KAIAPOI FARMERS’ CLUB.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6495, 21 December 1881, Page 5

KAIAPOI FARMERS’ CLUB.

The «4j.otiro«d monthly mettle g of the Fanners* Club was held in their Club room Eriapci, Monday evening, at which there were Ism member* present; Mr B. Coup in the chair. A bitter was received,.in which Mr M. Dten essanpkin-ed that he had been mlmprw 'in tine' published prftt* of his paper on genres growing lor sheep; and it was decided to nail Mr Dixon to publish his paper in tbe “Town and Country Journal** for general SaisrsMluA. The saVComaiUte appointed to coosHcr Cha belt dote for holding the meetings of the dub, recommend ed the third Monday in wash «walh as the most suitable, which should to advertised in the daily and weekly papers «n the gs&arday previses to each meeting. Mr 3. L. Wilson gave ik*sh that he would ssoTo at the next meeting— u That, with a •view of securing a mere regular supply of papers for the perm! of the Club, a bauotto totes, ami the member* balloted out against the refpecjur* months of the year to provide a paper or secure a substitute." Mr Joseph Itirour then wad a paper on wheat, In which h« alluded to 'the several Mwda of wheal ©sod % the Aogla-Baxon race, and to the derim on the pan of the New Zwakad colonist* to try any new sample that say to introduced into the Colony, which evinced the true spirit of progress. He twisted to tbs fact that the Adelaide people topi to the while Tuscan ton, though, he contended, it would to mom to their advantage »»d to the improvement of their prices lor hour if they ietoodosed sow* of the B#w Zealand ehsteptoo and white whers, which would give a mellowness to their fitcr, which at present it did sot ( oases*. He atowwd that Tsemoaia bad bean more liberal to the use of assortments, the praeipal kinds sued by them toto# rad and white Lomas, the red and while velvet, and the golden dre-p, which kinds when amalgamated he said mode tto toil quality of flour. But of Isle years to sold the totals wheat had almost become extinct, and they hod been substituting *®»® very- inferior Mad*. In «3»eq«iaoe ©f this their flour was now itferine to Adelaide or Victoria, and wry liMJe bettor than Sew Zeeland. Be «wm to ended the growth of tbs rod toms* in Sew Zealand, cwpeboUy cm the plates, atom ti was ericaktod to grow to perfection and retain all its exoriUnt qualitkrs. He «*>d it was **» exceedkifly iMb skioned wto&t, and heavy, and eomrqusnUy * g»ed producer of floor in quantity. It also possessed within itself a f-ifficicct oomtdsstioo of strength and colour to allow of It# being maeafsetured without th* amsUnro of any other swl#. It yielded well oo the plains giriug from JWto S 5 bushels per acre on the beat of the plaits land. As a rale ho believed It did not ywU as well, though to should like to sat « fair trial given to it. The white Lamss, he sold, wo* much riorikr to the red, but required a mritucf to male it *u®rieotly stoaeg for milling purposes. He proceeded to treat on the red and white velvet, sod the f»ldro drop, a# the Tasmanian aorta, lie referred to ito difficulties met by th# seMllers to the North Irisnd, and the # various kinds grown in this iflwad, showing that th* favourite sort for aspofiatios was the white T«#sm, presumably from Its strength. This kind ts preferred by the logtoh miikrs on that avs-ruct, but it was just the contrary a* regarded the milk r# to Canterbury, as I key

found it contained lt»a flour than any olii«r kind. ll# showed tbit lb# Tu»m wheat (lid much better on the higher portions of the EU«iner» district, where It i» town « tit autumn wheel. Hu recoin* mealed the termer* of lit® fit Helene awl Xalapoi I eland district* to »°* the Tuscan wheat in the winter, which weald fire a good yield, and be equal to the Lake Wirtrici. He foretold that the velvet chaff wheal would, wbsw appreciated by English miller# at it# fall value, commend the highest ' « the English market, if grown on the Eor on dry land. Referring to the r’e Whit#, lie raid he hoped the noun%rt would long produce it, as the miller# would be at their wit*’ end to produce a Hoar toisahle for their trade without it, beside* which it was the b*#t Hour yielder. He hoped the Champion wheal would ere long be more generally known, as it possessed a considerable amount of strength, more than Hunter • White, and wae * Brsbelaes judder. He looked upon this a* the best wheat for expor Ution, and worth from two to three shilling* per quarter mare than ant other to English wallers, on account of its strength, The ex* ceUstaoa of the Essex kind was in it* colour and for mixing with other wheat*, but it was the extreme of weakness. The Russian wheat was a recent introduction, but he thought It would in a short time equal, if not supersede, the velvet chaff in quality. Oo the motion of Mr P&shby, a hearty wot# of thanks was accorded to Mr Turner for his paper. It was also decided to consider the question of balding the annual Autumn foal, grain and root show, and local Industrie* exhibition, at the nest meeting, and It was suggested that a show of frail. Sowars and vegetable* should he added to it. T&« meeting than adjourned.