GENERAL FARM NOTES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 121, 8 February 1918, Page 8

GENERAL FARM NOTES

Much satisfaction is expressed among .farmers of the Wairarapa, says our , special correspondent, at an assurance , given by theTrime Minister to a deputation that provision would-be made for '•■the reopening of fpllmongeries, and • that instructions would be given Government! , valuers to value all wool at an, increase of 55 per cent, on pre-war prices. , ' The Minister ,of Agriculture has, according to our Masterton correspondent, assured the Wairarapa Wheat Committee that payment will'be made by the Government for-the storage of wheat that cannot be accommodated at the mills. He has also promised consideration of the question of the allowance made for corn-sacks. " A meeting of the shareholders of the FeatherSton; Co-operative 'Dairy/ Company is to be held on Monday, when the question of installing a plant for the purpose of manufacturing sugar-of-milk will bo considered. An enthusiast, on the subject estimates that the development of. this industry, would bring £70,000 additional revenue to the Wairarapa dairy farmers, whey being largely a waste product in the existing circumstances. • Late entries for the annual show of. the Masterton A. and .P. Association will be received up till- Saturday, February 9, on^payment of Is. per entry late fee. The show will be hel& on Tuesday and-Wednesday, February 19 and 20, ..The number of cattle in Argentina in June, 1914, on the occasion of the last census taken, was 25,866,763, as •against 29,116,625 recorded in 1908. In the case of sheep, the 1914 figures were 43,225,452, as against 67,211,754 in 1908. Pigs in 1914 : numbered 2,900,585, against 1,402,591 iu 1908. . Live insurance appears to be a pretty profitable business, if the figures of the thrde leading companies working in Saskatchewan are any criterion. The figures are issued by the Saskatchewan Provincial Authorities, and) relate to. tho- known business in 1916. These three companies in that year received £3286 in premiums, and indemnified losses to the amount of £943 12s. 6d. The year 1916 was, however, an exceptionally good year for the companies. In 1915' they received £2107 in -premiums, and paid out £1547 in indemnities. ■ • ■ '