GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 998, 13 December 1910, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

By. the; General Committee of the Wairarapaand liast- Coast V. and A. Society, which met on Friday, the Railway Department were congratulated on the arrangements they made for the conveyance of stock to the show, and it was resolved to ask the Department to, at future fixtures, endeavour to .connect the train leaving after tho show taking stock, with :the trains going north of Woodvillo, so that exhibitors need not wait at that station nor at Palnierston North." The .schedule' for the second... annual show of the Danncvirke District Agricultural and'• Pastoral Association is being circulated." -The show is to he held.on tho Daunevirke' Recreation Grounds on Feb-, ruary 8,- and- a ram fair will be held on the following (Jay. ■"',Over .£soo,is being offered in prizes, at the. show. Various 'classes of. 'horses are. provided : foi-; and. there are ; divisions' for Shorthorn,: Hereford, Polled Angus, - Ayrshire; Jersey; Holstein; dairy, and;.fat*cattle,''and Romney Marsh, Lincoln,'-' Border.'. Leicester, English Leicester, Southdown, and 'fat' sheep. The pig classes are for' Serkshire, Tarnworth, Yorkshire, and other pigs. There if; ;a.' dairy nro;luc,e v _ competition and a = r homo. indus'trieV-'sec'fiOh. '''' Shearing. operations", by the settlers of the TangOio Settlement, on the Hawko's Bay. coast, are just about completed. The best mares, in Scotland, said Mr. Ernest Short to a-Dominion representative, -are .'from -16-' to IS years old. The younger mares have been bred too light. ■ Stratford's new show ground is 32 acres in extent ,and was bought for £32 an acre. '■ ■ Owing to tho dry weather, there- has been absence of disease among new pota-' toes in the South Island this year. 'Shearing is reported, to be practically .finished'in Marlborough, and tho wool, clip has proved up.to that of other years, both for quantity and for condition. Raumai' farmers have been troubled,by a dry spell. . Rain fell a few days ago, and writing at the time a "Manawatu Standard" correspondent--remarked, "Unless we.'get:a considerable amount, there 'will'-ljo a'great decrease in the milk suppJy-"':'...■,,..■.-;..'"'.■ Harvesting! has commenced at Flaxbourne (says;'... the."' "Marlborough Express"), several crops (principally oats) having boon cut. The late rains have benefited ;'all, crops considerably, and al-though-there-is not tho length of straw of last year, the average yield' in most cases.-will,bo quite as' good as last season:'---. -.-'...'' .j,.-. "-.- . --.-'. ; . .''HaymaEing'- has now been added to tho list .of farming/occupations (says 'the Managahao correspondent of. the 'Pahia-tua,Herald'),-arid for'the past week has full swing. One splendid crop Was just.stacked and.'covered as the first rain fell oh Wednesday afternoon, much to the reljpf-'of the farmer concerned. .The 'co-operative' system is. much.in vogue here, .audit is tbekindlyrule that neighbours assist each other on all such occasions as haymaking, harvesting, etc.". Wool carting' js a common sight on the roads" about lfukanui (Wairarapa) just now. Most of the big sheds have cut out. . Ploughing is about over in tho Mangahao district 'for the present, and'. tho newly-sown crops'have been harrowed and rolled, says the"Pahiatua Herald.". The Makotuku correspondent of the "Daunevirke Advocate" understands that Mr. l'Tl'ofward lias disposed of his farm, and intends to .reside at Grceumeadows. Mr.:-Forward is one of tho oldest residents of Makotuku, nud was one. of the first members of the Ormondvillo. Town .which was formed in 1885. He is "still a member of the board, representing the residents of Makotuku. Shearing is still in full swing in some of tho localities in tho Pahiatua district. ,- ' ■ The'To Wharau correspondent of thOi "Wairarapa Age" says: "A large amount of wool, is sent from this district every year, and, at present .'it 'is not unusual,t'o see three or four Wagons making their way to Carterton railway' station laden with -wool .bales. Those settlers wlio have .already; disposed of their clips have received, very satisfactory prices." Mr. T. P. Girdwoad recently visited the 'Maugahao School for the purpose of judging the children's gardens. With the vegetable . gardens (attended to, solely by tho boys) he, according to a corfo.'rpondent, of the "Pahiatua Herald," expressed himself very pleased, and found it a difficult matter to pick out the best. Tlic first prize was eventually awarded Alfred Marsh, the variety arid forward-, ness of whose vegetables would have done credit to a much older gardener. Archie Morris secured second place. His vegetables, having been sown later, were not nearly so forward, though growing well. Red spider has made its appearance in tho raspberry crops in Masterton this season", say tho "Wairarnpa Age."