GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2143, 8 May 1914, Page 10

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

During the last few months it is statd (says the "Jlanawatu Standard") bat buyers ha\;o been quietlyoperating 1 Taranaki on behalf of Canterbury lients, and as : a result sbnioV- 14,000 beep, mostly breeding '.'ewes', .liave been , hipped to Canterbury from this proince. Oho buyor alono forwarded a line f 9000. ! Several thousand limits have lso been forwarded to Foilding; ;Outido buyers have been ; nctive . amongst attlo also, and quite a liumbcly prinipally young steers, liavei been transjrred to the East Coast.' "Quito a number of farms in tho Pahiaaa district havo changed hands .duri" tho pa3t two months (writes our ahiatua correspondent). .It is claimed y soveral reliable farmers that the ualitv of the land in this district com--ares favourably with that in the Waiirupa, ,Manawatu, and Southern :awkq's Bay districts. The best qualy dairying land is realising from £40 k£so per acre, while second-grade land . selling at from £20 to £30 an acre. h9 pricos of good sheep country range om £10 to £18 ah acre. Although milk is on tho decrease the ipply at tho Manaknu cheese factory impares very favourably with the corJspohding period last year. Some 106 ises of cheese' were recently railed to /cllington to be shipped home, and is oxpeeted tliat tho grading will bo igh. Mr. Nicholson is tho main supier, contributing 8001b. daily. /The "host test ,;is G. 4. Jlr. Xewis takes Poole's place as assistant, tho' lat•r having received the appointment of anager at tho Makerua creamery. If you're thinking of' purchasing motive wer, your positive duty towards vour ture 'satisfaction ,is to seo the Hieli3»d Oil Engine. ' It has gained the ghost Awni'd.against 10 other wpU-kno\vn ikes, and reliability day and year out.- ; will convince vou"of .an nest investment; ''*. believe ahat "a chmond Catalogue' is your best buying me—it is! : Will you write Albert J. irton, Plumber, Carterton, Solo Agent, idvt. ;• 1 , : -