ERUPTITE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1584, 30 October 1912, Page 8

ERUPTITE.

Another of a series of interesting exhibitions of the explosive power of "Eruptite" was .conducted by the New Zealand Loan and Jl?r«intile Agency Company recently on Mr. William Brown's farm at Cardiff, Taranaki. According to tho "Stratford Post," the remarkable powers of the explosive wcro fully demonstrated, and tlio uprooting of a growing , , "whiteywood" at an estimated cost- of half-a-erown ivas tangible evidence of the waste of labour in the non-adoption of modern methods of stumping. Ordinarily there would have beerv a day's hard work, or more, in stumping this single specimen, and tho work Would not then have been dono 60 thoroughly. The value of "Eruptite" lies' in its' strength, safety, andcheapness. Its safety is claimed to be unquestionable, sinco it: is only when the powder is mixed with a certain liquid that it can be 'exploded, and even then, with free access'of air, it can only, it is stated, be made to burn with difficulty.

The quality' of the cheese must be maintained, if not improved, if tho Factory is to make good progress, llus is where the "Victor" Vat proves its great value. By its use better cheese is produced, and bigger dividends,paid out to shareholders. The hundred odd "Victors" that havo been ordered, show how wide-awake somo managers are to tho superiority of these vats. Fuil details from Albert J.' Pnrton, Carterton.—Advl..

The To Jvtiili A. and P. Association, is iinderbikiiur- a. novel and valuable work in thr> direction of acquiring information, as to tin! probable amount of stock which will lx" fattened in tho various districts. By this means it is hoped that it. will bo pos-oblo for' tho- association to arrange with buyers to visit tho different localities, instead of having to ship tlio fat stock to market with the chance of meeting with a bad snlo and consequent loss. j A WINNER OF COMPETITIONS. The Egg-layinjf competitions for 1910-11 and 1911-12 were.both won by pens reared on 'A. and P." Chick Raiser. Tho first essential for profitable poultry keeping. Obtainable from all Storekeepers.—Auvt. The sheep on the Welsh mountains aro annually dipped for scab, being rounded up for the purpose by mounted policemen. Scab is reported to bo practically nonejlstont amoDg them no»