GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1951, 7 January 1914, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

, A mysterious disease is doing much harm in many Nelson orchards. In some cases tlio leaves are completely stripped, and the fruit,.wlion only partially developed, falls off. This disease, it is estimated, will" cost the province some thousands of pounds. Orchardists do not know whether it is a fungus disease, whether it is due to certain spraying, or to climatic conditions. a Tho Forty Mile Busli dairying companies, at a meeting hold in Pahintna on Saturday, decided to make a levy up to l-Bd. in tho £ on October hutterfat- as a contribution to tho expenses at Wolliiißtou of the Citizens' Defenco Committee during the. ,strike. ' Tho Tawaha (MaHinbo rough) Dairy Company is payinp; out for last month's cheque a sum amount-ing to over £1300, being about £200 more tlian was paid out- in December, 1912. Twelve thousand egss were consumed bv fire in Blenheim on New Year's Eve. They wero stored by Mr. J. R-. Rpthwell in an old four-roomed cottage in Nelson Street. Mr. Rothwell suffered a considerable loss, tho building being valued at £50 and the eggs at another £50.

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Every cheese, factory manager aims to make as good a quality cheese ns possible, also to see a big'profit balance on tho books.' Tho "Victor" Vats help you to achieve both - of these highly desirable objects. The-"Victor" with its sloping bottom and centre "drainage is tho best assistant a cheeseinaker could ' have. Moreover, the "Victor" is so , soundly constructed that if outlasts many, inferior makes. • Best- tools nlways mean more profits-fit the best, the "Victor.' Pull particulars Albert J. Parton,'Plumber, Carterton.—Advt.