FRUIT GROWING
;. ' The output of stone fruit from the !' Teviot district' this season: is .stated: taroustitute'a, record. In- tho 1913-14. ; season - , which"'.was considered] an imnsu- ■ ally good one, tho;.returns showed that | the output was vicinity of 1300 ; tons. TTp .to : date this. year 1600 tons' [ have gpneTforward, and these figures | "will be greatly augmented ;,when,'.the:;r&i turns for the consignments of'apples; ; and pears, which are now"? coming'-.-in> i freely,^.are'made up at of'the I seasop: The prospects, as far -as pip | fniit.us concerned,, are xery-promising.
I "Never has-the demand-for; clear-headed r constructive.; thinking, ii business teen fto urgent, as it is right now. We;are liv-' i.ing in'-a. progressive! age,' and must-take j advantageCof. all up-to-date methods': Vlt iis in savings; from wasto'of any descrip- | tion "that money is made to-day, and fj ! y concentrating one's efforts on- all details; vof our business '■we /-laim : to' be able to L produce results for i our many cream sup. [ pliers. We want .more, oream. <Oan you j supply "us?, Furthfer,particulars, Wanrai'nui Fresh- Food Co.—Advt.
PEDIGREE SHEEP English " slieep-breeders experienced during January last an oxceHont demand foif; stock from abroad, and we have to go back as far as 1907 to find a month of January in which a greater uumher-of sheep were shipped than during the month just over. The average declared value, as will be seen from tho comparative table given below, is very satisfactory, particularly jvhen it .be remembered, that' the bigsier portion of tho sheep 'exported had already been used during the-past season in tho tome flocks: —: ■; • . Value. Average. Period • No. £ £ s. d. Jan., 1914 :.. 340 ' 4,450 ' 13 1 9 Jan.,' 1915 ... 215 3,237 15 1 1 -Jan., 1916 ... 508. 10,941 21 10 8 The Argentine was the best, customer, no fewer than- 368 of the 508 exported, during'the month going to that country' at £20 14s. 4d. apiece, as against hone twelve months ago. , Uruguay took seventy-one during January, 1916, at ;.£24~125, .lid. ;■ Zealand, twenty Romney Marsli in-lamb ewes front the Westbrok'e flock, at 10 guineas;' and "other countries" forty-nine, at the notably high average of £27 18s. 6d., as compared with nine at £11 2s. 2d. in . January, '> 1915. . Dust-proof, Knock-proof Milk Cans!— ■They are - made of 20-Rauge charcoal tinned steel, iwith welded lioops, hollowed •bottom; -and-fast- handles. It is impossible to hammer the bottom out ot a "Victor" Can, so thoroughly 6older<>d is it. Made in 15-gallon size and 20gallon. ' Write to Albert J. Parton, "Victor" Milk Cans stand hard service, Maker, Masterton.—Advt.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2745, 13 April 1916, Page 8
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415FRUIT GROWING Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2745, 13 April 1916, Page 8
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