GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 929, 23 September 1910, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

.f'AB. exchangel 'reports .that ;at.;a/meefe . ing : oi-. the'■BaUanco': branch; of-ihe'.New. Zealand; li'afiners'./TJnion .the' question' of 'tho.vßailway , Department, .to". niake a;railway; siding- at'.the:,Gorge Was ;disqussed:-;.;.1t-. was; pointed; put'■'that' if' a, sicUng,was 'made;it' would : ;be; a'greats benefit, tojthe, BaUance., farmers,,; espeoiaUy ',\vith ; re'gard'to the 'cartage of heavy 'i goods,:\Subh'."as, lime- and .manure. -At. present,-when'carting goods from the" vPahiatua.'Arailway , ; ;station, ithereV w Birnie's : hiU-to: corifend ,;with,v which-. is ■ 4 'heavy'pull.. It :was unanimously' de-.' .tided; to ask. 'the .Department to 'make ihe';siding.;.aa'[:siiggested, ;and; also to' ask .the; member.', for the'district and; tiie.Woodville Chamber "of .-'Commerce.to 6upport".'the ;prpposal.\'\ \ vl' : <\ >;' : ij --.At.a. meeting of the' Hawefa branch. of.,the"New..Zealand Jersey'Bfeeder's'.' ; Association^;-' Mr. : : J: E. ; Corrigan'•: was elected, chairman for the ensuing twelve .months, 'The foUowmg.'Committee.iWas •appointed';'.;-;RrViNtrohan,,. /Messrs;:\Et;' Lini; J.. Phillips, J. Shorty -arid T. Linn. MessTß.; J. Phillips, R.; Linn;''J.,-Short,. ;amd ! the'chairman .were; appointed an. ,executive: l 'committee'.' v 'The .chairman stated;-for,the information of members, .thatiall stock;'qver 12 months eligible for; entry' in the Herd Book -must be entered before"Juue"next. -After.'then the '■ Dpo'k.. will '-be.- closed ..for all stock, except yearlings.;-; It ..was' decided; to makethe secretary (Mr. F. G.Treweek) a member .of.'the association.. '.'lt'lwas Tesolyed-to' ask/the association!,,to> : give' ■the.medal (forchampion 'cbw'andchampion'.biill) toEginont A. and -P> , sociation to-be . competed '. for' at' 'the ehbwof 1911. ;. ; ; .:■■■■:.-;;;;;.;, ; ;:-.y; The: possibilities of hog production near the Equator: are thus reflected in a' 1 daily paper'.;of ; ;Guan'ajnato', Mexico: "So ; much ;is :wtitten "of: this camp as.a'silverl and gold::prodncer : that little 'is heard 'about ether; interests.'•..Consequently." the. recent sale of. a. dozen' hogs by William Ellis certainly brings before tho public in a forcible manncf that Tigs is, Pigs' for he;received 900 dollars for that', dozen squealers. They. are. blooded. ahimals, : ; raised right here,in the district." -'Several'important remits 'which were , submitted for further consideration'■..to the branches by the Domihion Cpnference,i.- were .-discussed at-, a largely attended meeting of the Pahiatua central braneh of the. Now .Zealand; Farmers' Tlnion. : . TVith reference .to the one deal-. ' ing with'tlie,present system of valuing land'for taxation, purposes, the following motion, moved by Mr. T. Quirk, 'and seconded by. Captain Whyte,; was -~ carried:—"That this branch-, respect- ''. fully,'.requests the Executive,,to., appoint an .expert -committee to go carefully ■! into the-whole 'matter and callcc't evidence, afterwards:'submitting, their proposals for the endorsement of the vari--908 trancheß,''•'■■•;

i-'The show ofiSairj; cattle;'at tho Manawatu' and West : Coast spring show promises to create a great battle for honoursamongst. breeders this year. The association' has determined -that. special attention' should bo given to this section of the big show by . offering substantial prizes. ;,There is a £W champion prize. .'fpr.'.ttio ;bulls,'>in the Ayrshire,: Jersey, and Holstein-Friesan sections respectively, and besides ■ the Ayrshire Cattle Breeders'. Association award .their . gold medals for. the; champion Ayrshire bull I and .'cow. .. Another feature ■of the dairy section is;'.,th,e; .champion butter-fat competition,' for which entries close .on September 22.;- ; ..'. ,■■;' •»:';.'■'-..'. \lt .is'reported that an eighty-acres .owners, a few days ago at, iC4O au 'acre,'which rate'is , said to .be a record for the district. , ; Th6ahnnal*aepOTtr-of s the>titardia Dairy-, Company (Martinborough), shows that (during';, the' 'sejaso'u' \ fcßipsOSOlb.'.';- of milk, was received, yielding 66,0421b. of'butterfat, ,--:fro'in which 71i; tons, of, .cheese was made. " Tho'average'price of:'the cheese, sold\was-5Gs. Si.— Exchange, i ;,'■ , "'A- considerable.'aniount of .; stumping lias I been done .in tho - Pahiatua district during.the .past winter, and on : almost every - farm ploughed paddocks may bo seen (says the "Herald"). ■ A good area of. the; land ploughed .is jbeings sown, doivn in oats, while "part is 'being-reserved for root crops.;. Judging #.by,>present .indications, tMe-'timeuyhoF'far'distant when all the land around the Ballance township will ,be :stumped/'and, : ploughe.dc Part, of. the iland; is fairly 'wet,-;.but : ithe ..farmers-, are using the disc plough in :the ; dainp parts.' By this means, the land .is well, broken "up;-and given fine weather 'it iv-ill. quick-', 'ly.i.dry; It-'is if forwards '.'disced .'again, and - is ' then ready•';," for ' 'the ordinary ploughs The .'disc, plough answers, a dpublei purpose, j for.. besides ..helpin? to (dryi'the v which, of-course/, is very essential lb ;suc- - cessfuli'cfoppin'g;",""'The', xoa.& .'between Hill -and the butter, factory- is receiving a'good.coating of metaL ■■', ■ ; ■Statistics:in', this 'week's' Gazette. show th«t''tne- estimated acreage tinder 'wheat 'cultivation is 311,000,- and :the yield per acrei.2B.24,'a t0ta1.0f.8,753,098 busliels.' ._ In. "cats',!'377,oo(l. acres yield 3&BB"biisnels :tb'rthe acre,»or a'.total of 13.526i530, ; . bushels 'are under, cultivation. \lni ,: 'l)arley; v fine"*'estimated . yield r from ""tl;s*ou acres" is^r.^^aushels;'; rye-grass (56,550 acre5),'1,547,912;'. cocksfoot. (29,500 acres). , 5,185,3101b.; potatoes (30,500 acres),' "192,48*".'t0n5.-y/fv -Y. -V;'?■»:■■:•■;■" ;-;^,', ■-■■ "■:.■-