GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 927, 21 September 1910, Page 10

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

; ./Grops'. iii the Masterton . district, (reports !•?yoSterday's ■' 'Age'.'Lvi?®' looking very ■ liealtby -just liow^Miiut; V' farmers state that a tw-cnty-foiiriiours' warm rain would ,bo welcomed.' . • , .. ;> Show judges liavo been arranged for the ■ following, classes ,'at. .tho. Ivlanawatu; •and, : Woßt.-'Coast Agric.\ilturShow,, to. :be';hcld on Novembor/-2i'/ : ;3j';/ : aiKl; 4: — Draiight horses : Mr/ Mosgiol.;; shorthorns: Glad-, stone; Aberdeen Aii!gUs:/. : : -Mi2.J-' Strang Herefords: Mr. J.-Sl.-M-'CSmnell, Brisbane; •- -. Ayrshires'i . 'Mr.' ;A. M 'F.arlane, Dunedin Jersey's:' Mr.' PatiL.. Hunter, Porangahau; dairy , cattle': Messrs.. A. -M'Farlaiie.and'Paul. Hunter jifat'-stOck : Mr. A. .'Douglas, -- Oamaru'; - Lincolns: -,Mr? J. B. Sutton,,.Thorn bury!; • Eomney rams: Mr. A. Beattie,. Horora,ta ; Leices;tors':-? Mr,. DonaJd Griiiit, /Winchester. Manawatu Kennel Clubs'-, champion; dog ■ show: division—Bull: dogs . : and other fancy breeds: .;Mrs;.S.. Johnston, Palmer-; ston North j colliesjand/Bound's: Mr. ,S. -Johnston Palmerstori all ;ter-.-riers i-yMr. -G. 4 Bv[/Hutchinson,;.;,Auck-: land;« Judges hatei yet': to .'be . arranged' otherxi^'tibns, ; ;.-which; will •' sbdrtly.; be/: andun«sfl|.i;:;fc^i; ;,'/' /' ' The :. 'Agriciiltural and.:Pafitotal /Association .is. reported:to' have;decided ■to'add.Zto. ita schedule a :class'.- for/ipigs—• BerEshire,; ■ianiwotlij'; for Hoisteins', ; and to give : 'ct:-: /£lO. for 'the/champion age. '. - ' Ixingbush -:chM'sejTOctery 'openedoh. .September/ end of the - month. - will - be: in: fuj KsivingT ; . Mr. A. G. Pilrner, of Mastorton, who .returned at'the end 'of--;last week from; "a i vmt/rto : /'states* - that. the : want/ of, rain. :i?-'being,-:seyerely.- felt; in some;:parts; of-' Canterbury.-'- ; Between ■ Ashburton; . and . - r . Oamaru. the .country looks particularly' dry.—"Age." /.Cows in-;the-'Ballauce-: sai3 to bo' niilking '. well this, -/ , farmers .'are feedt their../cOws .on, green oats,. ,while others are giving them hay. . // -; //.'Docking is 'general in /the' 'Longbush, ..istrict/now/ :butj;/owing to. tho rough /weather-; experienced ;are lio large .. One hundred per., cent is, about, -the highest that: has como :;under/:tho/)wHter's: iaqtice;.-— lWai-rarapai-Exchange;/.'_'/':-. ■ -: .. correspondent, . writing in ;ye^te : rday' s - AVa-irarapa, "Age,'' < states •that 'i-"since ..tho' erection '/of. the Mount Bruce bridge over tho - Ruairiahunga Riverj a few rabbits have pt in'an appearance; vßeforei.'tHis ::the' ; r.iyer forman; efficient''barrier.}/ Fortunately - for. /settlers'; in rabbits ; appear to increase very .slowly—either .the., climate; is;;too,'.wet ' fdrxthemy-jor/ the -soil jis" unsuitable :for burrowing." .- • ' . Tlie milk supply at the Ballanco butter factory,.; has. reached: 'a-'.total, 0f;11,683' lb. (says correspondent: of tho "l'a--hiatua Heraiai':).;/-Abput''fourteen boxes; of: butter are being manufactured daily. Some of ..the. suppliers? aredelivering ;larg© ! . -/quahtiiaes : thp/.'/biKpeesfc-. at present/sending; over lSO.fflb.; Quite a' number are. delivering betweeji '7do;/and'. 800. lb. eicli;' Tho ;average 'test at tho. factory runs' about' .-The last grades-note, to hffnd showed .that tho butter was graded 93J. Tlie manager considers the pasteurisers, an-' : important '.factor/ in':;obtain-in'g-: thatv i-e-' suit'. -,- • :: ////-V:' /:/'/-;•'.; ,/: