The Secret of the "L.K.G." Success.

Otago Witness, Issue 2817, 4 March 1908, Page 20

The Secret of the "L.K.G." Success.

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axe of very good quality, being very bright and plump, but the samples of oats are not -so good, being on the thin side, and .wanting in meal properties. Millers say that they will have to look outside Canterbury for good milling qualities. Tlie cocksfoot harvest on the peninsula is turning Out a gre&t deal lower than the average of other seasons, but the quality is reported to be good and very bright. Ryegrass and clover seed returns will also be a great deal below the average of other seasons, and this w.ith the large sowings owing to misses through drought and resowing after fires, both in the North and South Islands, is likely to pu% up prices considerably. The present prices are : — Ryegrass seed (new seasons), 2s 6d to 3e 6d, but up to 5s per bushel is being asked for old seed; cocksfoot, s£d to 6d Sir lb; colonial cowgrass^ 8d to 9d per lb. wing to unfavourable reports from London, prices for wheat eased slightly, but later reports being more favourable buyers have been more disposed for business; but at a limit of 4s. Farmers are holding out for higher figures. A few have been made at 3s lOd to Ac, country station, sacks extra. In oats, sales have been few, but prices show an improvement, especially for milling lines, 23 to 2s 2d being the price paid during the week. i The potato crop is likely to be tight, and in many places second growth is reported. Sales are only of a retail description, the prese-nt market price is £5 per ton, country stations.

The Belfast Freezing Works has just completed its quarter o£ a "eri- ( It*M9. tury of ' work. They started with a capacity .m' tilling 300 per day, and a storage of 10,000 carcases. Now the killing capacity is 6£KX) per day, and storage for 125,000 carcases. The total put through to January 31, 1908, was 9,049,732 sheep and lambs, 15,994 head of cattle, and 52,248 pijß. The Christohurch Meat Company held their annual meeting on February 25, when the balance sheet ehowed a credit to profit and loss-account (after paying the dividend in April, 1907) of £52,549 14s 2d. At the Canterbury Agricultural College (Lincoln) the Bordier wheat, which was noted in an account of a visit to the college at- Christmas time, hae threshed out 51 bushels per acre and is reported to be equal to South Australian wheats. The Canterbury Saleyards Company (Addington market) report the. number of stock put through the yards for the year as follows: — Sheep (including lambs) 673,221, pigs 25,116, cattle 27,078. ' What I think ia « record for the season in the way of fat lambs is a line sent in. to the Belfast Freezing Works by Mr 6. Gibbs, of Woodend. There was 101, and they, ranged in weight from 41 to 53.6, giving a total average of 47.91b. They were by Shropshire rams out of three-quarter-teed owes. They were fed on rape (which ,was over sft high), with an ocaeional supply of oats. They were purchased by Mr A. !A. Joseph, the well-known exporter. The second draft gave an average of 40.51b. I -regret to have to report the death of Mr S. R. Merrett, the well-known manager of the Christchurch Meat Company's shops, as the result of an accident.