GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1989, 20 February 1914, Page 10

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

During the. year ending January 31 the Wairarapa Egg Circle's agents in Wellington and Masterton disposed' of 41,177 dozen eggs, which realised £2584 lis. 4d., as against 40,835 dozen for £2420 175.,1 d. in the previous year. The 41,177 dozen were sent from the following branches of the circle:—Masterton, 17,038 dozen; Carterton,, 8839; Greytown, 7313; Eketahuna (six months only), 2794; Featherston, 2583; Managmahoo, 1435; Mauricevilln, 821; and Martinborough (three month's only). 354 dozen. Included in the number of eggs sold were 3941 dozen preserved. Additional proof that there is profit in pige is provided by the returns from these, animals secured by Mr. F. Rotter, of Levin. Last year he sold pigs to tho value' of £177 (says tho '-'HorOwhenua Chronicle"). Tho amount spent in purchasing feed for them in addition to the skim milk from a herd of 50 cows, came to £39, a net profit of £138 .—thus making nearly £3 to be added to the yearly return from each cow. Mr. Better has found that it pays to add a rationto the skim milk, and he allows one' pint of peas to each pig per day. He keeps two 'breeding sows, a Berk-shire-Devon ' cross and n. Devou-Bcrk-;'shirc. '. This year a Rerkshire boar is being used. Olio of the sows has produced 21 pigs this season. The first litter (ten) was sold some time ago: 1 and the porkers realised £2 each and the baconers- £2 10s. An exhibit which- attracted a nood deal iof attention in the Aiirijultural Hall at the Masterton show ground was 'a collection.'of wool prepared by Mr. C. Bannister (says the, "Wairaiapa Age"). ■This ; represented wool of various descrinI 'tionsi froih 28's Bradford count, to;80's merino; .Colonial wools, cotted wool, a break-caused by climatic conditions, Romney wool eighteen inches in length, Romney-Lincoln wool twenty-three inches in length, and a variety of crimps were also shown. Anothor- collection by Mr. H. Kummer. showinp somo splendid'specimens of Romnev-Lincoln wool, was "also very muoh admired.

■ 'A gentleman who has just returned from a visit id the Tapanni and Crookstoit districts informs the. Dunodin "Star's" Lawrence < correspondent that the cereal crops in those districts are .looking, very wolL, just now, and givo k every promiso of big yields later on. The -turnip crops • are comintr along nicely; and some magnilicent fields are to be scon on many of the farms. The pasture lands have rarely looked better than now, and all classes of stock have thriven and aro.in lino order. Few finer :n<rriculturat districts than Taponui and Ovookston are to be found in this island, and of recent yoar-s the increase in the'land values has been surprising.