GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1044, 6 February 1911, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

. The want.-of.; raiii fa being reriously 'felt'iii'tho'.Nireaha district .and logs'anil grass aro drying up. Serious fires aro feared (says a 'correspondent of the Mastertori "Times") if rain docs r,ot come shortly. What is "known as tho Totara Reserve is causing a deal of uneasiness.. Settlers have built homes on this land.: iwhich worked out-by sawmill, and is in consequencecovered with dead: •trees and r.ubbisb, and/a fVro in. this .with' a .westerly-wind wbnld-iW'a very serious question to a number of farmers. /:.; ~...... .....•

The first Tan\ : fair' in with the l Hprowhcnua A. and P. Association was held '/subsequent to tho late show, and is reported to havo been, a satis- ■ . says "As' if was tiiily* wbek's' sinco the association decided tp inaugurate a ram fair in connection with its show, ..it is very satisfactory to know that over, two hundred' rarofi were offered for sale,, and realised/.satisfactory, prices. Border Leicester?. fetched ; Bp to S| guineas, : 'BomIneys up to 4gns./and Shropshires up to . S!,gns. The .'auctioneers/ivho conducted tho sale wero Messrs. Abraham aiul: Williams,' Messrs. Dalgety and Co., and tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company. It is tho intention of the association to conduct a similar fair at tho next, annual. show.',' . .

'.Writing of 'matters in the Beaconsfield district, a correspondent of the "Feilding.Star" says:—"Pain is... very badly needed arpund the Waituna and Beaconsfield district.-'the long continued dry weather ranking things look rather serious. Water is getting very scarce, and settlers are'' constantly carting from the Kiwitca. Everywhere dairy farmers ate discussing tho diminishing supply of milk. Mr. Grice's experimental crop' of mnizo has turned out exceedingly well, and now that the pastures have bceemo so dried np he finds it an excellent fodder for milking cows."

The results, of tho guessing competitions hold in connection with the levin A.; ,and;-Ps_SSho t lai-t, Wednesday have v 3liey v nre given as follow* by. Hie "Chroniclo'':—For. the fire sheen, R. F. Storey (Koputaroa), 3651b.. Ist; 'J. Ryder, 3581b., .2; G. Cameron, 357}1b., 3. The actual weight or the shcop was 363 lb. Bullock: S.. Hooper and S. Saint, 11151b/ cach; ?>lrs. Field and Mr. J. G. Hankins, 11371b. Tho first and second prizes will be divided between IVTr. Hoonev and Mr. Saint. The srofs weight of. the-bullook tras-11421b. •■.'Single sheen: A. Mills, .Tohnsonville, 107 Mb., 1. Six persons' tied for second place:—G. H. Kinndon, 1091b.: T. H. Windley, 1091b.; T. M'Govern, 1091b. ;.T. W. Proctor, 107 lb.; D.* Smart, 1071b.; S. ft. 1071b.. .The second prizo.. Trill be divided anions "these Kontlnnicn."' 'Tli'o" weight of the sheep was 1031b.