GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 949, 17 October 1910, Page 10

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

;.S.ays ~ our: : 'Foildihg ; , correspondent.: •^Mr.;'joliii'.;Murray, l ( ' j of the Cpieltonhain Dairy Company,; Ltd., whichhold 'tlio NexZealand: championship for butter,', was oii : Saturday asked his opiniou of the Arbitration Court award for dairy''workers.. ' He said : that lie .considered, it.'a., very'reasonable, one, and that,. neither\sidoV in.; the dispute-, had any cause' .fbr • complaint.. -.-In soiho cases the Clieltenham. Company, was al.ready., paying ■'■more '-than the uew rate. Mr. Murray considered that the Courtdid'what .was': right' in -.making sixty hours a ..week's' woric in butter factories, as,'seventy 'hoursMvas .tOT long. 1 ' 1

' The new;;Stratford;;A?i:arid 3E. Association wrote to. theVTaranaki - Association ■ (New •. Plymouth), ' suggesting ; ; a conference; at ;wliicli. would (be 1 discussed, among'other;,matters,"-.the; advisability of increasing the'gate' charge from Is. to 2s.' : The'.Taranaki Association ;detidwl not to alter, its pi'ice. -

The .Society ;have; received splendid: slU'pport'S'frbmrexhibitors ;, outside the; district," aiid. the show will' be Representative'-j.of vsqmo. of . the best herds and flocks m the North r Island.': Hawke-s Bay Shorthorns, Holsteins from..-.Taranaki;.; and ilanawatu, Jerseys i'rom 'l'aranaki,- anil Ayrshires from Manawatu will;' bo in' evidence,', besides shoep from Hawko's. Bay and , Jlanawatu:;.', j'';'

. 'Docking iambs ;has. ; been retarded, by ! wet; weather vi'af; the AVakepeld. district," according • to ' the. Nelson '-'Mail." Tho same paper says ■; that many far-'mers'-;state . that .there: is .considerable, mortality; among their flocks.

. At a' meotin*; of tho- Wakefield 1 branch :.of : : the . Farmers' Union' (reports the Nelson _ "Mail"); there; : was considerable ; .discussion .on the complaint of ; stock drovers' ebne'erning- the many'.'instances' of weeds -and- hedge .cuttings being left on'the. roadsides' Unburnt .for months'; ■' This>practice: is most, annoy-; ihg,vespecially i:: to . "drivers >of she6p : . ;;i : wool.: It.\was Tesolved:' that the attention (of the:authorities;.b'e' - ..called.to this ;nuisance.' v;):v:^ : "'-J

.r;T& Pastoral Society's'/Spring Show, which will; bo" hold .at Hastings, oil Wednesday /.and Thursday 'next, will -be the' first/-show' ajid/'it is;anticipated/will' he' 'a / very succ&ssful one. ■The; piesence: ; :of ,/■ his; /.[ESccellency/! .'.the. .'Goyernor; and /liis -.suite will lend additional attraction; , toV the './ show, - and,' f;iveii fine\wcather,; there -will no doubt lie a/large.'attendance. : The' entries'-in the stock class' are said to . be very. large,/.ahd\ra loading .breeders^together? with stock from".a i ''nitmbeX > of''tfeW,-'exbibit'6rs.^^ and it 'is ••• stat^..?that* n .thesis_ t are,not likely, /to; suffer in comparison.'/'.; with ■ past years, as every'effort- has .been made; (by; the:' hewi-aid'' interesting events) to mako . t-hem a greater, .sourcd.io.f-.attractipn',^^than^;usual. ! The State -riirectorf of -Feild Experiments has written -to - tho \Vakefield F.armers',; TJnion.'.askmg-/the: experience of -fanners' regardin^/tujnip.: blight. .' ■;'i-Jtis',:*ste-te'd : , : ' that a Itataura .^KorßM^^eiWp^d• : l)etweeii •£6OO and I£7oo ipnjlhis ;ia'st 'eonsigrimerit. /of horses'ior~. the' Melbourne'-'^market:. ■On pne l niare-'.al6ne, : .he^ of -over-£IOO. ■/';':' l;■

sum of £100 offered by Mr. E. : ; Sh6rt:for, v 6!ie .Rofcnejii'am'clas.s 'at i the jMahawatu ,tq ; ; providej the'- 'keenest y. contest Mn'/theV;". Eomriey,-' .sheep'section/yet witnessed in the DoY minion;' Tho rani must be between tho. ages' of two and four years, and is to "/wool.i'^and: judges-take:, the' "ram 'shorn'and unshorn. The ltomnoy section'-at the: spring:, show /has, usually ;di aw.n.:160/to .the. additional^' / "Shorts class,;'; the: display; this/'year:.-will. be. ahead of/any,.similar breed shown in the Dominion. . Entries arq, : alrfeady | and. there ;'ipllY-b«i;j .to-,;"the :first- '■ pme^vinner^./ivHo 'gets-£CO. - Southern '.breeders. /areV. getting- -entries : for sheep'this; year," and'in one' breed alono .therejwill ;pe,.b.ig^eritries.; ; The';demand 'for- breeding:.: sheep Sm' s -tEis /-island > is very keen, buyers having 'been through ; [.th L o..""'djistri6tjrfr«mv.^l^\ , ,bApk :i -'Wpcks-:rsov-' tumn breed. : REMARKS ON BUTTER INDUSTRY. ■■-.. :/ ■.';/ ~//. . /■,,; , ''- ■ CHRISTCHTJRCH MEETING ; r. (By/-.Telegraph'.—?ressT Association.) V; Chrlslohurch, October 15. . of the Central Dairy'.Company./ it'; ivas decided to - pay a 6'per-cent .dividend; .and;a bohiis' of, 'a'faiihing'per pound.on.butter-fat supplied. '' ' • ,: ;-.JTie'' i , -cliairman l \'/.in':inpving''the; adoption "or tliio report, stated that' dairy companies l liad/ beon'; criticised ■ for 1 not invariably supplying butter of: their own manufacture, r.'butV-it;'was; imperative to obtain' ; supplies' from': the, ;North : Island 'in theVwinteir season'io" fill orders. The 1 butter 'winch'-' the/'ediirpaiiy had: procured, from-: the ; NOrtlr'lsland/ duritig.'the past year,': had: he.<was ! gratified to be- able /to ■ say, -, been /'.of -/excellent ■, quality. :: .. If a ; system'. of homo; separation was adopted by.'supphers 1 generally' he' feared that - yery. -/Strict-'supervision ;woiild .be required. l to : . prevent a /marke'd . deterioration in the,.' quality ■of • butter. 'Hjsypri^Bfc.OTjmott;;waß''',raat'"%«.*pnc6 received iit'-'England/ for.. butter during tho. coming. year ; wpuld', show / a slight, decrease on/ last, year's; rates.' :