GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 985, 28 November 1910, Page 10

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Before,.the last mail left' England, heavy rains . : Had. fallen! ,Tlie-.farmers had ..been wishing, for rain/ for^some considerable: time. -..'■■.-■■."■ The ."River' Plate Review": mentions' that' an important new enterprise in shipping meat from' Argentina to England .is \cbmiug shortly into: operation. It ..is.-.,that of the , . Nelson Steam Navigation Company, for whom four.new vessels, have been , ' constructed,'..while six.: a"'re. in course of construction to complete' >the fleet of ten. ■ These ships are fitted:with I ,the latest , improvements in refrigeration'.appliances, and Jt is stated'. have been entered into with /the. '.firms of Swift,- Armour, and other packers for a: weakly supply of meat for five, years; ■■" - -." , The Vienna, correspondent of . the "Mbrniug Post" ' says:;' "The. agitation in favour of introducing Argentine meat.mto Austria is-spreading throughout tEe Empire. The decision, to permit the. importation 0f,25 tons, of frozen meat as an experiment .has billy _increased,"the: de'termiii'atibn of'the Socialists, and the ants-Agr?ria'n parties to] press for an.unlimited-supply.--A large number of public meetings were held in the chief Austrian Centres, and they. : : were attended by.rfrbm. 4000; to 5000; people:-in •'each locality; I that' ■■the i report of the mission sent by the Austrian' Chamber' of' Cofflmerco to England to. inquire into'the 'frozen meat question will favour unrestricted importation." .- - • '■■. * : * jiir.'. -Patirislc .Cudaby,;. the Milwaukee , .packer, anticipates ,a fall in the prie-:s "6f"pork"' and" -■b'accm? »' Referring;" to the United Stated, he says that the coun-. try is known to be full of pigs and maize, and the pigs will soon be.fat hogs. - Further, he thinks that, the recent high prices of-" nieat have, caused "consumers' throughout <he > world' to economise in-, its;- consumption.;,. ! -.Tho .number of pigs in,the United States on January 1 showed a.decrease.of 6,365,000 on ''.the ■ year.' .-'■•''''■ '■ ■.■'■■

'• Tlie- first red'curraiits'of the ''season were put on. the Wellington .market on Saturday.. They were Ndson -grown, and sold at 6s.'9d. to 7s.'.per half.case. Cherries of the blatk, heart.; variety brought 20s. to 21s. per half oase ; ' .