FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 221, 23 October 1909, Page 6

FARM AND DAIRY.

WILLER AND RJLEY, JJTD. A SENSATIONAL DEVEI/>PMENT. The. anxiety caused by the failure of Messrs Wilier and Riley, Ltd., Manchester, last autumn, was intens;ll°d when it became known thiat tiij police have issued a warrant for the 'arrest of Mr. Julius Wilier, who wis tlun chairman of that company. The circular irsicd by the ManchestiV r-oTice bears two portraits of Mr. Wilier, a vignetted one and a full-length one. It says:— A warrant has been issued for the arrest of the above-named Julius Wilier or a iharge of knowingly circulating and pJO'ishing a false prospectus of a public c. mpany, trading as Wii'*r nnJ Riley, Ltd.. butter factors, of which lie was managing director. rUitc are also Kcvi'ial other charges to be preferred against him. Wilier, whose description is appended, has a knowledge of various European languages, and may seek refuge on the. Continent. During the lust thirty years he has ueen at the head of the company named, and may seek employment in connection with the importation of dairy produce. His icsources ar; believed to he almost exliauscd. Much of his trade has been with Donmaik, hut lie has a brother ii Vienna to whom he may go. He left Manchester in December last, and is known to have been in London and Brighton, 'but there is now reason to believe he has gone abroad. He is farther described as 50 to 52 years of age, about sft Bin high, medium build, broad shoulders, dark hair (turning grey, thin on top), dark clipped moustache (turning grey), short side whiskers, but now may he clean shaven, has a peculiar twitching of the check .muscles, especially when excited, dark beady eyes, fairly clear complexion, usually dresses rather carelessly in navy blue lounge suit, stand-up collar, hard Wack hat, and black bppts, and wear eye-glasses. He is a native of Austria, but has resided in England for about thirty years, and speaks with but a slight accept. If found out of the United Kingdom extradition process will be applied'for. Please cause enquiries to he made, and if found arrest and communicate at once with the undersigned.—Robert l'eacock, Chief Constable. The failure of the firm was at the time attributed to the frauds of Mr. Alhcrti, sometime Minister of Justice for Denmark. Mr. Alberti was president of the Farmers of Denmark Butter Ex|wrt .Association, and in that capacity got advances, it is said, from the Wil'er and 'Riley Company, ostensibly on behalf of the farmers. These advances grew until at one time they reached the 'big sum of £IIO,OOO, and at the time of the failure tiie amount stood at nearly £o3,ooo;—London Grocer.

POULTRY BREVITIES. Pure ai r anil pure water are most hi', portnnt factors in growing healthy chicks and profit-makers. For all fowls, but especially for winter laying varieties, good shelter and proper feeding are necessary. Air is the most pressing need of the body, whether chick or child, for without it life and growth are impossible. Mites and lice are very largely responsible for ill-health of fowls and consequent loss of profit to the owner. Fifteen half-grown chicks will require at least eight cubic feet of pure air every hour. .Since it is so free and abundant he sure your chickens have it. Indiscriminate crossing is positively injurious, and by using either mongrel or crossbred male birds it is quite impossible to grade up or improve common fowls. In regard to the male bird age need': to be considered. A cock is generally .most profitable in his second season' after which his value to his owner rapidly declines. Thorough cleanliness about the house and nests, proper ventilation and light mg, and the liberal use of lime-washing, and when nccesary the sprinkling of sulphur, will effectually remove vermin. The mother hen needs a little over a cubic fout of pure air every hour, but When closely confined in a dirty coop, often two feet square, how can oven she have sullicient air to keep her blood purified. When hens are in full lav, a very small shock will eause the breakage of the eggs in the oviduct, and as the skins set up inllammatinu and eause'death it is only possible to avoid loss by giving the birds a good do s e of castor oil at once.

A well-known farmer in the Mast")'ton district states that the rise of one penny per lb in the price of mutton means 3s per lamb and 5s per sheep for farmers. This, he computes, if the price is maintained, will make a difference of between £750,000 and £1,000,000 to, fanners in the Dominion, whose spending power will thus be increased tu that ex", tent—Daily Times.

"Sterilise the cow, and the milk will take care of itself." This theory inspired Mr. Ki'lscy, of (lie School of Experimental Farming, in Cincinnati, owner of £15,000 worth of Jerseys, who declares, in a report published in Xew Wk, that he has largely increased the quantity anil quality of his milk, hecause the cows arc bathed every day, their teeth are cleaned with a'brush Ihree times daily, and during the hot weather the animals are protected by linen coats, which keep oil' the Hies ami mosquitoes, and prevent them 'being worried.

-V. !ii" annual meeting of tlie Wellington and Tarnnaki Wool. Skin, and Hide Buyers' Association, held at l'almeivion recently, Messrs. fl. Murlagh (llawera), Warnoek Bros, and Eastley and Sous, Ltd.. Auckland, were, elected members. Mr. A. Christonson (Patoa)

was ducted president, uud Sir. M. A. Ji(iutt was re-elected lion, secretary, it was resolved to register the association and change its name to the New Zealand Won, Skin, and Hide Uuyers' Association, the objects 1 of the association, wliich now includes lirms from Auckland, Chrislcliurcli, anil Dunediu, are to institute a uuiloriu system of sales throughout the Dominion. A letter was read from the Napier Woolbrokers' A.-, souiatioii, notifying that lliey were, bringing their conditions of sale of wool and hides into line with the Wellington Association. Delegates were present from Auckland, Stratford, lluwera, l'iilea, Wungftiiui, Marlon, Damieviw, ;• Woodvillc, ,\la»'terton Wellington, and I Paliuerstou North.

Jin referring to llic cabled report ol tlio rise iu the price of inuttun, Air. Harold Ucnuehamp, chairman of tin: Hunk uf New Zealand, said in an interview in AiifkJiiiul that il was due t» a falling oil' in shipment* from the Argentine, and probably to an increased coniuinption in the jlonic Country. It was loticeable for a time Unit, though there ,vns a ((lut of niutton on the Home niirkct and prices with- low, this did lot stimulate the demund. -Vow, how ver, there was news of an improving .vmnml, mid this denoted belter indilsrial conditions in Britain. To show ,o\v prices' had inipnived, Mr. Heauhanip said that during Die glut North sland liiinh sold as low .is i ;ll■:«il per hj, ,md Xorlh Island- iiiultoii at s!'/,il. o-dav. according to ealileil advice, hinili vas bringing 4%d to 4%il per Hi, and autton 4 -Kid to 4%i1, according to inality. Six hundred cases of cheese arrived it the I'll ton grading store on Tuesday, unking a total of something like one liousanil cases available already for the lext shipment Home. Br. Chappie, late, of Wellington, but - low in England, lias been investigating ho manila problem, and has been good ■nougli to embody the result in a toinnunication to the editor of llie Now iealand Times. He says: ,- l have been uaking further eii'iuiries, and have been n direct communication with the iniinuacturers of machinery in the United States and also with an official of the Bureau of Agriculture at .Manila. New Zealand llaxniillcis could accurately {auge the future of their hemp if they mew exactly the eost of production of fair current Manila fibre. I have enleavoreil'to discover whether the eost of production of 'he latter would justify ,ts continuing output at the present •ate. lam satisfied that it will not. I rave had access to recent official relortS, and one nnd all testify (first.) to Jic fact that Manila hemp can not be >rofitnbly produced at recent rates, and [second)' that the alleged introduction )f machinery and the consequent reduclion in Uic cost of manufacture, ars nytliß. All the reports I have receivd lnd the information I can gather ernihasise ,thc fact that nuinila will mil :onlinuc to be produced at the present irice. It must either greatly decrease n quantity or the. price must approach ts former level. There are other proSuets in Manila, such as rice, .tobacco, uigar, nnd other things that pay much letter to produce than hemp at present •atcs. The cost of food and the rate of vages have gone np in Manila, and so ar the eost of production has not lieen •educed by the introduction of mailiincry nor by. any other means. Moreiver, the appreciation by manufacturers if' sTew Zealand licmp has increased, vhile the quality of manila has fallen iway liecanse of the inferior price. The act that ours' has maintained its stanlard notwithstanding the small margin if profit is a compliment, to our r State frading system and matter of favorable !omment by the brokers in liondon."