GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

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

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

At the wool sale yesterday afternoon, there was a bench of only seven Home and foreign buyers present. This is less than a third of tho number present at the earlier sales. - The strike rate imposed by the shipping companies . 011 goods carried to Australia pretty effectively paralysed tho hemp trade with the Commonwealth. Now that the freight charges have been reduced to the normal again, shipments amounting to several hundreds of tons are being sent forward. Speaking to a Dominion' representative yesterday, a large colonial woolbuyer said lie. thought there was quite, as much competition for-small Jots .of wool at the local,sales as there was in London. Somo years ago he had an effective illustration ot the way small parcels were sometimes overlooked 111 London. He had just dissolved partnership with another man in a run which shipped a clip of 80 bales a season. That last clip was divided in two, and each partner sent Home fortv' bales, lhe wool was from tho same sheep, HnmA ES o ti sa J ne , tilu0 ' lvas sh 'PPed Home by. the-same brokers, and was sold 011 tbo same day. brought BdJ C!d " Wl " le the ° ther

| Disappointed lancl-seekers have been holding a number of meetings at Wairoa, and agitating for the cutting up of more estates. According to one speaker, there •were ill the district properties now employing three or four shepherds which ought- to be carrying twenty or thirty families. The Kiwi, 16,000.acres, w;as well adapted for settlement. It "was, situated about three miles from the borough, and if; it were taken people would be sur- . prised at the good quality, of the land. Mr. J. H. Brown held about 8000 acres, and it was reported he was about to cut .up, and he might do so at the enhanced prices now ruling, A. resolution was passed directing the attention of the Government to; these two estates.

A of farmers on the Ashburton Plains districts have already commenced the work of deep ploughing for nest season's cereal crop, the ■ experience o£ the past .few yeara .being that crops, sown at ail; early stage of the year have given far and : an ay the best results. During the past few years late sown crops have been a signal, failure.. The most prolific crops of oats threihed this season on the iight lands around Ashburton, have been those that, were sown in !the. autumn for feeding off purposes..

At the annual meeting of the New Zealand Sheepbreeders' Association in Christchurch on Wednesday,. >Ir. H. D. Vavasour gave, notice of motion for-next meeting: ..'That .persons'applying for registration should' have.-their-floiiks inspected, the council to appoint, inspectors," ana the applicants-- to ,pay!'the'cost : of the inspections.'' .' He, said-that, the flocks as now registered were practically the purebred flocks of 'New Zealand..' All those worthy of being registered .were registered, and in the. future great, care should lie exercised'in letting, in new flocks. The chairman'said that-the: association already bad the power'to have .any flock'inspected. The. meeting could instruct the council, to hayo every new flock, wliose ov;ner applied .for' registration, inspected before being admitted; ' 'This would. have immediate effect, instead of having to wait for a year. Mr. Vavasour ..agreed to &cr cept .this as-his motion, which was then oarried. .

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' . WOOL Asi) .LIVE, StfOCK SAIiES:.,' . Beports of: wool sales, and'/livo stock 'sales hvill.'Jie pag'e!'3 of. this' issue.' . ■