GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1991, 23 February 1914, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

The Waimate correspondent to the. Timaru "Herald" states,that ;in tho Morven. district have been so inuch laid by adverse ' .weather that whole paddocks have to be cut one ivay only.' jV rich undergrowtli of clover in many cases will cause the sheaves to dry l very slow'ly. The wheat is-not' going ..to'-turn out as well as the'appearance of tho fields indicated, many of the.heads'being badly filled. . -Mr.. A. L. Miles, of Monto Video, .ivho."is interested- in the New Zealandfruit trade, strongly impressedupon'the growers in Nelson on his recent visit, the absolute necessity l for -sending-no'tVing'but/good fruit, and-for seeing that it was well graded, care-' fully packed, and wrapped in good white paper—not the dirty Tsrown paper that a few of the growers are inclined, to use. The brown,paper acts quite as well as a. wrapper, but detracts very seriously from the appearance of the fruit when opened up. Growers should realise, it is urged, that..iti building a new business no point whatever should bo missed that will tend, /to-make a good first impression. and secure the confidence of tho buyers. Ono of tho Sedgwick bo.ys, who has been:employed 011 a station near Masterton for the last- three years, called at a. Wairarapa newspaper office recently and expressed the very great pleasure ho felt at having been given an opportunity of coming to this,coun-

try. He had, ho said, been delighted' with his work, and was very well satisfied with tho wages, he .was-to receive! These have been banked for him, and ho has now a very respectable amount to come. Tho climate and freedom of Now Zealand were, ho said, worth coming for, and he expressed tho opinion that if the charms'of this country were only known.in Groat Britain thousands of people would emigrate to the Dominion. Tho lad intendu working his passage Home to see his friendsin a year or two. "But," he added, "I shall not be satisfied there. I shall come back and take up a- piece of land, if I can get it."