SOUTHLAND FARMERS1 IN 10A.

Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 24

SOUTHLAND FARMERS 1 IN 10 A.

— Conference with Mr Pryor.— A "special of the Southland Executive of the Farmers' Union was held in the secretary's rooms on Friday last. The president (Mr John M'Queen) was in the chair, and! the following delegates were present i Messrs A. Bevan (Waianiwa), Alex. Roy (iMossburn), J. D. Trotter (Woodlands), R. Tapper, run. (Otautau), T. WAW A Foster (Edendale), B. Maoalister (Riveradale), O. 8. Stevens (Opio), H. P. HenriokBen (Balfour), and J. M'Kerchar (Woodlands). Mr Pryor explained fully the working of the federation. The federated employers were not, he said, opposed to labour in any Tray. What they did oppose was the unfair demands made by some pf the mg^t extreme fflemberg of Jhe. Labour Pfcrty.

One of their principal objects was to' keep a watch over proposed legislation. This was done through the Parliamentary! Committee whioh sat at Wellington. So emphasised the fact that the federation was no political union, as showing whiefar he pointed out that the Parliamentary Committee contained men whose_ opinions on policy questions were diametrically opposed. Particularly the federation ob* jected to the hasty legislation rushed" through at the close' of last session "oS Parliament, or at anyrate tha"t part of" ifc which dealt with Labour questions. He gave many reasons why the Farmers' "Union should affiliate with the Employers' Associa» tion. It was quite possible that trouble would arise with farm labourers who hadl lately banded into a union. It was true lhat the union had as yet no branch in Southland, but it was almost certain that one would be formed there in time. In. the event of their being cited before the court the farmers would be greatly assisted by the expert knowledge "which" they might get from officers of"- the federation on such points as the Labour laws and the proceedings of the court. For these and other reasons he urged that they ought to associate with other employers. m ' The following resolution was' carriea: — "That in the interests of the farming community it is desirable that this - Southland Provincial Executive should be affiliated with the Southland Employers' Association, and that the matter be referred to the branches with the request for an earlyreply." ' The meeting -accorded a vote of thanks toJMx Pryor for his very lucid explanation of the working of the federation. \ DUNEDIN MARKETS.WHOLESALE PBODTICm REPORTS. Mr J. Fleming, Princes street south, report* under date the 21st inßt. : — Wheat perbushei. * er .*f2 Bestmilling-- ... 6/4 Barley dutt ... 110/0 Medium do ... 5/0 Oatmeal, in 25's 299/j Fowls' ... 4/6-4/9 Oaten chaff 72/6— «B/» Millintoats ... 2/6 Ryepras«h*y 83/0— 100/f Feed oats... S/2-2/4 Straw ... 4u/0-EO/f «*lt barley 4/4-4/8 Pearl bulgr .. 3iW Feed barley 3/6— 3/9 Onions «/«— ll/8 cwt Cape barley ... 4/0 per Ibv Uaize 678 RolleiUcon .... 9d per ton. Side bacon ... td Hour, in 200's ... 2SSiO Smoked haras ... 9M Flour, in 60'b ... 240/0 Cheese ... - «i-6W P«Uard 110/0 Good talt fcutter, 9d t» g ran 95/0 IW. according rm cnaKty New local potatoes arriving in market- in food condition. Selling *X 6b to 7b per cw«, larket bare of fowls* wheat. FAKK ANB DiXKt KSOITOCB. - - ' Messrs Irvine and S-tevenson, George street, report paying for produce during the week ending the 21st inst. as follows: — Bacon (roll), »d per lb I Fresfl better, 8d to' Ham, 3d per tt> | Ud per lb ' . Fresh *egs. l« dcz I Stlt butter : not baying Fresh butter, good- ordinary (in lib and iU» prims), 9d to lia per lb. Pigs, 1301b to 1601b, Sid. THE FEOZEN MEAT MARKET. NAPIER, January 16. The CO. and D. Cbnipany, London, babies that t>h« frozen meat market continues very, weak. ' Prices unchanged. -' HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLE. •' WELLINGTON, January, 20. The High ComxnHfiioner'e cable,' d»te3 London January 18, is as follows:- 1 -, _ .•--<■ Mutton: MSarket very dull; trade very dis-» appointing, there being' only a hand-to-mouthi demand. Prim* lightweight Canterbury! mutton is getting very scarce, and is quoted nominally at 4Jd. The following *» curwntt quotations: Canterbury (heavy weight), BJd;, North Island, 31dj Australian, 2|S; Rives Plat©, 2|a. Lamb: M«rkef*%W(fc^ The supply of Australian lamb, which ii^S^^y. BJised quality,, exceeds the demand. ItTfip^aia^. at fromi 5d to 3d. A small shipment oftttts season's New Zealand lamb has arrived, and is quoted! at 61d. No alteration in tho beef market sinca last week. — ~ - The butter market is a eharde weaker Jtos best quality, and some holders are forcing sales. There has been an exceptional ctemanal for second class quality butter at extravagant! prices on account of the scarcity. Choiceatt New Zealand is quoted at 118s; Australian, 116s; Danish, 1255; Siberian, 112s 5 and Argentine, 117s 'per cwt. Cheeses Market quiet, but firm. Whita makes are quoted at 63s "6d per cwt. Hemp: Market weak and slightly lower, and transactions light. Good fair grade, ©m the spot, is quoted at £28 10s; fair grade, in th» same position, £27; fair ounen* Manila, on the spot, £29 10»; JanuaryMarch shipments, good fair grade, £28; f«i* grade, £27; fair current Manila, £29 10s. < Cocksfoot seed': Market firm; Light stocks on hand; with no pressure to sell ; 17lb oled» dressed seed is quoted at 76a per. cwt. / CHRISTCHURCH MARKET.' CHRISTCHUKCH, January 17. There has been vtry little wheat offering during the last few. days, and growers, ara asking up to 4s 6d, but buyers are not prepared to give moH than 4s 3d. The dejnandi at presen* is, however, for fowl feed, stocks having lun out. Oats are now coming to hand, and sellings fairly fieely at quotations. Lines of 3009 bushels ard 800 bushels of Gartons fit for mi'ling heve been sold at 2s 4d; 3000 bushels of Duns, fair average quality, at 2s 2d at * l?d station, and various Jots of Duns, JJanisfl, and G ytens at 2s 3d, at station a. Old .oats havo beeu sold by a merchant at 2s 8d t.0.0., very little barley offering inj™?* but any good lines of malting are- readilj; 8a p«cnr.i ft l ryegrass 1B1 B offering wmewhat. freely, and it shows * wide range of Good reliable old pasture seef « **$***$ as high as 3s 6d, while low grade quality y» difficult to sell it 2s 6d. ftaUan »•£«£ well bearded, is saleable at from 8s to 33 New oatsheaf chaff has not /et be« jjtacft 9 on the market, and fox forward dehv«ry £3 is being offered. ______ LARGE SHIPMENT OF DAIRY PRODUCE. (Fbom Oub Own Cobbbbpoio»ht.> WELLINGTON, January VK A record shipment of cheese ci $ Zealand w»s made by the New Zealancf Shipping Company's steamer F^>«k», wbic^ left Wellington for London Ibis, (tfteaawoffi - It consisted of 18,722 packages of cheeag - valued at £70.'207 lte. as conapwed witffi 17 371 packages, of the> vielue of «65.6iq shipped on the Shaw, Savlll, «n3 ' AlbioS Company's steamer on the Bta inst. The Paparoa also took a/w*y ft lKger %uai» tity of butter than the lonic-, Th© sbiij me»t by the steamer, whioh leis to-d»y, cofu awted of It.ap boxes, TaW *i #1O.68<& while the Iqew o*rri«4 w3i boxes, tattle* *t JB10&83A

The total value of tie butter and cheese ' by the Paparoa is £180,837 10s, as compared with £172,351 by the preceding steamer. Auckland, with a total of 12,667 boxes., he-ads the list -with the export of butter by the Papaica, though the New Plymouth consignment of 11,879 boxes, added ■to that of Patea (4241 boxes), would surpass the above total. Wellington's shipment is 10,508 box^s. Patea comes first in the matter of the export of cheese with 7255 cases. Bluff follows next with 3699 cases. Wellington has sent aw-ny 3418 cas«3, and Taranaki 2510 oases. OAMARU MARKETS. (Fbok Oxtr Own Cokkespondent.) OAMATtU, January 19. The week has been a very quiet one, no transactions rsx wheat having been recorded, and only a few small ones in oats. ' A bright samrtle of barley from Otekaike tas been placed under offer, but at what price is not- disclosed. Potatoes- (new) are coming in freely, and , 4he market is fully supplied at up to. 6s per cwt, at sidings. Half an inch of rain fell during the week, benefiting the wheat somewhat and reviving the turnips and grass. O*ts are being cut on all hands, but it will be another week before much wheat is stocked. The effect- of the rain was. at once apparent in the values' of stock. At a clearing sale near Duntroon horses sold at £10 above late rates, and fat and forward crossbred lambs realised 12s- -all round, or only Is 6d balow the figure offered for prime fieezers. •" GRAIN AND PRODUCE SALES. * Messrs Donald "Reid and Co. (Limited) report:—We held, our weekly auction sale of grain and,' produce at our stores on Monday.- f Ther-a. was a small attendance of ."buyers, bnt with the exception of feed CHrts (for which there was no demand), nearly all lots -on offer met with fair competition, and found buyers at quotations. Values ruled as Oats.— Only moderate demand has been experienced during the week. Milling lines -Lave little or no attention, and are practically only saleable as feed. Best feed lines have been moving off slowly i<* shipment at ■prices a shade balow late values. Medium md inferior < quality has no inquiry. W« >■ quote: Prime milling, 2s 5d to -2s 6dj; good .to best feed, 2sX3d -to 2s 4Jd; inferior to 'medium, 2s- to -2* -2d ,per bushel (sacks -TOTbefiA— ln milling Quality there is little change, and no business to report. Fowl wheat has become very scarce, and to supply orders -good milling quality is m j many cases taking its place. We quote: Prime Milling, 4s lid to ss; best whole fowl wheat, 4s 9d ,to "4s ttd; inferior to medium, 4s to 4s 6d per bushel (sacks e«ra). Potatoes.— Old Derwents and TTp-to-Dates tare now practically out, of the (although •«. few small re-picked lots .are offering at 20s to 40s. New kidneys fresh y picked 8 and well V™'*™™? l^,^* £S 10s; medium to good, £5 to £5 10s per ton (sacks included). Chaff— The market has been more heavily •ÜBTjlied and m, . consequence values «re Smearier. DuriagW week we hay* 101 l a fair quantity of prime oaten *he«f .rt £ li but to-day/in vifew of «»**}"***? J offering/ this price 'is ffiffieiftt' to gf*. ,«£ ! really good oaten sheaf has been sold at £4 5s • medium to gooct, £3 »s to £4; Light and inferior, £3 to £3 7s 6d per ton (bags The -market is 'full 3 supplied with wheats s£aw, which-sells at «>. to. 48 a < Bd ; latin, although not so plentiful* has only moderate JtoXnfl- at 42s to 47s 6d per ton {pressed). ' ATJCKLAND^ BUTTER SHIPMENTS. AUCKLAND, January 15. Auckland's latest shipment of butter to the Old Country,, which leaves Wellington by the Paparoa to-morrow, comprises 12,6t>7 boxes for London, and 863 'boxes for the West of j England, besides 262 crates of cheese. This represents a fortnight's output, yet it is less than 20 years ago since Mr Ambury sent im a trial shipment the very first ton of butter to leave -Auckland. MELBOURNE HIDE MARKET. MELBOURNE, January 16. Hides: Heavies and mediums are firmer; dtheia' are unchanged. PRICE OF CORNSACKS. OAMARU, January 17. At a meeting of merchants to-day re the price of cornsacks, it was decided that the price to be' paid to the farmer and charged to the buyer of produce' be 6£d. ' CLEARING %Sliß. Messrs Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) report having heid .a clearing sale on account of Mr D Jliller, when, owing to Mr Miller relinquishing dairying and being desirous , of retiring from the business, his farm ot 310 acres end all ( his herd of dairy cows,faim horses, implements, etc., were submitted for sale. s The day turned out c very ■wet one. but, despite the weather, the , ■well and favourably-known, character ot | Mr Miller's stock - brought out a large gathering of farmers, dealers, and others wi quest of good stock. The farm was first submitted, with about 60 acres growing orops wheat, oats, turnips, carrying grand crops, and profuse pastures of the very finest grasses. Bidding was not up to expectations, and the property was passed in ior private sale. At the commencement the | competition for the horses was rather slack, but as the sale progressed bidding improved and fair prices were made. The dairy cows £43; two-year-old colts and fillies, £28 to 332' lOs; pearling* to £14; dairy -cows «dd at sa. to £8 5s • " dry cows, £2 los to ±4 , Bawke's Bay, Mr William Thomson, Banks, Maungatua, being the purchaser at 21 guineas. DUNEDIN HORSE SALETARDS. Messrs Wright, 'Stephenson, and Co. (Ltd.) report as follows: -The entry for Saturday'sbX was only a moderate one, made up mainly -of spring-carters and iarness horses. There wap ft satifif actory atte&dance of tno public, the.-asual muster of town Duje IS > SM. a fair sprinkling of country settlers Jfeing present. In draughts the quality was mot attractive, consequently in this section imsinsss' was limited.- Spring-carters ,were Trotter represented," ""and for .these competition was keen, and every one of the country' consignments -changed hands at" satisfactory prices. Aged add stale hacke were hard to cfnit at any monfey. There is a keen demand for good young draught mares and geldings, «md, owing io their continued scarcity;, price* . Vave a hardening tendencx- -Ws have file*-:

sure in announcing a North Islam d consignment for next Saturday's sale (25th January). We quote: Superior young fraught geldings at from £45 to £50; extra, good do (prizewinners), at from £50 to £55; superior young draught mares, at from £50 to £60; medium draught maores and geldings, at from £30 to £40; aged do, at from £15 to £20; well-matched carriage pairs, at from £70 | to £100; strong spring-van horses, at | from £25 to £30; milk-cart and butchers' ' order-cart-horses, at from £18 to £25; light hacks, at from £8 to £13; extra good hacks and harness horses, at from £13 to £25; •weedy and aged do, at from £5 to £7. OTAG-0 FARMERS' HORSE BAZAAR. j The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Associa- ' tion report: We held our weekly horse sale on Saturday at our bazaar, Crawford street. We submitted an entry of 50 draught maTes and geldings, spring-carters, harness horses, i and hackneys 'to a good attendance of fax- . msrs, town carriers, and merchants. Bidding was brisk fox all young, sound horses, but aged and inferior sorts were hard to quit. We sold a good proportion of our . entry, and still have several inquiries for gocd, sound, young horses, both draughts ana express horses. For Saturday's sale wa had entries from South Canterbury, Akato-re, Milton, Clarendon, Puketeraki, Qutram, and the Taieri, and we found no difficulty in selling sound country horses just out of farm { work. Amongst Saturday's entry were several , unbroken harness horses, most of which j found new owners at satisfactory values. Our annual harvest sale of Clydesdales, spring-carters, stud light harness horses takes place on Saturday, February 1. We quote: Good useful draught mares and geldings (young and sound), from £35 to £45; lighter -sorts and .older, £23 , to £33; heavy lorry pairs, from £80 to ,£100;useful plough mares and geldings, £30 to £40 ; ■ pedigree Clydesdale mares, to £150 ; -good Eorts',of Clydesdale msresj suitable for { stud purposes and general farm work, £40 I to £47; carriage pairs, £S0 to £100; spring- j carters (good sorts), from £20 to £32; up- I • standing buggy mares aaid geldings, from £15 to £22; hackneys, from £12 to £18 lighter * sorts, from £7 to £12. ' WATHEMO COTJNTT COUSCIL. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Waihemo County Council, held in the Council Chambers, Palmerston, on Saturday,' was attended by the Chairman (Cr D. Ross), Crs T. Muir, J. Ross, D. Stenhouse, H. O'Neill, D. M. Philips, R. Matheson, and J. CORRESPONDENCE. The Clerk of the Maniototo County . Council, under date of "the 13th inst., wrote stating that his council would be glad to render any assistance in ita power towards securing the erection of a. bridge across the Taieri River at Rock and Pillar crossing.— Received. / Messrs Downie Stewart and Payne tor- ■ warded plans and tracings for signature of Mount Royal Estate roads. — Mr J. D. Ritchie, acting trustee for the late John Douglas, wrote stating that he was prepared to hand the council a cheque for £30 iox further work on the new road, the amount to be- expended on the road, and the -trustees to y be freed 1 of further " liability. — The x on- | spector, on- being appealed to, said £30 would not bs -sufficient to do the work required; in addition to which there was difficulty in getting labour. — After discussion, the council ■resolved to adhere to its former resolution on .the matter. • J A legal opinion was received from the New Zealand Counties' Association solicitor | (Mr T. F. Martin) setting out the .council's | powers in regard to rating on mining property., The opinion, as read, set out that the council could rate up to 36^ on capital ', value as assessed by the warden, and, further, that mining property is liable to be rated in like manner as other property. — Received. James Kitchen, contractor for work on tEe Goodwood road, asked for an extension' of time for completion of, the contract until after harvest. — An extension of time for six weeks was granted. The Secretary of the Land Board forwarded a statement of " thirds " and ' " fourths " for period ended September 2 to November- 30, 1907. — Received. The Treasury Department wrote notifying that the sum of £86 8e 6d had been remitted to the credit of the council/ being a refund I of the amount expended for hut, stores, etc., J for a Chinese leper at Macraes Flat. — The council adopted a motion unanimously thanking the county cleric (J. B. Galloway) for the trouble he had taken in the matter, without which the amount could not have been refunded. inspector's report. The Inspector reported as follows: — Goodwood Riding: Since the holidays I have been getting gravel and metal out for the Goodwood Bush Settlement. I have got out the greater past of it, but will be short of labour again, as harvest is about to start. What has been- done has mode a great improvement on the road. The remainder of the roads are in fair order except Kilgour's road, on which there is a large amount of dairy stock traffic daily, and which makes the road bad in wet weather. A. Kennedy's trees have not been cut, ■ and the thorn hedge on Mr Allan's Mount Royal Estate is also uncut. — The report was adopted; the owners of hedges and trees referred to to be notified to Have them cut within^ a fortnight, otherwise the County Council, would cut them at the owner's expense. — Meadowbank and Blue Mountain Ridings: Parts of the Main road will require some gravel in March or April. The road from the Main road, Oamaru, also requires gravel up to the entrance to J. Geddes's property. — Approved; j work to stand over.*' Macrae's Riding: I have ' had a letter fromrMr M'Le&n, of Hyde, stating that the road near his farm -is rutted, and I have arranged for labour to go from Macraes to repair it. The- remainder of the roads are in good order.— Approved. GZKEBiX. Accounts amounting to £169 12s 5d were passed for payment. . The Chairman and Cr Philip reported the result of their inspection of P. M'Leod'a road at Green Valley, and on the motion of the latter it "was resolved that a sura not exceeding £50 be expended on the road "from the river to applicant's sheep yards. Or O'Connell, in acordtance with notice of motion, moved that a rate of §ths of a penny in the pound be struck on mining property. After discussion arid consultation with the county solicitor it was decided to postpone consideration of the matter until next meeting. , ' A'dolpif Holder, of Chicago, -was Benfenced by the justice on. the bench' to talk for half ah hour to hie- -wife .every day. Next; day he defied the court by oodiking hi« own breakfast and leaving- the house - ■without saying ,d> word. .Mrs Felder does, not want a jajvoroe. She only wante ncr husband to talk to Her.' As he refuses, ths onus is on the judge eithor. to make. bi& £alk_or gend him to. gjtf^k - 'A