GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2001, 7 March 1914, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Agricultural • A'ssociafXteVhaß jeoeived':fifty applications for jtne posAMOji'ofrsecreiary to "the as'sosiafi;oii^..w3iicJii»;aa"le'f £,;.vacant" by tho .-aeathibf' Mr;' Selby Morton. The appli-jcatipns-Were referred-to a'sub-comiriit-\iep $0 report;to:.a, meeting: of the Gen- . eral';CdiatniH«o'"to be held on March mr;:: V:;;,:;;':';":;;:: •.- ...•■•.,■■ I k'FamerVinVtho\Bal.caini,.Cust, and lOsortt.Tdjsin'ots'are ; finding now that tteny;.'.paddoc]£s ..• of - '.spring-sown wheat wel] when .'w,eek3 'ago :have blighted off- ajjalare alm'ost worthless. -,' One welljJiown'North Oanterbury farmer states i.ttiathe)' is at present 'cutting a heavy I crop'of.-wheat, as far as straw is con-' i oerned, :btit he. is' quite satisfied it will ppt. : Ho had, howUVer, cut'it to get it .off the field, [Mid out ;of:theway. Tlio blight is referred to. as '/Take-all," and is diffi[wult|to account for, but it means a big ftreductMn [■■ in tho anticipated yields. [ At th'a-invitation of tho.Egmont Agriteulturaland Pastoral Association which was jead'at a committed n'coting of the WaJigan'ui Agrioultural Associa-tion on 'Marca' 4, it was decided to meet ■ the 'jiWost ..Coast. Societies in conference - re''flaTtog/roattoiis. ■ (pertainhig to thb \aibws, and Mr. E. A- Campbell was ap'ptOTtedi'to represent tho Wanganui AsiKociatipn'. ,■.- \• • . Further improvements arc> to bo made i'to the Pahiatua. Farmers' Association's (galeyards. The directors propose to csjpexd £100 in concreting tho sheep pens. I - A considerable amount was spent on similar work la-st year. Extensions were also made to the yards'a few months ago. 1 :

A, shipment of 3000 sheep from the i Chatham Islands arrived on' Thursday et Tiiparu in tho steamor Taviuui. .■A.npvr potato,."Arran Chief," raised from a seedling by Mr. Mackelvie, of the Isle of Arran,; js -well spoken of in ; Scotland. ■ It is. a distinct variety, a '■iheayy cropper, resists disease to a considerable' extent, and is.of first-class :. table, quality.; It ripens rather later than tJprttf-date, is a solid tuber, keeps well,'has very white flesh, and stands eo'niparisbh with the best cooking varie-: tips,,beating them easily in hardiness and cropping powers.