FARMING NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 42, 18 January 1938, Page 5

FARMING NEWS.

RURAL RAKINGS New Zealand exports of fallow for December last amounted to 1454 tons, according to figures compiled by Dulgety and Co., Ltd. For the six months ended December 31, 1937, tallow. exports totalled 11,036 j tons, compared with 11,835 for the corresponding period of 1936. A flutter of buying in ryegrass seed direct from threshing mills has been noticed in the Gisborne district during the past few days, and an improvement has been noticed in the inquiry for maize in Auckland. The sudden demand for i-yegrass seed has been for bush burn mixtures in what has been mainly farmer to farmer sales. From 9s to 10s a bushel of farmers’ dressed seed has been paid for certified seed. Very little uncertified seed is on the market yet, but sales have been recorded from 7s to 7s 6d and even as high as 8s a bushel. Apple growers near Rangiora have suffered. in some cases seriously from the recent hot weather. In Lowburn fruit lias been burned and shrivelled by the sun. In some orchards, nearly every apple exposed to the sun has been damaged. Though this may not mean complete losses, it will certainly mean decreases in value. A return of £241,681 from the first Tiinaru wool sale held on December 17 has been received b.v growers. A total of 14,487 bales was offered by auction, of which 14,218 were sold. The total weight of the wool sold was 4,737,3621 b, the average price a, bale being £l7 and the average price per lb. 12.24 d over all. In addition to organising milk production from dairy herds, the _ Gernmn_ Government is encouraging an increase in the number of milking goats, says the Australian Dairy Review. During the war Germany’s goat herds increased to 4,600,000 head, but after the war goats were neglected. Last year’s efforts brought the number to 2,400,000. Gorman exports are now teaching the masses that the annual yield of butterfat from ono goat covers the whole needs of ono citizen, and that each additional goat is a paving stone oil the road to the nation’s supply qf edible fat. It ig reported that every German working man who has the means of rearing it, will this year be given a first-class quality goat to enable him to improve bis standard of living. A considerable sum of money has been granted from public funds for the introduction of new goats,