GENERAL FARMIMNG NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 896, 16 August 1910, Page 10

GENERAL FARMIMNG NEWS.

• ; - The; sub-committee -of-; tho .North - Irtr- . n'aki'Plough;ing"issocration-ihas'drawn-up-tho. following prizo li'st, which it I'ecoiu-i mends: should be adopted for the first meeting to be held shortly.:—Double-fui , - ron-: First prize, £5 of opera glasses; second,. : £2 -ljs. ' and -tobacco' -pou'oh'j'i-fliila, '£1 lff?i; a" fpscial; s.prize*of■a bag.jof' sugari.tp* )5e the; best' ope'n up orridgo of'-"furrows; £1 10s." uhd half a ton of coal to tho best turn-out in the class.- Single-furrow: , First prize, £3 and .half- a ton of manure; second, £% and box;. ti;a; third, ..£l. 55.; ; . a special iprize, value 10s., t'6;begiveri-:for ; tlio best , iiidge'bf teii "furrow's. .Single-fnr.tow,. for: boys under" 18: First, .£3.'and special value 10s. Gd.; second; 10s. nnd ■ a whip; third, 'Jili a special prize of a pair of spurs to be given for tho best ten furrows. Special:.prizes l .for..bpst turnout, in both single-furrows; of : :£l-lfls. and trophy value 7s. 6(1., are also to.bo given. Entrance fees will be ss. for. double-furrows, 4s. for single-furrows, and 3s. for boys', classes. Entries close on September 3. Al■bogether cash-prizes to be value of l'Os., and (specials, to,'i£7 are to'be given.', Several dairy i factories bijoued this. week. Milk fever has appeared in some Taranaki herds,- 1 and it is .reported the percentagb'of vdeatbs -is fairly:big. ..-■■■- ■■• . Our IJasterton correspondent states l lint, '■ besides ' tho championship' in Bor-der-Leicester sheep / .,which,.has.. been ' awarded -the' Masterton.'A.' and-'P. ■ Asso- , ciation by the Sheep Breeders' Association, the Honiney Marsh AeebciaWon has promised two championship 1 shields for competition at the. nextl show. The Pntc'a "branch" of the.Enrmers' "Union has decided that cropping experiments will be continued on Mr. A..E. Washer's farm at Alton. . ' ' , (■[ '