FARMING IN THE OLD COUNTRY AND THE NEW.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 218, 8 November 1900, Page 1

FARMING IN THE OLD COUNTRY AND THE NEW.

UTVBK or KB. JOHK DIAHB.

Arm an abeence of six and a half ; Pftnthi. Mr, John Deans, ol Riccarton, returned to Ohristcharch on Friday afternoon, after a pleasure trip to the Old Oountryjrith Miss Deans. Though the journey was made chiefly for pleasure, Mr. Deans combined business with it, as is evidenced by the faot that he has purchased for himself a Shorthorn bull, a middle white boar (both now on the Quarantine Island), the ohampion Southdown ram at the Royal Show, now onjtsway ooc, and a Shorthorn cow, and a Shorthorn heifer, which should be shipped about this time. 3n addition, he obtained a fine Shropahire ram for Messrs. J. and A, D. McDraith, of Raksia. - In the oourse of an interview with a . representative of the Piesi at Riccarton Saturday. afternoon, Mr. Deans i Slid matter of considerable importance were discussed at the Sheep Breeders' i Conference, held at York, and which < .he attindad as a delegate. One of /these wes aquestioa on which Ameri>«an and Australasian delegates were \«like afreed—the neeeisity for seeing that they received the stock they vboßght firom the Old Country. Resolutions wen passed, whioh it is hoped, will hare the effect of removing came for complaint in this direction in the (■tare. Ihis conference was held on the Saturday, before the Royal Agricultural Society's big show, which was, of cause, on a larger scale than sister shows over the sea?. Some ot the exhibits would, no doubt, beat ours, Imt in others Mr. Deans is convinced weoouldhold onr own very well in .two daises especially so, shorthorn «attle and Southdown sheep. There vera some very fine specimens indeed -of these, bat a lsrge number, he thought, were only medio m. He tried, however,, to get the best, and he thought - his importations would do good. All the cattle at the shows—.among others being the Highland Agricultural Society's Show—had been ;Jed op and specially' prepared. Still, In his opinion, shorthorns were not as good as they were nineteen years ago. :At that time all were going in for line breed, and nothing else would do. Now, however, all were crossing - Oraicbhanks or Ssotch shorthorns.

A> one of the directors of the ] Canterbury Vrczeni M*at Oompini Mr. Xeui naturally paid considerable ininterest) to the handling of frcz-n; meat «| Home, But at the time he was ,'ifiYe«tlgktiDg, a Btrike was on, and Ben were engaged at the who mre net, aocaMpmtd to it. He noticed several matters which) in due conne, woald be brooght before his ofbjjreeton, bat it was difficult to , form a general opinion when the unloading w« going on nnder the dU•dvaatageous conditions referred to. Hewever.be saw the meet in the hold, ' Md the oaroaees looked as good as the day they were shipped here. He had little doubt that, as mentioned in imposition* were earned on by botchers yelling " Prime Canterbury,"bud none came tinder -hiepersonal observation. Most from Belbst/Vairfield, and Islington he taw ' wherever he- went all over the country/and very many people spoke very highly of it, especially of the jamb. Oar frozen beef, too, also won New Zealand batter was no lev highly praised, and he had several enquiries from importers who wished to be iatrodaeed to factories oat here Vith the viewto f stare business.

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FARMING IN THE OLD COUNTRY AND THE NEW.

Continued from, front page. / Yes, Mr. Dean bad beard of tbf C|H ire of »'hipmeat nf me»t by 'rt9»m*r 8 mhern Oman, from thf A ganti i«. The cargo consumed of * be.-t »B'l uu too, aod ind been proserved (< <) by th« in* proop?a of ' MtrJittd Fio-n -h.t Mr Deant { hoard, tin m »t lo fe d v«.y w . li btti. ? when tertcd, « Uneqn niti y wa» con ? detuned M unfit for bum tn 10 «umpHon. Tie nmiin'W of t' e mutton *« dispoied if at 2) per li», «tm th bctf at 3 J,slightlyover ho If tbe price obtainable about that t'"me for NerdAmerioan ohit'ei leaf. The returied Hew Zealander points out than this *aa only a trial shipment, bob still it did not augirgreat success for'the t future. -

The shutting outrfrom the Old Oountryof live stock from the Argentine, on the account of foot and month disease, was referred to by the interviews ■ Mr. Deans thought it would be difficult to get the restriction removed lor a considerable time. The efitct of it was that fn zm meat was selling capitally. It almost mtMtt tha*> tbf Argentiue meat wonld bave to Home frono, and we wou'd te on more 6veil terms in thd competition, •nd the best ought to come out on top It will be sesn that agrioultaral and pastoral matters in England and Scotland " were keenly observed by tbe visitor, who is convinced that, generally speaking, New Zealand is 'not behind the Mother Country in these respects. At Home tbe/ seemed to go is for the old style of 'farming. Be saw men holding single-farrow ploughs, and two hones harnessed one in front of the other, and a boy or |oath leading the front animal. In the past season at Hema .they had beaatifal hay and coin crops, but there wai a lot of wet weather, which knocked the crops about. Still, tbe farmers ssemsd to bs well satisfird. The turnip crops, moreover, were tremor djus._ More artificial feeding of oatile was gone in for there tban in the colonies, thoogh there appeal ei to be no lack of feed, Nearly everyone tbe New Zaalanders net referred in glowing tsrms to the deeds of * our boys " at the front, and •II seemed to realise that it would Show the Powers what might happen vera tba Motherland ever attacked.