GENERAL FARMING' NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 854, 28 June 1910, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING' NEWS.

. Mr, J. Balsillie,..of, Kairaijga, a grower of splendid-farm roots; iron; the Luxford Shield outright by his victory' at the National JDairy Show last week. The shield,'"a very well-designed trophy, was presented by Hr. S. W. Luxford and allotted by . the association to a special class ."for farm .roots; ,which"t3vas open to IMrj JBalsillie scored his third'winV aridthc shield became his. The Manawatu can improve a great deal in the growing of farm roots, so it is to. be. hoped .that: the association will continue ■' to '"ehYou'rago-'farmors in 'that direction.-■■ •-•■-.■ ■•■ —.- Eesults of the judging competition for members of>the New Zeala-nd'DairyFac-,toiy'.. Associatiphi;' are as- follow:—J. Campbell, Ohitu, 9 points, 1; J. lliddleton, Canterbury Central, W. B. Dixon;; Thames Valley,' C; Farley, Kaponga, and' Jl'Dbhald,'> Whakaronga lied for,, second-.place ..with ;8 points each. Last week the. s.s. Waimate loaded at •Waitarii foKlio'n'dbn,3ooo,"qJiditers of beel, 500 carcasses of lamb, 500 carcasses . of mutton; 1000'.qar.casses'-.of pigs, 1000 boxes of frozen meat,, 1400 boxes of canned meat, and hides , tallow, oleo, casings, pelts,'and wool. In addition , there were '1100 carcasses of mutton and 7G5 quarters 'of beef for .Gibraltar.'- ' :"■' : A correspondent of the Taranaki "Herald" .estimates.'there-, are ,8000 farmers making Stratford their centre. There are eight' co-operative - ■ dairy factories, . and their aggregate, output will be about 1200 tons of butter and 1100 tons of cheese, say ,£175,000 worth, and the plough is only just beginning to make its mark. ■ According \o .' the I .'; London "Times" Buenos. Aires correspondent, there is, a serious outbreak of foot-and-mouth, disease among the cattle s in Corrientes. 'The Government has sent Professor Lignieres to investigate the- extent of the outbreak and to decide. whether the provinces' shall be ' isolated or not. Our Mastcrtbn correspondent has toleffraphed that the Masterbon Cooperative Dairy Company intends to instal; machinery which- jrill. enable jthe output of the factory to be increased -about 50 per cent. The improvements/will include a , pasteurising.' plant. ' ""' The effect on the etoro'.stock trade of the late season is being.felt by the slack demand in some.of the stock .'markets. It is gratifying, however,. .that' the finished article, fit for the butcher, is quite maintaining the high price -of the past six weeks; Eat cattle are very dear,, and fat pigs show .no .decline in the high values formerly quoted.—"Farmer and Stockbreeder," London. ' . ■Present indication* are that.Miere will be.v a. jn-.the milk igjpplygto.tho fllaatertoS>fictoi'y in the season, Mastert-on' correspondent last night.'" :■■:.•' ; An instance of value of.i'freezing 6h...pne J s.-bwTi mentioned,.by '■Mr.:>A. ; H:_ Russell.at-the meeting of' the Hawke's- Bay. Farmers'- Go-operativo 'As-sociation-this" morning; (says a Press Association, message , 'from Napier). Towards the end of, January or .early in February he had a line;of light wethers. : for sale. They .'were "'of the same class as that.which Canterbury produced, ,and the best price offered was 10s. Gd. He put -the. -wethers through the freezer- on ■ his own account, and they realised i 3-sd. per lb. *at Home, a price which compared very favourably,with.i'that, obtaining for Canterbury-at the timei'rand from 3s: 6d. W ;.4s. ipbr'v'head; higheiv-than he was offered""'fqr:rtJjem.V > :',V''"'. J ,.,'.""' ■"■' ;Ampng !thpsp present ai" the meeting, to form>-a '-Holstein-Freisiaii "Cattle Breeders'. Association at the National Dairy' Show lasf: week correspondent)" was, Mr. J:;; Drysdale; manager of tlio AVerarba Experimental. Farm. It is proposed to establish a HolsteinFriesian Herd at. Weraroa, . and Mr. Drysdale will therefore be interested in the doings of _the_association. ■ 'In-'cdnnection:MthVths! fine display of vegetables at the National Dairy Show .at..P,almers.tpnn week,,^(writes our local correspondent), the "success of one exhibitbri Mr. T. Pitt, was noteworthy from the fact, that. his..: exhibits., were grown iiear the top of the Tararua , ranges,' facing the road between :; Pahiatua andPalmerston. The swedes and carrots grown by Sir.' Pitt were of particular .merit, whilst.othet.specimens would have, done credit to our best garden lands on the.flats. ' ■'.■"",' :' : .