GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1963, 21 January 1914, Page 10

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Last .week at the Carterton .railway ftation .thc 'shipments' of wool anionntecl. to a record, no fewer' than ■ 642' bales being shipped away. During tho same period lust year the total established was 220, or 422 short' of ■ this year's supply. An authority on cropping states that the niajority of the oat crops in the i'ahiatua district this season are very heavy and the'straw is solid: If the crops are harvested in good condition, excellent chaff should be cut. ' . 4" North _ Canterbury runholder has just' given five hundred pounds towards the' extinction of tho debt on the Canterbury A. and ]'. Association's show grounds. Only eight hundred pounds now remains to bo paid off. ' During the month of December, the iollowing stock was slaughtered at tho ,'" : ~" 6G cows > 526 bullocks. 2 bulls 46/3 siieep, 2260 lambs, 104 calves, 6 Pius. Out of this number 5 cows, II bullocks and 8 sheep were 'condemned as unlit lor human consumption. As compared with the sanie month of last vcar there was an increase in the num- °/ stoc,r slaughtered of 02 cattle G66 sheep, 24 lambs; and (j pigs, and a decrease of 2 calves, Tho stock slaughtered or the month was of prime qintlh.l,l l /' oxe ''l >t ', on of 1 eow and 2 bulls, 11 Inch were slaughtered for boning purposes. Following are the percentages of stock condemned Cattle /.irJ; shepp * The -Mauriccvillo Dairy Comnanv rile tnbutcd £900 among tlic suppliers lor butter-tat supplied during December. t!! e ran into about £30 ot butter°pL-Iwee1 weeL llln ° ° Ut tOUS The excessively hob weather of the last few days m the .Wairarapa has caused.tho country to present a parched appearance. Turnip and rape crops aro suffering a good deal, and twentylour hours' rain is badly needed.' Tho Patea Farmers' Co-operative Freezing Company is at present .working at high pressure to cope v.-ith the amount of stock coming forward. Lastjwcek an exceptionally "good lino of 1000 wethers arrived from the Stratford district, and were put through tho works. This is the iargest individual consignment received at tho works for some time past. Durinr; the present season 215 tons of frozen meat havo by tho company, and another" largo cniibignment will be ready for shipment to West of England ports in the courso of a fow days.

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