FARM NOTES.

Otaki Mail, 20 August 1923, Page 3

FARM NOTES.

[ On one Oainaru orchard there ar J apple trees that have been in conslau j bearing for over half a eeidury. the j .Marten .Dairy Co. has necivcd ii. hs. , formation from London. that its ship 'id- mailt of coloured cheese, ex Port Mel ay- I bourne, realised an average price o II Ids per cwt. If hens go off their food the probab dr. Hiry is that they are getting too mind. J Generosity is an effective spoiler ot al; (appetite, and it may safely be suspected Jif the liens leave their food laying vi about. no The s.s. Devon, which sailed from ib- Hit. lf the other night, took over L’.Om ■y ‘'rates ot cheese from the cool stores. it is reported that; some of the far !;■ lories shipping cheese by this steamer r I'd not got clean bills of loading, as J their cheese was mouldy on tile out ; , sole. There are still about l.ooij crate;j, m eord .-lore awaiting shipnii-nt. .; -Vs is u-'ual in seasons wiien titerc ii. ; s a severe snow (reports the IMutaura t'.m-igni. the kens are eou.ing rlo'r.n tro.ii t)m mountain tops in great j.utni! I >■• i-.s ami working havoc among the ,: i'ready weakened (locks. The sett lens tre inueii eotieerned about the ravage; i of this ibid which is appearing i, embers large enough to cause sub- ■ -nitial lossc . j A i.i'oniinent farmer of ihu Oaman j • -trie, tv a- asked if it. was t rue Iha' v f' tdi'Oi had made its appearanee au.ou;

. si ia .mu'! !. Otago. • •'So far : j ' o Oamar.t rlislrwd is roncerued. ’ ’ lm -aid. “there is not an atom of i.'ufh " il. The only f'ootrot that is to b. ■ti ti 1 1. exeepting in one or two isolated ■ dares, i> that which has been imported f om outside dist rii-is. ’ ’ The vitality of French agriculi nra ami the hnrd work of the French pea sa a try since the war are illustrated : "' otiicia! iigures jus. issued, wiiiel show that there are l.k’.TO.niiil more ■a 1 1 ie in the country tlian in t'Pls , i .dun.dim more pigs, ilim.iidll more sheeji I imi toil.dim moi'e hid sis. ; A further sharp rise look place in, i.e price of pigs at the Levin sale las. j neck. The yarding was n.nsllv of high i duality and wcaners sold up to fh• - (id i I’orkers sold ai a price which errortlitig J to a local butcher amounted to i'd per* ii: dressed weight. ; The dairying season has now coin- j me tired in the sheltered and fertile j l Pohangina Valley, and the r.'ram lorry [ j whiidi lias lierii running once a wee!; j | during the winter months, is non- mak-| 1 ing two trips weekly. | J A “willing"'' battle is raging !«’■ j f tween old and new members of the J I' Whangarei sub-provineial district of j the New Zealand Farmers’ l-ninn re-’ gat'd ing policy (says the Auckland Herald). A radical element is uressing for a. lirenkwav from AuekJanil and the formation of a new district. | ami the “ diehards ’ ’ are dying exeeed- ! ingly hard, ami threatening the progressives wit'll an even more premature , demise. - i The vargarios of the weather have | !]dayrrl Jiavoc x\ i tit some of the pas-J lures in the Morriusville district, ntulf il li.m Imen slatrd that at ptesenr | ti.rre is little new grass. In one dis- I ’riel it is reported that there arc only j two decent erojis. The frosts have | also I■ i l l-11 part icnlarly severe, jj “What’s the country coming to?" ■M'la lined Air. ft. H. Thomson wiien offering a line of spr.jiging lyifer.- at a rb'iiring sale in the t’aflertori di.“- ‘‘ We lia ve. ’ ’ lie said, "n pairinai Governiiieiil that . - spemling .1 !»: on. money in flic encouragement of dallying. i-ixperis are sent round to hi’iurt to you farmers, and il seem-, ■o r;u"h » a.-le of money. Here we are stuck at Jo.' J'or springing heifer j fha ; no dan v farmer sitouid lm asiiaiimd Inf, and one might well ask “What's the rountry cojuing to?" Keen after, thi.- spiiited oration tin; heifer:"- were j | knocked down at .S 3 15s per head. | t liens enjoy punctuality in feeding, j I j They should come expectantly to the • , j at li'uduiit at meal time, and as if they i i,n ant business. Fowls are not thrifty . t when they act as if they did not can [ whether they look food or not. '{ .Something nn'ujne in the problems 1 of a- dairy company on the coast have been brought under tiro notice of a

AYatigaiiui Herald reporter. The coinpm.y hail been in existence many years, and after [kissing through tunny stages of adversity, fortune at hist came irtray, and ir is now a flourishing concern. The companv has among its suppliers a large iniinTer of a certain religious sect whose strict adherence to the creed did not let them become -lull('holders ill the concern, as it was something in the nature of gambling. Naturally they did not participate in tin- same benefits as shareholders. Tlrev did not mind that. The company directors, after various deliberations, came to the conclusion that they owed a great, deal to Hiese good people, and now seem disposed to alter the article.of association so as to give them some allowances isi five way ot bonuses.