FARM NOTES.

Otaki Mail, 10 July 1922, Page 4

FARM NOTES.

,> Lambs- aro making their appearance on tlie farm of lit X. J. Cullinamc at Oringi, near Dannevirke. ""While visiting the bacltbloeks recently, 1 saw working ojl the roads men who had forsaken their farms. ; because they Out not pay. ’ ’ said Mr ft. It. .Sykes, M.E.. at IVfasterton. {Several farmers in tin* Western district (.Southland) report that the tur- t nip crop is not us good as it promised j to be, and many of the swedes me j showing signs of dry rot. This means j that they wii! not stand through the | winter, which, fortunately, has so far I been a fairly open one. Dairy runs sold at Parkville oji j Thursday icatised prices, in keeping with the latest Loudon quotations for dairy produce. The optimism prevailing. in view of the lean year just experienced, is really wonder! id. say* th* Watrarapa Age. The Dunedin dairying district extends from Otokia to Wuituti, uud includes *IOB dairies, with herds numbering from 50 cows to one cow, (fuses of petty thieving are reported from tho Wnktuiui district (says the Ashburton. Guardian), In one instance u plough was stripped, and in another a bag of linseed was stolen, The matter is in the hands of the police. Although the lhakara creamery f Went roa) is receiving milk only on throe da vs a, week now-, a considerable quantity is still being dealt with, the intake last week being 2(i< 0 gallons. Tho Wellington Farmers’ Meat Co. is now turning out six tons of soap a week at the Wuittgawa works, and three tons of soda. “J have taken more off firewood than I have for SO cows for the season, ’ ’ said a small farmer at a meeting of nioj tor car drivers in Dannevirke in connection with the restriction of heavy traffic on the county roads. “It costs 'is per box freightage to get our butler Home, whereas before I Hip war the freightage was 2s M per I box,” said Mr Oh A. -Stanton, at flit ; meeting of the Kuiticke Dairy Co. supI pliers. i “Many farmers do not earn £-1 n j week,” was y statement made at Watl- ! ij t ! j (...pi ia I. ‘‘They ride in motor j rr was a re ply, and the retort came, i ••They’ll ride ill a hearse some day.”