GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 886, 4 August 1910, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

:No soil'is bo 7 rich that.it cannot bb made , , poor, "if > not ? almost .barren (said Mr. Bj W. Lawrence,- J?.C;S.,',wlien lectnririgat I'eilding), for with every crop : c certain quantity of both mineral and nitrogenous-materials isi.taken from tuo ioil?and"it-thisr.koe?jsft#ar-alter yrar without restoring something. . that has beeu : taken, out of it the land become poorer and poorer, and at last is capable uf growing-only the. most meagre crops. Kvery, acre of. land, giving an average crop of wheat , removes about, 1801b. ut aiinevdlvfobd nncl «lb., of nitrogen, twenty':,'ton's "move. 6201b" '-of and 1311b. of. nitrogen frpin the Inay: also bo exhausted"'by feeding, stock.. If what is 'ijrown. be consumed', on the laud a certain quantity is restored to the soil, aud Its'..fertility, sligutly;'improved,, but .not bufh'cienUy. The production of 10001b. live weight of sheep would remove from the soil 201i).-of-nitrogen; lOJlb.. of phosphoric acid, and'; 141b. of potash, and somo external food would 'therefore .■b l eSjnecessaryrv t ,, ( . v. - . .--. ''-It -hasvbeen "decided to 'nold the Stratford "AV, and P. show on Decem- ! , -.'■,

"r-The values? in 'Xhbirsefleih showed a m'arked-' : difference«atin*-recent sale in ll(iW|e.ra'-('say_s .tlie "Star"). , : One animal 'OTld?at:.i^~l?siiff¥W"S n S tlier ' chan B cll ownership li't'-.oneT.shilhngv '■■■ At the ..same ' time "ahother" ; liors(i'' , 'sdld'-at 7s. Gd., one brought 155., and four sold at each.

i .Tne,matter,,.of,ioiLduqtjng, turnip growing esperiments was 7 brought up at,the last meeting-of.ithe.Elthaiu,.branch of the Farmers': Union.••' Mr. Coplestone undertook', to carry out a swede-growing experiment, and it,was resolved'to ask Mr;, A. C; Pease to'carry out an experiment with swedes ori-,'th"e ridge as against on the flat land: '■•:".;■£ ; '

|The youngest ploughman competing at the match at'. Featherstonj on August: 11. is- to receive encouragemeht,. whether he wins or. loses his- competition, ■ in the .shape of- : a-'special-'• prize-a round of corned lieef-given ,by'Mr.'.G. W. Deller, .say's ;the Carterton:' r Newsr" , ■'.. ■A ploughing match: is".to be held at Hastings on August-10. ; _ At the annual meetiag of'the Pnniwha-kau-Dairy' Company Messrs. Brickell, Foley, and Watehorn.wcre re-elected , as directors, .arid Mr. Brickell was appointed: chairman.' The'company 'consigned its butter Home through the National Dairy Association last : season with satisfactory results.: ■ ■-: ;'<. " ■;■'■ ■ . ■■■'.'■'■ MP; ■LANCASTE'S'IS "ANNUAL SALE. .-■ : l .' : : : -y. :■:';', ■ 'Messrs.! Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report as. follows:—At-'the second day of-Mr.,S.-E. Lancaster's, sale of dairy stock 200' grade-Jersey springing '.cows .and' 75 shorthorn ■'■ springing cows were , offered. Competition throughout the 'sale -was good, especially for the grade Jerseys close to profit, the highest price realised bein» JGIS. The average for.-the 200-grade Jersey "cowsSvas per.';head, and for ;the"' 73- .shqrtliorn"c'ows, JE6 12s. Cd. per 'head.' ',' Buyers""were present from, all parts,'a number of the cows, going to Hawke's Bay, Otaki, Pahiatua, and Martinborough. .''.; ; : - .:;.- " l •; >.- :.:,',.-