GENERAL FARMING NEWS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1925, 6 December 1913, Page 12

GENERAL FARMING NEWS

The Juimblo hee is playing havoc with the broad beans this year in Waitara. A good many people, lmding that no pods had set, cut tho stalks down cr rooted tiiein up, although iiad they waited long enough thero would probably liave been a sufficiency of pods from tho later growth. If tho flower is examined, a tiny ltolo will bo noticed where tho tee lias caused tbo mischief by puncturing tho flower near tho pistil for extracting the polleii, thus making tho formation of the pod impossible.

. The provincial president of tho i'<elBon Farmers' Union'visited the Day districts last weel;, and addressed meetings at Takalta, Pcckville, and Bainham, where branches of t'ho union v.eyc formed. At Takaka Mr. W. C. Uaigent was' elected president, aud Mr. Winter vicepresident. 'Hie members enrolled _nnmTjcrcd SO. At KcckviUe between '15 and 30 farmers,formed a branch, with Mr. Alfred Clear-as president., Mr. Fish as \ ice-president, and Mr. Lash as secretary. Mr. W. Jeffrey aud Mr. J. Tibblo were elected president and \ icc-prcsi-dent respectively of tho Bainham i>rauch, which was formed with a membership of 30. In each locality an mcr'easo in tho membership is looked for. Considerable difficulty is experienced iu getting rid cf the big supplies of dairy produce passing through the West Coast liefrigerating Company's stores at J'atea, and tbo season promises to be phenomenal. During the Urst three days of last week about 5300 crates ot cheese, valued at over £20,000, -ba\ e ljeen railed or shipped away, and. tho management is doing its best to expeditiously handle the work of tho port under present conditions.

IJTE 'i!ASI* RUXKIXG "PUMP" SEPAIIATUK IS A ONE HAN MACHINE. You don't need another man and a step-ladder to feed a lofty milk tank yritli tho "I'ump" Separator. J lua maehino pumps its own milk supply I" 1 ' 00 * floor level, find skims it so clean that (by oliieial test) only .02 per ecnt. CI fat is left in tho skim-milk. It is the beparatoi" that appeals to .tlio go-ahead i'avmor, bccauso it spells simplicity, less labour, greater capacity, and biggor profits. Its simplicity makes it easier to cWn and the pump regulates the supply of" milk to the speed. This is tho day of "efficiency -farming,", and this, the feeparctor whoso essence is efficiency, is themuchino for you. Mr. E. Hodgson. a user of the pump Separator, tells 011.this page what he thinks of it. Hea<l w'Jrcit be says (ind then write us for our 'l'reo Ina Oft'ei 1 . Tho 70 gallons per hour model costs'J!2s cash, and there are 1 other' Sizes* from .413 10s." Write for catalogue. Aoranga: Another that's "mado 'gcfld!"—' Tho 70-»allon I'umn Separator installed by your firm is giving every satisfaction, running very easy and skimming clean, awl slrims tho stilted quantity per hour wrfeclly.—'Yours faithfully, 1\ Hodgson. —Advfc. '

."I'm so perplexed," said one farjnpj*. to another. "This iiot weather I tlont" * , know how to Kct my nulk thoroughly cooled before sending it to tho factory. "Well," said tlio other, -'there is only ono ctficienfc way and that is by usinj,' Parton Coolers. They - cool tho • millswhatevcr tho temperature, and you get.n high milk _ how . you solve tho problem, is it?- . 111-Ret on to. see Parton right away..",; TUartks iflMttfc! pound advice." Every fanner should use .Pnrton's Milk Coolers. Albert J. Parton, Plumber, :r .Carterton.— Adyfc.. It lias taken , many to build .'Up tho reputation of tho /'GUruth M Calf' Food, but at' last merit is this fotid comes;intiJ Tho"''Git-' ruth" C&lf Food is iiow stocked- by. almost©very Storekeeper in ,th? Dominion,^A<lvt %