GENERAL NOTES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2689, 8 February 1916, Page 8

GENERAL NOTES

About twenty new members were elected at a.meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association on Saturday last. , The Camp. Commandant at Featherston has. iutima'ted that a'contingent of mounted men will be present at the -Masterton Show. ■ : The entries received for the Masterton '.Bliow, to bo held at Solway on Febru-ary'.-lo "and 16,' are. very ! satisfactory. The .show;, of Romney sheep is .expected to/be tfte best ever seeii in the Dominion. -The grounds are in excellent order. ' ; . ■ ' ■ At,the Manawatu . Farmers'. Union meeting on Saturday Mr. J. Balsillie mentioned that.he had secured two tons of tiie phosphate of lime which the Government had imported from Egypt, and had used.it 011 his land with excellent results, securing a line crop of oats I through its use. —"Daily Times." . ■ The advantages of lime as: a 'manure ivere testified 'to in a striking manner by Mr. J. Wingate at the meeting of the Manawatu Farmers' Union on Saturday. He instanced the case of a .farmer at Hunterville who had decided to experiment with lime 011 his oats. .He had applied eight cwt. to the acre, and as the result had been able to graze the land almost bare two or three times, after wliicli he had allowed the oats to grow, and had taken three tons of chaff to the aero from it at the end of 1 the season. In. a letter to Mr. W. H; Field, M.P., the Minister of Agriculture (Hon. W; D. S. Mac Donald) .says:—"With reference to the deputation which'waited mo 011 November 24 last "in re,gard' to the damage caused by grubs to phormium plants and the consequent deterioration of the hemp produced, I have the honour to inform you that the Department has been'fortunate in securing tho services of- a. highly qualified entomologist, -who will, devote his time more or less exclusively for a year or more as may he found necessary to a thorough study of the problem arising out of the ravages of the pest referred to. The man referred to. is Mr. David ■Miller, and he is taking lip his duties at once umfcr the Biological Section of the Department., He.will visit the principal ' phormium fields as early as possible, and pursue his investigations forthwith. The question of whether the hemp millers or the owners of phormium fields, or either of them, will be called upon' to contribute to the cost of the work will he considered when the expense involved is definitely known. I trust that the resu'lt of this arrangement will be the-dovising of practical measures ;for the control of the pest." Never has the demand for clear-headed constructive thinking in business been so urgent as it .is right now.' Wo are living in: a progressive age, and must take advantage of-, all. up-to-date methods. It is in savings from waste of any description 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 results for our .many cream suppliers. We want more: cream.. Con you supply us ? Further.. particulars, Wangattui. Fresh Food. Co.—Advt. .