GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 845, 17 June 1910, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Sir. C. H. Elisor, of White Rock, Canterbury, New Zealand, is shipping over some of his high-class'- Corriedale rams and ewes for the Sydney Stud Sheep Sales in July. - For the month of May the North Taranaki Co-operative Dairy Company pay to suppliers .6433 I6s. Id., as against .£'23o 17s. 7d. for May, 1909, an increase of ".£202 18s.. 6d , or nearly double.. • The amount of milk received , was 2U,6491b., from which 12,0901b. of butter were manu-factured,-an.,increase, of ,2 .ton 17{ cwt. Tlie average test was 4.9. The company's output to May 31 has been 103 tons 2 cwt. This is for a period, of eight months. Last season, for the twelve months, some GSJ'.tons were made/- ■ • • . The Meremere Dairy Factory,. Taranaki, has closed down for the winter months,after et&soh.•. The company 5 will 'supply at the rate of, 10Jd. per lb. Mr. R. E. Bannister has sold his farm at Fitzherbert West to Messrs. Smith , Bros., of Colyton. The price, which is .said to be a high one, has not transpired. Mr. J. O. Batchelar, of Palmerston, a well-known breeder of Homneys, has just received advice that his lambs' wool fetched 13d. at the London sales. For the month of 'May the Hawera Dairy Company will pay out ..£613 for 14,7161b. of butter-fat received. Melis suppliers will receive «£4S6. The amount !of butter-fat totalled 11,6551b. Hawera Company obtained.'.39,44llb. of;butter-fat, | and the milk cheque to be' distributed ! among supplier* is ,£1643. All the payouts are at the. rate of lOd. per lb. . The Auroa correspondent of the "Taranaki Herald" states that the weather , up to the present has been very mild, and feed has been fairly plentiful, but winter has set in now, aiid farmers are already feeding their stock'on hay, turnips, etc. Mr. J. Ryn, of Auroa, Taranaki, recently sold his • dairy herd at. <£9 per head, clear .of commission. There seems to be no trouble to'get c£B per head'privately. For the month of May the Eil':r*n Dairy Company -will pay out'to its suppliers ,£3375. The amount of butter manufactured was SS,S67Ib. An agitation is being started in New Plymouth for the erection of a permanent show building." " • At a meeting of the Ashburton, Agricultural' and Pastoral Association yesterday afternoon, Mr. D. G. Wright, of Surrey Hills, said there .was great need for amendment in the law as it referred to the care of dogs and sheep worrying. In this district, during the past three months, five farmers have suffered severely through having their sheep worried. Careless farmers failed to tie up their dogs at night, and that was tho cause of . the whole trouble. As the law stood, a farmer or his employee could destroy a dog found worrying .eheep, but if a passer-by witnessed the dog warrying his neighbour's sheep he was powerless to prevent it. A red clover crop, grown bj r Mr. Wm, Meaclem, of Ashburton, on eighteen acres has yielded forty-six large-sized sacks, <\nd will make a return, of =615 an here. Another crop in the Wakanui district threshed fifty-sis sacks from twenty-two acres. The seed in both instances is of first-class quality. The Rongotea correspondent of the "Manawatu Standard" writes:—Mr. Bert I Ransom killed two pigs to-day which scaled 310 and .3151b. respectively. They were bred by Mr. Charles Lazenby, late of Rongotea, now of Tauranga, Bay .of Plenty. . They were of a Yorkshire cross, their age being twelve months, and they were fattened at Mr. H. Jarvis's mill. On Jnly 27, Messrs. Abraham and Williams, of Palmerston North, will hold an important sale of purebred stock, on account of Mr. Cha3. Woodley, of Awapuni, the well-known breeder- of 'Ayrshiro cattle. The sale will embrace about thirty purebred cows and heifers, forty grade and crossbred cows, the well-known stud Ayrshire bull Princc John of Inglewood, and several young pedigree , bulls. Besides these there will be submitted to the hammer a number of Berkshire pigs, horses, implements, etc. Mr. Woodley has been a most successful exhibitor at all the principal shows, and his stock is among the best in the Dominion, so that the chance of securing first-class Ayrshires will be exceptional. Full particulars of the sale will be published later. In consequence of the .heavy rain tho jlaxmill owners at Tokomaru aTe having difficulty in getting their bleached fibro dry. The paddocks are fnll, • and tho mills are working broken time. Despite the failure of the turnip crops (writes our Wanganui correspondent) farmers in this 'district report that tho /mildness of rhe season.has ensured plenty of winter feed, and the prospect for tho future seems good. just about the cleverest machino invented to keep milk cool and sweet, and to preserve the dairvman his true test, is ENG'S AUTOMATIC AGITATOR and COOLER, to bo demonstrated at tho Palmerston Show. Its cheapness, effectiveness, and simplicity, should strongly appeal to all dairymen. G. Thompson, Waverlev, Sole Ajrent, M