PROSPEROUS PAHIATUA

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2921, 6 November 1916, Page 8

PROSPEROUS PAHIATUA

. „ .. e value of wool, sheep, catu' C3h ' cs at, d pigs railed from tho throe local stations—Pahiatua, Mangatamoka, and Hukonui—for tho 1915- . .. 1916 season amounted to £293,500, as ■ against £244,101 for tho previous scar • son, being; an increase of £49,401 (sa.vs "t tlie "Pahiatua Herald")-- Tho average values have been carefully commuted by experienced and reliable sctU tiers, and the totals are:— " * £ jblieep, 104,614 at 26s 135,86S .. .Wool, 6718 bales at £20 114,360 .« Cattle, 3585 at £8 28,080 " Pigs, 4712 at £3 . . 14,136 - Calves, 304 at 30s 456 • Total 293,500 "When the abovo figures are consid- .. . ered, and also tho thousands upon .... thousands of pounds distributed ■ annually among dairy farmers in monthly advances For buttor-fat," adds the ■■"Herald," then the additional payments at the end of tho season, and also bonuses and interest on sharo capi- ? tal with the abnormal prices ruling for sheep and cattle and produce, truly , muoh wealth is coming the way of the man on' tho land." Some there aro.'who hold it a coinci- . - deuce that factories turning out the best i ; cheese and showing bigger, profits are ; . - those equipped with Victor Vats. It ia : more than a coincidence—it is reasonable, ! - and the Viotor Vat supplies the reason. ■ Its doping bottom and improved middle - drainage—its scientific principle—these - ar« responsible for oxcllence. Get de- • tails.' A. J. Parton, Sheet Metal and ■ Plumbing Works, Carterton.—Advt. Mr. H. W. Lawrence. the noted agri- • cultural chemist, of Johnsonville, is re- . sponsible for. all the formulae of the Ttii _ Fertilizers—thus it is that with these . manures the slogan of "Local Manures for Local Soils" is applicable. Large supplies are now Teady to rail. Write •Hodden- and Tolley K Ltd., Dept. D., Palmers ton North, for details, analyses and ' ! prices.—Advt.