A CHANGE APPLE DEAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1721, 11 April 1913, Page 8

A CHANGE APPLE DEAL.

OKU'E'lt FRdM SOUTH AMERICA. .. A rather .interesting story of a chance Apple .ileal,Tis told;, by the Nelson ' Colonist." . ;A, display of apples from tlio T! ppcr Moutii-e,'' which was being made in the show ,\yindowJ;of .Messrs._ Bisley Bros, and Co., caught the eye of" a visitor to Kelson. The visitor , chanced to be an expert engaged in; the; fruit trade in tlio eastern States if' America, his activities covering tlio purchase and distribution of fruit- on: a large-sealo, jam manufacture, .and the..cultivation .'of large orchards of ■his own-.--i.He had'recently made an extensive .joiuvTof.,Australia, incidentally inspecting the Tasmanian orchards, a-nd plncing-Jnrgo-ordors'for apples there, and is,.now-.making' run through New Zealand, oii his,,w;ay. ( back to the States. -'.So'-ikpreskd- was this gentleman, with the display of apples that he entered tlio establishment -and' got into communication, making known his own .cMinectiqn;w;ith the fruit trade. Il.o\iOaw:fi>lly, examined tlio apples under notice, and, enthusiastic iii praise of th'o.nrmriess, qujilitjvand colour, going'so far as to,say .that he had been, of opinion districts, named (American), grew thp..bust apples iii the world, but. what'lie-had 'seen was as good or batter, and,miic.lt superior to the' Tasmanian fruit. was;taken to the Moutere district, and <aftcr«wliat' lie was shown cxprcs'sed;iiis.iv,•under,tliat the farmers thero (should continue-to< grow oats when therow,'a!-{ 'iiicli .a, prospect.ahead of them in growing export apples. Making a selection"o'f the varieties--that would suit the trade best, the yijitqr placed a very substantial order with Messrs. Bislev Bros., tjieiypit: to/be shipped to .South America. After making the'purchase the buyer remarked. !"I' a'm'-i eo''pleased with yoiir apples tliat'l'liaye'paid you equalto* ono f-hilling olid sixpence per case more than I piiid.fOi'Jthi.ijty.'.thb.UEand eases in Tasmania.' 5 : .- - . the; dual-purpose cow. e ——- . XvZ.'>BKEEI)EB'IN , i AIIEEICAN PRINT. ."T)ie„CoSv'iii New' Zealand"'i- the subject of;'an articlo:ill'"Hoard's Nairyman," by-M.iviW. Ba.rton, of the Wairarapa, wlio recently brought. 6iit' from America four-teen-head of Ilolstein cattle, comprising thve?;',bn,lls nu<l eleven females, which cost .jojuithi!ngtlike >Jilßoo. In the : '<iou#sb ! <\t' lho,iU'ticfo,in question, Mr. Barton > "Tim- Hblsteiii, "I-'consider to be, in- a good, hCavyi:rich-.co.uhtry, almost.-a. dualjiurpr/io ■breedj-'-'nlthougli I can well understand' a„dairy»Sxpert objecting to in-, dividuals which show a tendency to produce" bssf. , ' 'should like to'-sav a fbw -words in l'egard to dual-purpose, c-attle. I have, on my-farm, -seven 'hjndrbd cows for breeditig::;piirposw.;~l|]iese;:cattle are a' beef bromf."' ThSy;' I 'hiVjr'6 jlfillves 011 the-farm, and the}- bring tlieiu -tip, and that is tlio only pui-pfcV' tlif!y serve. It has often occurred'to 1 mo that'these cows, with the natural pastures'tlieyihavo Zealand'tfitlt a sufficient 'supply of labour to attond-'tb them, could not only bring up thWtyU'd-;'," but could also supply a surplus -for—the--purposes of manufacture, of two gallons-, of milk per day, extending over probably a period of somo eight months. "In all countries a supply,of beef caltlo must bo kept up. In _ this country at the present iin'Hst])j(;i#jij£n shortage, and within the nqxj;;iew years there will be a greater islmt&go o£,Wt cattle, ami I cannot see-! y]iy-g;i • a.. dual-purpose breed of cattle showM not be most useful. K.fjlmi? farm w-liero feed has to bo supplied >111 quantities.for seven inolll ijr'fh'o'.ycfiiV,"E6_.stall-fed cattle, the greatest amount ;0i ; prqfit must be obtained from! ffienV,., 'tiut"'somewhere in the country th(),'basf of cattle has to be raised, toncl 'from -liiy,-own experienco I cannot.Seo''why,'tu not produce milk a$ twic." | DAIRYING 'IN'THE NORIH, A "WJtliofSll'rtty/tfJiftyjijg season in tlio Auckland- province -has'-been a fairly good Hie, sayjsla Wellington dairyman who has iust returned ■;from-n:northei-n tour, tlio supplies, of milk. have jiow fallen off to v greatji; extellt" than 1 ' usual, more particularly in the districts north of Auckland. Many of the factories in that quarter, have- had to resort to the practice it''receiving their supplies at longer intervals was the ease last season. iA,numlw7'bf-compames arc now inly taking in their cream from suppliers two days/iper week. This has been due lo the w;ry.di-y.weathci- experienced sinceFebruary; (ami, in certain quarters, to ii'a'ss .fires), tutting..down the feed supplies-..! 'J'lie result..has-been a serious loss lo quite a number of farmers, ami, further, tljo! quality,iflf. jthe produce turned unt hasMieen lowered owing to the cream being too old to make good butte'r when it j-eac.lfcd the factory. The districts 011 I ho-East Coast have suffered more severely those ou.lhc West Coast. Supplies are also f.jllilig ,olt" in the districts south of : Auckland,' -mid there is a tendency ofi;tll'e''fwt-r'of a' number of settlers [0 overstock their holdings. This, in any Ijstrict,'! | is. a .'"penny-wise-pound-fooiisii policy, •Ixcaam" it means that the stock will I'at:- badly--'during tlio winter, and some iip in poor condition when the new season begins. Many of the settlers would undoubtedly be able lo make higher returns if; Uiey.kept,fewer cows, and paid more attention to the' proper feeding of the fiiiigiinH., In, .anxiety to mako the most out-of dairying, the opposite isi! frequently '.tlio. result. The principle jf homo separation is gaining ground all tlirouglii the northern,,portion of the is-, la yd, aiid 'the infrequent delivery of the iveam to ilic factories-is giving somo of ttu).'fa<ltory.':'iil,auagers a great deal of concern;: 1 When cream is three or four days otil; especially - during tlio hot weather}' ;it is impossible! to turn out liigh-gra'ile -butter,, and this nieaus that Hie projluct..must,,be sold at- a lower price. "Tho.system may -have much to commencl; it when properly conducted, but if farmers are allowed tn send in their cream., when and ..how , they please they musCfce prepared .to accept lower values. During -the warmest month of the year every effoct"'Sihbjild .be, made to induce settlers to send in-their cream daily. In'tha time of Rioliard 111- most folk who made cheese, made it for their own consumption. Nowadays the demand for cheese is .created'by a' much larger population; lience,- the old order givetli place ib 'fii'e' )u'W. "■ "AlitoVig the most modern factory •appliances; ■"Victor" Vats «taml supreme; . Their incomparable elHeieney is lauded JiV'-scores',of chiies;!'factory managers iii the.. Dominion. A postrani lo Albert .!■: l.'arl-rinv"Cartei-ton, Will bring , you full .piiittculars.— Advt.

FROZEN-MEAT TRADE. .VIEWS OF AN ENGLISH REPKESENTATIVE. Dealing with (ho complaints made by iMr. W. D. Ly.-:nar, of Gisborne, as to tho rough handling to which New Zealand meat is subjected at tho Port of London, Air. R. B. Bennett, New Zealand representative of tho firm of Messrs. H. S. I'itter and Co., in. the course of an interview in Christchurch paid 'Unit ho had had lii.s attention drawn to tho statements made by Mr. Lysnar, but he did not attach a great deal of importance to them, as his own observations, both in New Zealand and in London, did not confirm tho charges made; indeed, they constituted a complete refutation. Ho did not affirm for a moment that in tho handling of frozen meat, or, for tho matter of that, any other class of produce, they had reached perfection either in the colonies or at Home, but ho was sceptical ••whether much more could bo doue without substantially increasing the cost of handling, and, of course,, were tho companies to invest large sums in bringing about improvements, tho cost' must ultimately be borno by the consumer. He did not think for a moment that tho cost to tho consumer should be increased by lavish expenditure from which ho would receive practically no benefit. In refutation of Mr. Lysnar's charges, Mr. Bennett said that there had been no complaints of any consequenco from tho consuming public, and, as it was an Englishman's privilege to complain if anything were wrong, it was absurd to think that ho would have remained silent if the complaints were well founded. . The average Englishman was not likely to accept an ■ inferior article at the/ price of the best, and if he were asked to purchase carcasscs mutilated as described by Mr. Lysnar he would not have remained silent. That, he thought, was a complete answer t? tho serious charges niado by Mr. Lysnar. Barge Carrying. Mr. Bennett then referred to Mr. Lysnar's statement about tho dilatoriness of the barges convoying the meat from the vessel's side up tho river. Tho assertion that a barge takes eight hours to "drift" from tho vessel where it was loaded to its destination up the river was, Mr. Bennett said, too absurd to require serious refutation. No barges' had "drifted" for. at least fifteen years. Tho barges were always convoyed to their destination by tugs, kept by the companies for this ex-' : pi'ess purpose, and they left the vessel's side every night, so that tho assertion that it sometimes took a "couple of days to load" was pure romance. No matter whether the,' barges were fully loaded or not, they left tlio vessel's side every night, and less than a couple of hours •sufficed to bring tlicin to their destination. Bargo carrying, Mr. Bennett continued, was carried out in the case of at least four 1 ports in New Zealand, Gisl:oi'ne,_ Tokomani' Bay, Napier, and Wangauni, and if this means ot conveyance did not cause damage to the carcasses here, lie could sen no reason why it should be so harmful at Home, and, it must also be remembered that at Home every bargo employed iu conveying meat, was thoroughly insulated. Broken Shanks Not Objected to. Coming to tho question of broken shanks, Mr. Bennett said that no doubt a percentage of carcasses readied England in this condition, but it was absurd to affirm that all this damage was caused at Home. Quite recently ho had tad an opportunity of observing operations in Wellington, when meat was being placed aboard the Ruapehu. and, although he had stood by for oniv a quarter of an hour, he had seen four shanks broken. When one of tho principals of his firm was out hero a few weeks' ago he declared that the English peoplo bought meat for its quality, and were not deterred from doing so by ■ a broken shank or o mere •scratch; the quality was everything with •tlicm. Tho average. Englishman was a good judge of meat, but he would never be frightened by a broken shank. Despite all assertions to the contrary, Mr. Bennett said London must be tho Dominion's chief customer, sinco the British metropolis was at all times prepared to take all classes of meat, tho heavy, the fat, and tho lean. In tho provinces tho position was entirely different, as there only the leaner carcasses of sheep and the smaller lambs would find an outlet. That was tho reason why the South American articlo found a more ready market in the provinces, as it was not nearly as heavy as that sent from the colonies.' POTATOES FOR AUSTRALIA. CONDITIONS I'OR THAT MARKET. ' Tho Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce has received advice that New Zealand potatoes may be imported into the ■ Commonwealth of Australia on the following conditions, which remain in force until December 31, 1913 :— That tho potatoes aro accompanied by an official certificate identifying tho shipment and certifying that they were grown in New Zealand, and that they have been inspected and show no signs of tho following diseases:—Potato blight, potato canker, black scab, warty disease, aud cauliflower diseaso in potatoes, potato moth, •potato scab, gall or eel worm. That they are packed in clean, new bags. That the bags, crates, or other packages aro marked with the name 'of tho country of origin. That upon inspection at the port of discharge in Australia the potatoes aro found free from disease and are so certified by a plant quarantine officer. That no importation shall take place without tho permission of the Minister given prior to the shipment of the potatoes from New Zealand. INCUBATORS FOR 1913.-Now is the time to book your requirements for coming season. Pull particulars on application. A. and P. FOOD CO., Wellington.—Advt. ,