FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 210, 9 October 1909, Page 6

FARM AND DAIRY.

FACTORY CONTRACTS. WHERE THE OUTPUTS ARE GOING. The following sales and consignments of the season's output from dairy factorius aiv reported. Their total output of produce last season is also stated: Consigned through Messrs. Collett and Co. (Mr. .1. It. Cruickshank):—Oaonni, butter, 220 tons; Midhirst (half), butj tor, 475 tons; Hillsbrough, butter, 35 tons; Lcppcrton, butter, 02 tons; Iluiakama, butter, 37 1 /> tons; Makaliu, hunter, 17' A tons; Glen Oroua (half), 'butter, 403 tons; Kairanga, butter, 122 tons; lvongotea, butter, 100 tons; ltuapeliu, cheese, new. Consigned through Messrs. Lonsdale and Co':—Dpunake, butter, 202 tons; Kaupokonui, butter, li7'/a tons; lvaapokmiui, cheese, 1502 tons; T. L. Joll Co., butter, 120 tons; T. L. Joll C")., cheese. 1471 tons; Cape Egmont, butter, 17 tons; Cape Egmont, cheese, 280 tons; Awal.una, butter, 27'/■, tons; Okato, but. for, 175 tons; Whcnunkurn, butter, —; Lowgarth, cheese, 300'/. tons; Bay of Islands, butter, 50 tons; Bay of Plenty, butter. 120 tons; Eureka, butter, 120 Ions; Kalikati, butter, 27 tons; North Wniroa, butter, 180 tons; North Wairoa, cheese, 17 tons; Waikcikei, butter, 33 Ions; Waikato, butter, 508 tons; AwaImri. butter, 131) tons; Glen Oroua (half), butter, -103 tons; Kia Ora, butter, 208 tons.

Consigned through Messrs. Pearson and Hutter: Stratford, butter, 504 'ion*; Oakura. butter, !)7 tons; llangiwahia. butler, ">4 tons.

Consigue d through. Messrs. \\ eddel and Co.:-Kltham, butter, 800 tons.

Consigned through Messrs. Lovell niid Christmas:—Melrose, tons; Ngairc, cheese, 450 tons; Uawke's Bay, butter, 271) tons.

Consigned through Messrs. \\, JJavi.lso nand Co. (Mr. Newton King):—M. i re Mere, hutter, 148 tons; Midhirst (half), butler, 475 tons; Waitui. butter, 42 tons; Cambridge, butter, 125 tons; Canterbury C., butter, .850 tons; Mnungatapcre', butter, 101 tons; Whangaroi (half), butter, 130 tons; Cardiff, butter, 22'/a tone; Kahotn, cheese, 282% tone; Rahotu, butter, 10 tons; White Cliffs, cheese, new.

Consigned through Messrs. J. B. MacEwan and Co.:—Ahuriri, butter, 37 tons; Ohum Proprietary, butter, 12 tons; Bunnythorpe, butter, 47 tons; Ractihi, butter, 17 tons; llcretaunga, butter, 72 tons; Oringi, butter, new; WeberWaionc, butter, 18 tons; ICaramea, butter, 45 tons; Sounds, butter, lo l / s tons; Irangahua, butter, 21 tons; Mangarama, cheese, 90 tons; Rongokokalio, cheese, 104 tons; Tawaha, cheese, 50 tons. Consigned through National Dairy Association:—Mells, butter, 120 ton.?; Mangorei, butter, 300 tons;" Dalefield, cheese, 390 tons; Longbush, cheese, 11) .tons; Nireaha, cheese, 217 tons; NorseI wood, butter, 75 tons.

Consigned through Messrs. Oetizes and Gerritsen:—Tariki, butter, 8 tons; Tariki, cheese, 198 tons; Grey town, cheese, 216 tons.

Consigned through Messrs. Osborne and Co.:— Featherston, cheese, 315 tons; Qtaraia, cheese, 59 tons. Consigned through Messrs. Dalgety and Co.:—Kaituna, cheese, 30 tons; Whangarei (half), butter, 130 tons; Hokianga, butter, new. . Consigned through Messrs. Mills and Sparrow (E. Griffiths and Co.) Balance, butter, 500 tons; Thames Valley, ,butter. 388 tons; Ohura Co-operative, butter, 23 tons; Te Aroha, butter, '75 tone.

Sold through Messrs. Nathan and Co.: Pihaniii, 10% d, less y a per cent., butt v.", 220 tons; Maketawa, lo%d, less J /j per cent., butter, 134 tons; Uruti Valley, consignment basis, butter, 35 tons; North Taranaki. 10% d, butter, 63% tons; ITakarn, lU'/gd, butter, 13 tons; Rata, 10% d, butter, 130 tons. Sold through Messrs. Trengrousc and Co.:—Oinata, 10% d, butter, 56 tons. Sold through Messrs. Bray Bros: Waitara, lo';' s d, butter, SO 1 // tons. In

addition Messrs. Hray Bros, are handling an open consignment—the output of the Tarata Dairy Factory. They wi'l also handle Utiku and Tikorangi brands for export and jmrt of the Maketawa brand for local markets.

Sold through Messrs. Wright, Steven son, and Co.:— Opotiki. 10% d. buttT

12!) tons; Whitford. lO'/jd, butter. 21 tons; Dannevirke (consignment), butter. 204 tons.

Sold through Messrs. John Hughe: and Co.:—Mauricevillc, 10% d, butter

35 s /o toils. Purchased I>y Messrs. J. Ji. MaeKwun and Co., October outputs:— Kivcrdah, llVid, butter; J.ake, IP/ 4 d, butter; On). nui,»consignment, butter. Ihe following, among other factories, are understood to be still open to treaty:—Hell Block .Frankley Road, Hawera, Hurleyvillo, Mangatoki, Moa Farmers, Xormauby, Vuniwliakau, Riverdale, Tarurutaugi, Tikorangi. Kapouga. Kaitaia, North Kaiparn, Fresh Food and Ice Company (Auckland), Wayby, Opouriao. Waimana. W'aiotahi, Whakatane, Levin, Masterton, Rangitikei, Taihapf, Alpha. <!olden Itny. Rockville, and Arnhura.—Dominion.

Sparrows are said to be destroying the bloom of the peach trees in their quest for the saccharine to be found there, and in consequence the prospective fruit crop has been largely destroyed.—'Waimate Times. Argentine frozen meat is selling increasingly in Rome; the municipal council is formulating a scheme for its admittance on a large scale. Switzerland is now open to frozen meat, under reasonable regulations. In 1840 there were 1)2,000,000 sheep in France; now there arc but 17,000.000. Owing to these 'igures, and also owing to the fact that mutton ami lamb are now very much a !a mode, Uierc should be a good chanu for frozen meat in that country, if tin agrarians could be checked. A gigot of mutton (leg) now costs in Paris 6s to 7s. At the meeting of the Pater Harbor Board on Tuesday (the Press reports). Mr. 11. W. Sutton moved that the wharfage on frozen meat be reduced to Is (M per ton. Mr. Pcarce seconded, remarking that the change would bring the charge down to a fair basis. He did not •think they could afford to reduce it any lower. It would be advisable to do-il with the wharfage 011 hides in tile same resolution. Undor present rates they were charging just twice as much as at Waitara and Wanganui. It was agreed that a clause be added to the resolution reducing the wharfage 011 hides from sixpence per sack to threepence poisack. The resolution, with this addition, was carried.

\\ lien interest was high concerning -he prosecutions of butter exporters for ■xccss of moisture in the butter some

ixception was taken to the action of t'iie government in neglecting to prevent t'ho shipment of the butter under condemnation. Apparently this defect will now lie remedied. Mr. Cuddie, head of the dairying division, slates:—"ln all cased where it is found necessary to institute proceedings the owners will be given the opportunity of seeing the samples taken or being represented by some one, anl a portion of the .sample will be handed to tlie owner in order that he may have a check analysis made if he deems suc'ti a course advisable. Under the existing law this is not compulsory, but I con° sider it should be done. It is quite evident that the Dairy Act requires to be amended so as to give officers of the division power to prevent the shipment of butter containing more than the legal limit. 1 believe that the dairy company and factory proprietors throughout the Dominion would be quite willing to agree to such alteration, because it can only result in loss to the industry if any such butter is allowed to reach the l litish market. It seems to me that -neli an alteration would simplify matt r- verv much for both the facto-y o -> and tile Department, and act as a luniier safeguard. All effort will be made to have this and other changes which might be deemed necessary made at an early date."

Mr. 1!. D. Knight, of Longburn, skipped forty -horses to Melbourne bv Hie Moana last week.

Lite present spring is the best ever !xpericnccd in the Forty-mile Bush.

A commission, consisting of Messrs. K. Gutlirie, 1?. Parish, and 11. M. licevesi is at present enquiring into tile conditions of the pastoral leases in Canterbury, which expire in 1011. with a view to seeing whether the areas in question cannot be cut up into smaller holdings. About a quarter of a million acres al-c involved. A Pnhiatua shcepfarmer says thai, although it is not generally known in Xetv Zealand, at Home it is always considered that there is more mortality among lambs when docked about the time of the full moon.