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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 122, 9 June 1937, Page 15

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News of Interest To H.E». Farmers AMERICAN WOOL BUYING — i. Substantial increasee in the imports of wool into the TJnited States in 1936 are revealed in figures supplied by the Burtau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Washington. The figures show that the raw wool imported amountecj in 1936 to 263,988,0001b. as agiainst 200,461,000 lb. in 1935 — an increase of 27 per cent. These imports comprised 169,229,000 lb. of carpet wool (including 715,0001b. of camel's hair) and 84,759,0001b. of grades other than carpet wool, as against 171,504,000 lb. carpet wool (including 570, 000 lb. of camel's hair) and 28,957,0001b. of other wool in 1935. Wool For U.S.A. The following countries participated in the supjfty of the respective grades of wool to the United States during 1936: — > Carpet Other Country Wool Grades lb. lb. Argentine 53,408,000 6,957,000 China 27,552,000 Britisk India ... 22,602,000 United Kingdom 20,831,000 4,523,000 New Zealand ... 14,995,000 11,490,000 Syria 7,122,000 lraq 5,7?0,000 Fgypt 4,602,000 Australia 32,031,000 Uruguay ...... 20,319,000 Union of South Africa ......... 4,036,000 Canada 3,958,000. Earmark Record The members of the Young Farmers' Clul? " of the Oxford (Canterbury) district recently decided to compile a : brand and earmark s record of the district They had heard their fathers . talk about it, and, apparently becoming concerned that actioa would not get much further, resolved to d6 the job themselves. A register of 210 flocks has been made up, with separate columns for the name of the flockowner, the earmark, brand, sex, and colour. Early Uambs, A N.orth Canterbury farmer for some years has been attempting to secure from his ewe flock a limited nnmber of early lambB, putting the ram out in February to secure the lambs in Jnly, However, he had no suecess, the ewes not mating until the foliowing month, and the lambs not . appearing until August. This year he was successful through no design of his own- l>ast December a neighhpur's ram got amongst the ewes, and it was , not discovered until the nexi day. However, the result of the visit Was the appcarance this lapt week oi "aboqt 20 lambs. The interesting feature from a stockman's point of view is that the lambs were being weaned at the time of the ram'e unscheduled visit, and the resulta appear to support the claim that ewes just going off their milk are more gusceptible to mating than at other times outside the usuaJ period. , Horse Cartage. A substantial task was performed recently by a Blenheim lirm of carriers in transporting six large draught horses on one motor-truck form Parnassus to Btenopai. The animals were Clydesdale mares bred in the Methven district, and purcbased by Mr. W. G. Rudd, who had them railed to Parnassus, where they were loaded on to the lorry. Three of the horses were led on board and placed side by side with their heads forward over the top ef the cab, Then a manuka rail was iashed across behind them and two more rails placed lengthwise separatiflg the animals. The other three were placed behind and similarly secured, and they all made the long journey to Benopai without a scratck Straw In Industry. The utilisation of heaten straw for the manufacturing of articles possessing qellulose as a base was favoured by the Australian Wheatgrowers' Federation recently. A request will be sent to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research for a full investigation to be made. One speaker explained that approximately 90 per cent. of wheaten straw ecnsisted of cellulose. This was used in the manuiacturing of many articles, some of the chief being explosives, paper, and pkotographic films. Not to Apply. The question of applying to the Royal Agricultural Society for permission to holcl the next South Royal — pr>bably in 1939 — at Gore, was ciscussed by the Gore A. and P. Assooi ition Jagt week, but in view of the cust and small area of the show grounds — abaut 16 acres— it was agreed to take no actipn in the mafter.