GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1061, 25 February 1911, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

.■ Farmers in tho Eketahima district aro still badly, in^want-of raiii..__ ; Tlio Ballanco Dairy Company, paid out to suppliers on'tlio lCtli" an', aggregate of ■! £1300' for tlio JaliuaryV-milk supply at their Hukanui creamery,'"-says tho "Express." , "Somo: substantial cheques lyero afiain paid to individual.'snppliers," Mr. Dougherty's being tho u highest— £11S for tbd month. This'was followotl by like substantial cheques: 1 Messrs. C. Udy, £65; Foss, £CG; Martin, £51; J. Golder, £48; and numerous'suppliers with" £-10 and £45. L ■ ■ .Irf. Tho "scarcity of'.fat stock in the Oamaru district is reported to havo-resulted in tlio closing!down of freezing^works. • Tho IHukanui. correspondent'., of;' tho Eketahuua "Express" says;that in tho courso of : his wanderings lio inspected ,on6;of.,tlio finest crpps'of oat's- seen for ;many.a da,V'oir tlic'pi'dptrty (if bno of tlio 'settlers-of the'district.'' .. LTho (tots,- which were of tho whito Tartarian variety, wore as even as a table, not too strawy, and most, wonderful of all in these days of noxious weeds, entirely free from woods; . Tho crop; would avprago 'f.ully 75 to SO 'bushels. i«Hacre,,.fiii(t,\vithout doubt is "» standard •■advcrtiscmbnt. as to What the land is capaWo'of prbduciiig in this district under, clßcicntiarming.

" "A section at Patutahi, onY.'tho Gisborno' flats; is reported, to have changed hands at'£Bl airacro.-,-"

; "The export of .clieeso .from tho Bluff still continues - (says : tho - Southland .."Tiraos")./, recently..took .away,?s crates to-JMbourne,! xind., tho Durhaih-nn Sunday 'took' for the AVcsfc of Englin3> markets 1140' cratcs; - wliilo tho Mamari will leave for London in n day or so. with'4Bo2 crates; Tho-total consignment is; therefore' 6057 crates, crates for tho corresponding period of last year. l ; For tho 'seasoli, however,'-"thero'has - been a slight "falling offj'lviz.',' 44,293 croitcsj as against ;SSII last year. . . This is . partly ncoounted' for ,by tho. dry soason. Tho West of England trado is evidently developing; as tlio consignments this year aro 5627 "crates/as against ISSO for tho samo period last season.: A correspondent.:: of -tho .Hawera "Star" writes as follows of, linn- tliey mako hay in the :Tokaora settlement. Ho'says: "Some'people-bolicvo hay is no nso .'.unless ciit ahd'saved when 'ltho blado.is.in flower. .'.On'that "point.l am not going to argue." No. 1 settlor will havo his hay paddock shut up earlier than his Tlio,areas thus shut up run from six to twelve acres'. As-tho-dairy-farmers 1 -hay-day is from .10 a.m.-to'o'p.nii',l expedition is tho word. Every, settlor has a given position of farm gear. . Items that are very costly aro bought - and worked in common.or- on tho- lot," . ,Kow No. 1 starts mowing; No. 2 take 3 his machino in to assist; if tho area is largo perhaps No. 3 will also,put in an appearanco, and in . tho fow hours at their, disposal tho lot is cut down ill a day or two. A couplo of hay-rakes aro put on, and tho lot is raked and rough-cocked ;by thorn. in-, ono day.'Tho day following two hay sweeps and from ■ten to a dozen.. neighbours congregate, not. to gossip, but to work, and this they do with _a vim. It is heavy work on horses, this sweeping business, when ,tlio distanco increases, tho : meu N aro. not '.kept'fully/ employed,,-.but. two swoops .keep everyone going at high pressure. A hay-rake or perhaps two are going.: Tho rakings _aro. by this means mixed with tho main body, and by three o'clock a big field is clearcd. The stack only needs a littlo titivating, which two or three neighbours do on tho following day. The samo performance is gono through at No. 2 farm: it goes round until all hay is secured;"

WANCANUI RAM FAIR

(By Tdegraph—Press Association.) .Wanganiil, February 24. . The Wanganui Ram , Fair concluded to-day ■at Messrs. Freeman R. Jackson and Company's yards. Romneys and Southdowns again sold freely, but Lincolns and. Leicesters lvero only in moderate demand. Very littlo of tlio entry, [however, remains unsold.

CONTAGIOUS MAMMITIS UN; CHECKED SPELLS RUIN,

"7 A..SUBB CURE.""

Tho most reliable euro for the Dairyman's dreaded disease Contagious liamSth is ANTI-MAiIMITIS, which is principally a vegetablo preparation specially put up to prevent and 'cure Aluwmitis. Its action is to tono up tho constitution of cows (thereby making every organ do its'work), passing oil througn the proper channels any germs or organisms which may liavo. lodged;:* specially operating on tho canals, or difcts. cou . veving the milk, and penetrating into all tho. glands and membranes of tho con's udder, thereby getting at tho root 0 f tlio trouble. This Mainmitis cure, which is recognised by ait tho leading dairy farmers to bo tho only and most reliablo euro, is rapidly making a namo for itstlt 'in' Neiv Zealand, so much so that y our \ iiionoj 1 will"be gladly - refunded -if, alter using acoohling'to, .directions, you are , 10t satisfied. It is a drench, not an injection, and is sold in largo packe s, each coul taining 12 doses, for 4s. Gd. post paid, from Erik Jespersen, Dairy ■ Engineer and Importer, ralmerston North.—Advt. '

Tho number of horses exported from England during tho elcvoii moiitlis ended November 30 was 52,714, against 49,0,10 in tho corresponding period last year. Of those 20,120 went to 8e1gium,37.913 to tho Netherlands, 2260 to • France, and (il2. r > to other countries. - The valuo was .£1,110,000, against .£992,152 a-year ago. Tlio number of horses imported •during the-samo period was 11,129, 'against' 10,217 last vcar, tho United States having sent-508, Canada 99, and other countries 13,402. The valuo of the horses imported; .was, ; £500,613, -Against ,£510,172« -