.' ' 1909—First ■champion Hadce's Bay, first champion' Manawatu, first champion Wanganui. 1910 —First' ehampion : -:Mastcrt6n'. The other bulls are the yearlmg Koyal Ensign, by : Ensign—Minerva II; the yearling "Suzer'ain. by. Sirdar—Duchess of ,-Wintercott XI; -.jand-:the : yearling- Sterling, by Sirdar— ;3la T itana XXXIII.

• It 'now: appears that the . fat ciow which jllr. l F. W. Faii-ey, of. Nelson,- had nrwanged to send ' last .week to . the Eoyal JShow; '-at -Sydney did not pass - tho tuber•oulin test, at; the -hands'of - tho- Goveriionent. Veterinarian, and was-not shipped. £Mr:, Fairey was anxioHs that, iiis cow . compete against . the,; cow -which gained first.pr'ize' at- the : Cambridge, Pnl•jßerston, North,. Christchurch, and Dunedin i shows. 'This cow - weighed • 1780!b„ while that owned by llr. Faircy weighed 18481b..' As he is determined to bo-repre-sented: in. the. class, .Mr.. I-'airey" yesterday shipped .another cow in the • Moana; tlirough*-Messrs;-' Dalgety and Co. This cow. is a;very .fine beast, and was bred by Mr. Jas. .Martin, of Wakapuaka. • Sir. .Fairey deserves a reward for his iritenwise, .