Farm Notes

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43317, 25 April 1908, Page 1

Farm Notes

New 'Zealanders figured successfully at the .Royal Agricultural Society’s Show/ Sydney. The Mount Herbert Estate (Waipukurau, H. 8.) was awarded second prize and reserve champion prize ‘ for Shorthorn bull. In the stud sales at Taree, bulls be? longing to' the Mount ! Herbert Estate realised, £110; £lO5, and; £146 respectively./ Two small bulls, from /ffnwald, 'brouglit £2O each. *Mr Dalziel, of Wellington, paid £155 and £lO5 for two Shorthorn bulls.

P. As near as can be ganged from tbe I wlturns already to hand (The Oamaru Mail says), the average wheat yield .‘for the district will be about thirty* v two'bushels an acre. This is slightly less than was estimated early in the and the ; result of the various . crops bear out the opinion formed by %uany that the drought would materii ally affect the grain weight of seemingly flourishing areas. In working ' *vut the average, the returns from 5710 acres' have' been taken,!,;, covering, i Kakanui, Waiareka, Awamoko, Papakaio, Incholme and Otepopo. ’The best yields were obtained towards Kakairayand Otepopo, as much as 40 to 45 bushels having resulted near the .Coast. Some paddocks halve given a disappointingly small result, as low ~ an, average as 17 bushels :hjaving been returned, while, a fair-sized area did tfaot return more than 24. The returns from the district above Duntroon are not included;, otherwise, it is certain that the average of 32 ; bushels would have to be faonsiderahly reduced. As a- set-off to the disappointment in the Hpheat yields, the Oamaru Mail says that oats, although it was expected they would suffer more by the drought than the other cereal, are likely to give a better result than was anticipated and may give 50 bushels. As y: far <as can be ascertained at present, potatoes will average from four to ihre tons tb the acre. . | .Ir PalJ on us. and inspect our prices in •i Odcoats, Raincoats, Ladies Jackets, and - Skirts. We ;< sell less than Auckland %Houses.v; Try Gahagan’s Economic.