GENERAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1550, 20 September 1912, Page 8

GENERAL ITEMS

NOTES :FROM VARIOUS .SOURCES. . inagnificent- superstructure of our W? us €tll fico- rests upon agriculture. » ? en : agriculture:prospers,.: every other industry .flourishes. When'. agriculture declines,' every other industry suffers. When .agriculture wanes, tho bloom of every other business withers. Invisible but realistic tendrils' bind all other .industries to .agriculture. Prom it. thev, draw life, vigour, aud vitality. Giving to agrieut,uje,,is.'simpiy a ihothod, .a-.raeah;, a process of .distributing benefits to oiher apdustries. Money 'diverted .from the Natrona!. Treasury to,.promote;-.agriculture,.' liko tho deivs of heaven, will roturn to revive, to • i and to, reinvigorate- ? VC P" other industry and enterprise, and to help and bless those employed in'everv other business, .calling, and profession of I«e. —Congressman p.'T. Morgan, Okia-' noma, in asneech. on-."Agricultural Extension Departments in Agricultural Col--Jeges,"-.Jnly^i,-1912.' Miv J., C. 'Cooper, 'managing director of the A\aingawil Freezing Works, in conversationl with'a "Wairarapn, Age"' rcpor..er; is stated to have said tliat- the prospects for the coming, seaspn ;iro mo<t promising. The mutton market ivas , rracticallj- assured, but as. far ~is lamb was concerned the. situation was more obscured. Ho had an-inferviow with ■ a gentleman who was one of . the recognised authorities on tho meal trade, anil ■ had been informed that tho lamb market was .dangerous, for the "reason iliat the supplies would b'e greafcr. this.-'year, and'that the Australia,u,,output,,.l>oing later this year would to a certain extent clash with the New,..Zealnnd.;inarket., Mr. Cooper is, however,, very sanguine regarding the general-outlook. . ... At about, tho end of October or tho beginning of November ; it is anticipated that strawberries will be qbtninable in Auckland. The representative of- o firm which handles strawljorrius- very' largely, discussed with a. "Herald", reporter, the, orop prospect?'for the season'.' '"There'is rot riuite so large an,area,as usiial under cultivaHon this year," he said,'"becaiuso the season last year was so bad 'that. it drove many people' out 'or 'the; industry. A number of grower's ; lost money,' and hare been unable to carry; on. Then the new plots are a little backward for this' .time. ,of the year, due to, the bad weather met with. It is too early yet, by ivt least three, weeks, to say what tho extent of. tlio crops will Iw,, because rain and hail are likely to come hiring'at any time aiid u'ns'et all calculations." ' ' ' ' According to . "Hoard's Dairyman" of August- 9,' a shortage' of butter is reported iri Buenos" Ayfes" by the United States Consul. The prieo on .Tune 7 was 1.06 dollars frkilo ('i2o "pounds). The importation "of 100,0/10 kilos of Australian .butter is contemplated. At t-li® iJloyal .Counties .Show iii England, the following method, was. used for determining the milk and- butter-fat tests of Jersey cows. . One. point, for every ten days'sinco calving; 'deducting-the first 40 days (maximum points for lactation 12). Ono point for every lib. of milk. Four .points, for every 1 per cent, of fat shown oil an' average of two milkings. For short tests at- shows -this arrangement is held by exports to be'quito comprehensive and just. . . .