GENERAL FARMING NEWA

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1910, 19 November 1913, Page 4

GENERAL FARMING NEWA

; 'At a receni Meeting'of ''tho Holstoin i Breeders' Association, of Now Zealand, a resolution was passed'making Mr. ■ Coleman Phillips a lifo momber of the association in recognition of tho' great work ho had done.- in connection with and advancement of tho Holstein' breeJ of cattlo in Now Zealand. [Mr. Newton King'proposed tho motion, hnd Mr. LovMock 1 -seconded; it, -and it .was carried amid enthusiastic ap- ,' ." plause. ,;,';Y; A .3- , At .tt&'Jatauanmeeting of tho -United ■ 'Fanners'. .-Goiopefaiive Association, held fot.Palmerston on Monday, on tho chairVaiiVniotion. l tor''the'' adoption of tho '.'■' report and balance-sheet, the fallowing i amendment was moved by Mr, jj. Morton, a former, .chairman .v.of., directors, ■ but. was not .carb'ed'i—^'V'\- ...'-, "That thejre|)oH'be r 'referred back to ".tho directors for a lulf-stateinen-t of tho realisation account and the policy.,said to be outlined by l *:tho"'lito- v chairman,' . tolso giving _tho : following - particulars: i (1) Amount, .of jrhonoy received' to date from, sale of properties and stock .by !■ ' way of realisation; (2) what amount is i -invested, to whom''it'is'lent, .for what torm, and what is the security and : 'Tato of interest?; (3) at what date is it iintendei'.tQ vrwindjup. .thoiiassociatjon,;»nd directors''estimate-, of the amount per share,whjcb.they : ..anti-- ; '■'. . .;.r.-i■--:'..-.:-,;'.' . ',' InVmovtogrthia'amendment-Mh Mar''tonfreferred to .'the-board of-direotbrs as to. sort of family council with a relative us auditor, ..and expressed tho opinion ' ' that in tho'interests of' shareholders ■■'•'' the, association should bo wound up at . .tho earliest'moment. '■' , The, chainnanpin;reply;-.stated that ; , .th#flire<stSrs estimated---that the £5 {share should and that they, '. ;j association 'some timeV.'jiext ..yoaiv 1 .- V'.'., "'.:,•'.-.., '.■:'; i- ''... rForty/bht'/o'f'a' mob'.-bf'42! sn'eep'w'ere ' ''killed" by "lightning 'in 'a' : paddock at Omahu .during a severe'- thunderstorm !'. 'last.s'eek.'-:':' 'y■'.,' * : ' ''-'",'-. Tho. : ,'■•'small -birds are. particularly Itrbublosomo'-in gardens-in Ashburfon : this season, (says,,' ; -the ' Ashburton ■ '"Mail"), the übiquitousVsparrow being the, principal offender. : In-some cases : it'hS,s-.ieen.-'fot|nd'ho&s^ annirals;';,while; the.birds.ihaye ■ (destroyed whale•beds.of.peas'/roven taking tho.peas'.ffom.the pod." ; '.-...-" ;■.' , Whue''&MiftfnV;fMt. ;: H.;bble's, of: ■ 'lPalmer.stQn,„had a'nkoppOrtunity .of-see- : ■; breeding,operations carried on by Mir..- ; luthef . liurbank;'i,.the well-known ,- : lAWei'Mn experimenter. . One, of,'these ■ ~ .Way^he-spineless cactus, which',';':'•is' fclaimed,'%, an oxcellent. fodder for cat- : )tle. 4<^V; f )UU...flourish in'-sandy 'tracts,'' -ijncl in;iarge quantities. ; '.i.' If it is all that'is eaid of;it," Mr. Coles ■ : . • iremarked-tha't Jt:..would, be. very. :suit- '.'.- able, toj|grow on the.''-sandy, tracts in {the Maiiawattl-district. '.Another'- plant '-.. propagated, bjr Burbank bore : tomatoes' ■ ■ ion thejbraliohgs and pb'tatoos -under the ; jgr^ndy;-^ : :\-\C' ' - U ■■■■■ , There "is jevoxy iprospeci. of the wool, ftlip-in : 'the' Mastertbtf district being an' Excellent; one "this season. The wool hvhich has been clipped so far has been' ■: , Jhcavy in grease/arid/of 'bright'lustre. All the,- cci-qperativo. dairy .companies in the Tarailaki "district : aie experiencing ia, very gb.qd.seasqn, as the.figures representing the amounts paid'for butter-fat show (saysi<tho t'Taranakiv Herald"). Perhaps the bestNto far is the j Mangorei Company, which' distributes £4062 19s. 2d. for October, as'febmpafed .with £3006,105, Bd. for the correspond- • ing'mortthvpf! last lyear."': This represents .an increase tif* £1056'85. 6d., or over per cent.;, During;, September and v Otcober 744'inbre'boxes'of biittbr were : ' jnade.vthan./in.'tho corresponding-months ''•■'; of'last-yean - ' ' "V^ : ' • • Further.,',shQsv,ors ,pf;;rain...'fell.;in the ',' . Wastorton district yesterday, and these • ihave put hack'sheafing operations for '. '■' a 'ifeflet'pefiofl?"-'.^ faVatfWßle:'^'rid^Mplq v g ~.'.■ 'which v fiavjf bsistqiS; .bqmparii.tiyeiy 'few', |sheep have been, kh'orn'/'arid tnerfe' is 'a 1 '...-[probability, .of the season'.bebg <a lata . rone. ' - '.''!,'■' :!."•'•..-, '-.."'i ;'r;-; .!,'-'■ -' ■ ■'-''

A- little incident; happened at .-'the New Agency Hijrera,' hor'se' : sale on Saturday,- Whicbr the eccentrici"itiej ..so,.- frequently., met, with, ig., r auotjpa Sropjis. and saleyafc^^ s.£ {jjfj ? ! wfd;c'h; bad' .heeh-.^roiiggt^-m.^om'the 1 country,' and; bidding, staffing iat £3,! Jdragged':''wearily,.dn.-;tQ.-. £-7:;" where it, ffinally;: stopped j ,'tho'owner's soundness jof the animah Tlie-owner's bid was f£B, affl'the-'oolt waVturne'd'''out, -The |ownesrthfen!chah'ged,his.'niin.d, ; and. saidlagafiT lie wou'3 le(j without "re-' .'serve. Into the ring came the colt !onco"more,.'.'and~biddmg. at :once -became ilively, and promptly reached £8 2s. 6d! Tho Midhirst Dairy Factory is paying >ut £0991 Us. 3d. this month. Potato blight is giving New Plymouth growers considerable concern just now, ,tho disease appearance .in recent jnuggy; has- made iits-.ap-' tlijj Otaki district also, but has ndt"'done ,nTn(ih injury to crops so .far., ■

What is probably a record lambing fßr New Zealand has occurred (says » southern exchange) in South Canter'bury this soasoilj at Mr. Tg! T. 'ItosenIdale's .GkiretnonfcEstat'p, nine miles out Tho percentage ,6'f ram lambs X.is also remarkable,-; ior ;'hom'/'a. ■jjurebrecT'stnd T flock-" "of Border Leicester owes, 100 _. ram lambs and 85 ©wo'-larolis^niavo'beeh^-dropped. ■ The ewes and -lambs-, may be scon -any day grazing in tho Claremont paddocks, and a botor lot of ewes or" a mbro healthylcokiiig:*lbt;Ji)f?Ja'nibs one .could not possibly wish to see.