GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1917, 27 November 1913, Page 10

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Thq' Ayrshire herd being bred (at Aloumahaki on milk-record principles is ■being appreciated, and promises to become, 'tlie'most popular feature of this' jxperimontal centre, states a brief summary on the farm's working in the current .«agricultural.-! journal. Selected {Shorthorn dairy cows of a distinct milkjug typo will also be included in tho dairying operations of the farm. These ■will-be bred to one of tho purebred Australian dairy Shorthorn bulls,Tho W'hakarouga Co-operative Dairy jL'o. intend to pay Is. 2d. to their sup- ■ pliers throughout the present season.' The output sliow'3 an increase of nearly 50 per cent, on 'the corresponding period last year. A dairyman from Aorangi received a cheque of £1.40 for last month from 90 cows, but this is bettered by a supplier to the Kangiotu cheese factory, who received a cheque of £11-7 18s. 6d. for the product of 57 cows. Mr. J. Monerieff has been appointed secretary of the Belvedere and Taratahi Dairy Companies, vice Mr J. J. Mead, resigned. Thero aro now one hundred and twelve suppliers to the Masterion dairy factory. On' Tuesday the company forwarded .120 boxes of butter t i Wellington for consignment to London. The company has about 500 boxes of butter in 'Wellington, and this will bo sent to London at "tho first available, opportunity. Tho splendid rains culminated in a violent gale, says our I'alnierston correspondent. This has seriously thinned tho fruit crops which had promised to be heavy. Tho apple scab and black spot of the pear aro less prevalent this year than Usual. The annual show of the Marton District A. and .I'. Association is to bo held on February 11. The management of the Lougbiirn Timing Works, which the Mauawatu farmers have been negotiating to purchase, announce (says our Palmcrston correspondent) their" intention to effect great enlargements,'doubling'the capacity'of'the daily output, bringing the t'.tal up to 2500 or ,1000 sheep and lambs daily. They also intend putting in up-to-date plant for converting by-products and storage for dairy produce. The results of the wool-classing competition at,the recent. show havo now Leon announced as follow:—A. Baillie, 1; ft. 13. Goodwin, 2; J. Johnson, 3; 11. Weir, 4. At a committee meeting oF tho Mastei ton Poultry, Pigeon, and Canary So-' cicty, a >ory satisfactory was presented. Utiles for the; governing of the society havo been adopted, and it was' decided to register under tho Unclassified Friendly Societies' Act. Mr. .11. X. IJoddingtou has been appointed secretary,, and tho society -can how claim to be fairly established. The AVaingawa freezing works are now in full swing, and large drafts of fat sheep and lambs are daily arriving.