GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1978, 7 February 1914, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

: The Right Hoii. .\V. F. Massey ; (Prime Minister): has written as 'follows''to' the " editor of a; southern papor,t—"l havo to 'acknowledge. tlipreceipt of an article from, your paper ..'with 'reference to the price of fruit. I have read with interi est, your suggestions for (encouraging the export of ■fruit to New Zealand from ■Fiji and other countries, with tho object of reducing the. cost to tho con- . As a: matter of fact, this question has already been rcteivins in.y'''atterition/iindVif it is' "pos^ißtejo;cheapen tho retail'prico.of frhilj in the'Doininioii ' I;s]iall.be.o^ly',toq.glad to-do sp;''.',: .■'•■■■'• 'A 'Press Association riiessago 'from' Tiiriaru states that the lajo rains;aro delaying tho-harvest; ;tho' ground; being too "soft, to; carry a-reaper. :n'the most cases.-" -It' is ' reported -that • j;rain. • -in s'tooks through .the rain -is beginning 'io sprout.' .':{'■-/_ ''■ ' '■'"'■. Don't got loft behind in the race of proeross—in9tal "Victor".'.Vats. in the cheese factory- and^, bring;..it up; to date. "With latfet appliances itl'is certain jrou will produce better cheese, hence.bigger.profits. The "Victor" is tha last word in Vat con--6bu'c,tion.l-l.t .'iisolidly.'.bjiilt of tho'!finest tmattTials, details esrentiaiyto; the' prodiicfion'of cheese at a eoodVprofit.-. A.. J; Parton, Plumber, Carterton.—Adyt. '';.;■ One of tho constables who was in-jured-in the riot, near tho Royal Tiger Hotel, .in Taranaki Street, on the night of November 4, is still on the sick list, os a-result of a blow which he received on-tho.head. from, a,missile.. 'Iho congtable :has boon, on duty once or twice since .bV was struck, but is by no means, recovered. ' ... . . i^