FARMING & COMMERCIAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2560, 7 September 1915, Page 8

FARMING & COMMERCIAL

, HONEY CROP PROSPECTS

l- ■ '■ Tho -Dirootor ?«of the; Horticulture ; . Division'has received from the : Apiary ; > tlio. following reports: con-, i .-rivceining-the honoy, crop prospccts:— , : Auclcland.—We now have spring .in ' Jlio Auckland Provinco, and although E '- it is too early to attempt : to; predict ■ ' ; .what tho coming season, will produce, ' tho present indications are favoiiTahlo. r;-The wilhjw flow, is now on.: Tho local market'is somewhat bare of good honey, .■ -.-■■■'!■ and beeswax is in demand at prices ;. -. from 15d? to Is. '7d. per lb. Wellington.—Tho price of lionoy 6till .' remains iirm, and no fiesh lots aro offering.i Beoswax is noitli Is. 6d. per lb. 1- v Secfcions.'iaro. uni>roonrabie. A,, profitablo. summer "hotild. be tlie_ result., of - ■ v tho wintor experienced in this .district, ' - ' : :Christchurc"h.—From inquiries, mado,, ' -'beekeepers have>nracticallj...sold .out last season's crop" There are mdica- ' • tions of: an early spring, in. North Canterbury' and Marlborough, where several varieties of nectai secroting flora 1 : 1 are in bloom. ' Owing to tho; short honey '» flow^••■'in"'-this district last • season, -the t ; bees went into winter quarters msuffi- - ciently* provided with food, aiid quit's ■- .a number of stocks have died of starva- , 1 tion Those that :havo. , struggled through,winter aro in many instances • ' very short of stores and- requiro feed--I'■ .'.• -borioSln.—Conditions*, are unchanged.! locally.' .Prices aro firm. Beeswax is | , ! scarce. \ \ ' EXPORTS OF TALLOW , '••■:i Tallowy exports from New, Zoaland dur-1 ;; > ' two > - Ang., Tl. for 2 months, ]'■'ix'< ' •••'. 1915. months. 191 i. : I Tons. Tons. Tons. '■ i- . Invercitrgill '372 . i 92. 261 ■■■-■J - iDunedih.l .179 ■. 418 ' 2J3 :.oamaiu ......... •36 . 36 . _83 ~ ! : .'TiMarfi'- ; 31S ;- . 73-i *■ . 151. - : , ■ • Ctastchurch 590 • .1,010 280 •'*•: Blenheim ;48..;:/X;—^> r 1 Nelson 21 21 38 ■Wellington .., 431 999 _ 326 , Wanganui iS - 125 2 j "Wuitara 73 117 145 ' Napier 199 33J 91 Gtsborne 46 412 .. •: 41 : . • ' Auckland' ....... . 183 \'-437 - ..22S 2,496 5,202 I.SSG j: ii. . Never--has the-demand for clear-headed • -■■■-.'constructive thinking in business been so : ■' urgent as-it is Tight now. We are llvi.: - ■ Vig in a. 'progressiva age, and must take ■ odvantgao of all up-to-daifce .methods. It. i is. in savings from waste of any desorip- '-■ ' ■'tion' that-money is made, to-day, and by. :• '■ concentrating one's efforts on all .details of our "business- we ; claim ; to be able to ; ' " produce for our many cream sup: •' - pliers. i'We want more cream.> ; Can you, ' . supply tis? Further particulars/ .Wanga: v i . -nui Fresh Pood Co.—Advt. ■■•..' . ,; f: So far-there has only been a slight advance on the prices of the famous. Victor •v ' Cheese-'' 1 Vats, and- factories 1 are; now or- '■' dering in'" view of a possible • further, ills' ' -'crease.-Various causes will, shortly, great- ■ .ly increase the cost; but. orders received i ; '*''now will- be delivered in rotation and at ; present pnc©s. -Albert, J. Paiton, Car- > terton.—Advt.

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