LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 July 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Kcv. A. C. Hamlcrsou. has received an invitaton from the ollicebearers of .St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Dunediii. to become assistant to the Rev. Dr. Waddell, and has resolved to accept the position. The friends of Mr Ramlerson will be pleased to learn that he has secured an appointment affording such ample scope and opportunity and representing so deckled a promotion. He will probably leave lor the south about the end of

August,

.Not a little humor (anya the Gisboriiu Times;, was introduced into the proceedings at the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning when it was noticed that the religion of one of the accused on tho charge sheet was set down as "Confusions." Tho uet that tho accused was a Chinaman, let a ' tll«; light info the puzzle, and when -t was discovered that the offence with which he was charged was insobriety daylight flooded tlie mystery. The Celestial no doubt informed the constable that he was a follower of Confucius, but his speech being naturally (somewhat incoherent and Confucius not Going >,o well known as other loiinders of religions "Confusions" was by no means a bad .shot. M.r \\. A. Jiartoii, S.M., Miiilingly remarked that no doubt tho void used described the accused's condition very well.

The turnover of the North Coast Cooperative Company, Byron Haj, Sow ■South Wales, for the past year -was over C1.U00.000. ])iwm K the last six months the value of tho butter turnover was l-o'iO.Oai 1500 tons having been manufactured. Tfie North ~oast Company i« the second largest'concern of it* kind in (he world, the largest beinjj; the Beatrice Croaniory Company with headquarters at Lincoln. Nebraska U. S. A..

A more jubilant Jot 0/ shareholders than those who attended the first annual meeting of the Uriintwood Cooperative Dairy Company., Ltd., held' at Cambridge last week, it would bo difficult to h'nd; and they certainly had all received Is ljd per lb. for their butter-fat for the .season, and yesterday tho.v jilfio received 11 bonus equal to M per lb. Ak a rule Lonus cheques aro not wry large <>iion, but those referred to tvoro an exception. The four highest weie for the following amounts: fc(il;j. .C-lUO. .C3CG. and .aoi. and the lowe.sl of ilie lot who liad supplied the whole season was .£9l 2s Id., and that went, to a man who had milked only 1(5 cows. New Zealand Farmer.

A demonstration ol the art < r pruning I'niit trees was given iu Loviii yesterday by Mr. Pearce, ol tho yu'nulogical branch ol' the Agricultural Department ol New Zealand. The display way given at the orchard ot Mr Black, of Fairheld, and about thirty orchardistis—present and prospective— were in attendance. Mr. Pearce ha.s an intimate knowledge ol his subjact, as well as a recognition of the itut not understood by every expert tlut there are (several ways ol doing a thing correctly, although in pracMco one way might commond itself to it majority of thinkers or experiment:;. , }. Mr. demonstration yesterday ■was directed to show that inasmuch as sunshine is the great promoter of life and growth there should be kept ever in view by the tree-pruner the i.tter desirableness of freeing the inner part of tho tree free from axcessive lateral growths. He advocated, also, a heavy pruning of fruit trees in the earlier years of their development, remarking that to achieve the best results "in the olid tlw planter oi an orchard .should be prepared to wait five years before real profits came to him. He showed fiy example in the orchard that wheiv a certain tree is backward a departure from ordinary rules may be made with advantage. In cutting tJie growth* of this tree he showed that while oiu side needed vigorous pruning there was another where the development was faulty and would need to be gradually lilled by growths promoted from a neighbouring branch. This was easy to see, but not so the additional point that in the meantime it would be well to tic back to the tree trunk with raffia ait apparently redundant lateral branch. This, h 0 explained, woull help to use the natural how of the sap I and in r-o doing prevent the sap acting j against the formation of -fruit buds i in tho ci'.so of this particular free { Mr. Pcarce gave pruning illustrations on various trri;<s, ranging :froin one year old to five.

'Here is all extract from the !'ve stock market report of tne Melbourne "Leader" of the 11th iust:- "Quotations for prime crossbred wethers, 3ls to 46« 3d; extra do. do., to Gss; odd pens, to 765."

The Whiterig Dairy Factory Company Bold 75 cases of cheese last week through tho South Island Dairy Association at Bjjd. per lb. It is expected (says the Matalira Ensign) that the balance of the season's output in the factory will h» sold at an increase , on this figure.

Gorman margarine factories turned out in 1912-(the latest available statistics) 300,000 tons ot margarine. To make that, they 'brought from American manufacturers close to 20,000 tons of oleo oil. It is now intended to mil slitute sunflower seed oil to take tho place of oleo oil. importation of which fias been made uncertain by the war. A well-known farmer on Edcndalu Settlement, Mr. Joseph Lawrence, whose 201) aero allotment of freehold land situated at the foot of the tflopo adjoining Kamshi J3iifch is considered to bo the pick of the numerous fertile farms in that 'locality, has disposed of the property tis-rrlr Miinro at a high figure, exceeding £80 an acre. It is understood that Mr "Walter Holloiuls has disposed of the l.i.n. interests in his 22-acre frain on Edeiulalc Scttlem inent at the handsome ligure of £11 per acre. iNew factories starting operations this season (states an ex-change!) that intend going in for checsemaking are the Aponga Dairy Company, Otarere, and the Manawaru Dairy Company. The hitter will probably start as a two-vat factory. The Kangitaiki factory is probably only Qie first ot many factories to commence working in that district for the draining of the well-known Rangitaiki swamp opens up some etf'.OOO acres of ideal dairying country.

The Wyndham Herald states that tho Fxlondale Dairy factory Company has just fixed the bonus addition tu tho milk suppliers' payments. A progress payment of Is per llj. for butterfat lias been made. The bonus will be 3d. per lb.. extending over tho .season from October Ito May 31. Thin beings the payment for butter-fat up to Is 3d per lb. over tho season—a splendid price, giving grounds for great satisfaction. The bonus addition, it \i interesting to note, will absorb no less than £1)500. Dairying Jinvolves hard toil, but tho recompense ifi good just now. The factory -will close for the season on July 10, to re-open in a month or six weeks.