GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1921, 2 December 1913, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Hipo peaches are already being gathered in the Bay of Plenty districts. Tho Nirealta. Cheese Company paid out £1033 for the October supply of milk. This was at the rate of an advance of 9d. per lb. of butter-fat. ■■ JiivT. Heatherington, a Hay of Plenty resident, lias is&uxl a writ claiming £300 tlanfrigcS.'.from the To Puke A. and P. Association in connection with injuries sustained by plaintiff at the last annual 'show, when he was kicked by a horse.. The To.Awamutu branch of, the_ banners', Union lias a membership of 120. It is the strongest branch in the Auckland proi ince. The I'atea Farmers' Co-operative Freezing Company has resumed operttions. Siiring tho off-season » number of . important and extensive alterations and improvements have been earned out: at a cost of something liko i'lfiOO. In the killing department various lab-our-saving machines havo been installed and. further improvements have been effected,not the least of which is a dressing-room and bathroom for the butchers,-with hot and cold showcis. A fellmongefy has also been provided, and a. very successful year is anticipated. ... man recently sold his farm. for. £80 an acre. Next ho held a sale ! 'of"dairy herd —just the ordinary good tvpical Taranaki dairy cows, of no snecial"breed (with the exception of one Ilolstcin), and no pedigree st-ock, but several , had calwl, u'hich enhanced their value. 'J'lio Ilolstein cow was sold for, £23 10s., one of t'heothere brought £liV'thwo readied 1 £17 cadi, four £lo each, and five £W each. The average for ill© wholo forty-iivo was wl-i.

"I'm so perplexed," said one farmer to another. "This hot weather I -don t know how to get my milk thorougnlv cooled bei'ore sending it to tho lactor}. "Well"-said tho other, "there is only ouo efficient way and that is by Parton Coolers. They cool the milk whatever tho temperature, and vou get n high milk t«t." "That ts ho\v you solve tho problem, is it.- 1 111 get on to seo Parton right aivay. Thanhs for vU'j sound advice." Every farmer should uso Parton'3 Milk Coolers. Albert J. Parton, Plumber, Carterton.—Advt.