FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 226, 29 October 1909, Page 1

FARM AND DAIRY.

FARMhVi IX ITALY. Mr. George Turner, ihi' Uritish Consul. General at Xiiplcs, writing in his annual report on the decline of business last y.'-r. utali's that the chief support of the district, languished owing to a drought such as luul not been known ill South Italy williin the memory of iran. Fivm April to October no rirn of ,'iiiy amount fell, and even during November, usually a wet month, there was much less rain than usual. Under these circumstances it was not surprising to note a colinnse- in agriculture. The crops '.vl.ich failed so largely ill 11108 were tne cum crop-;—including, of course, maize, of which some 0,000,000 British neres ure planted annually, and the green cups, which include hemp, flax, lucerne, and beans, were seriously affected, except in tin: few places where irrigation could he carried on to a remunerative

'.'itcnt. The oil crop, on which so much depended, was an absolute failure, and it might be said that the only abundant yAd was in the case of the vine. The. vine and the fig, both important crops, were able, to stand against the want of water.

The Mangorei Dairy Company is now turning out 55 boxes 'of butter daily, an increase of ten as against this time last season. Next month, when the company will be handling the cream from the Hurford road creamery, the increase should be more marked.

ihe Dairy Union paid out £9781 to mi.k-suppliers, factory-workers, and t talesmen of Palmerston North during the two months of August and September.

There is a marked difference between the pastures along the coast (from Waverley district to Otakeho) and those near the western slopes of Egmont. Pastures in thi latter district are now aoout eiiual to tlie coast pastures of fcTiree weeks ago. In the autumn, however, the advantage rests 'with the farmer n.-'ar the mountain, there being good ?r«ss in that locality when the coast disIriit shows a pronounced bareness. At practically every factory the milk supply is much larger than formerly at n similar period, but this is not brought about so much by an increase in dairy ■oivs as by the fact that many farmers luul their herds coming into profit much (■iirMer tbis year (says the Hawera Star). It s'lins likely, therefore, that he maximum milk supply at the faeurii's wil' be reached rather earlier than t-eal. IVstuves are now showing rich .iiowlli, and the operations tor providing iviniiT Iced by way of cropping are now :n progress.

Although the advantages of Victoria ,i, a place fur settlers have been published throughout the world, the Victorian Lands Department is considerably imbarrasHid when immigrants who have iiikcn such announcements at their face

vi'lue arrive aud ask for some of lh< lam! that is awaiting settlers. The Department hail such nn experience when •itAcn Kussiaus appeared at the Lands ('dice.' On y one of the men could speak Knglisli, and he explained that, including women and children, the party consisted of twenty members, comprising. -I'iiii families. They had been farmers in a small way at Tomsk, in Siberia. They could grow wheat, but had aprcrently done more in the direction nf market gardening. At Tomsk they had read about Australia—how it was a free country anil a good country—that i-ttiers were wanted, aud that the Govliinient would Mud hind for good agri•ii'lurisK Sn they had sold their little amis in Siberia, travelled across to . liiu.i wiih their wives and children.

alien ship to Melbourne, and there they Mood at the Uimls Deparinient explainn.g with touching faith on what they had read that they had come fo r the 'and upon which to found a colony alto."■ther. SH.lhat they might live upon the ..voduce of the .oil. A remarkable feaiire about the advent of these colonists from Siberia i, that they did not write o any Government ollieial for direct inVniiation before they ri„kcd all in start- '■« l°r a new country, nor did they send i' v wind ,11 advance of their coming. It ; s 'lie intention of this band lo work i,: "lie family. The capital thev possess 'i.iil'cs from t:)0 t„ fIOO pel- family, i'iil maiiv people have succeeded on less. The value of the tlippsland dairying lubisiiy ,s indicated by figures sub■itted In the Age'* local correspondent ,*'<], nt'cciice t„ the dairy herd of Mr. i'lii nias Sfiickland. whose farm is iiea 1W'anagiil ••Ki-imi Ist Septenibev, 1!I08, to 'list August. Kiwi." it is stated, "bis ■toss l-flni ii--i were cm from IS3 cows, r; all iivrauo of Cl 7 liis lid per cow. After deducting expenses the net returns a.noiinteil to C 2873. or CI 5 l;ls lid per imw. This was from milk whieli had to be sledL'ed live,- very bad road* lo the ■iiilwav' station, lie paid to the railways '.cm. 17s Sd for freight; also C7l> for other Height, making a total revenue ti tile railways of Cl.'iO IK- 7d." i'he "Kar r and Settler" tS.vdney) of Ist October >nys:-Mr. .1. A. Kinsella, i-o.ne years ago dairy expert to the Xc v Zealand Government and later to the West Australian Government, has been appointed manager of the new butler faetory at Scone,

A land sale 'was held at Levin last ■eek, when Mr. ,f. It. MeDonabl's Araaepae estate was oll'ered by auction, 'lie 104;) acres which comprised the proevly was divided up into 42 sections, even raiurng from 30 to Mil acres, eight iinn 12 "to 17 acres, five 10-aere allot- 1 ih-nls, four (i-acre, and eighteen 5-acre. ;Tic "highest price was realised for a 12crc section, on which there is a house, Iml. and orchard, til,, ligure being ,C 53 u acre. All Ihe big sections were passed ii. llionuh some were subsequently'sold V section of 111 acres, described -,i s the ii,!-: of the blnek. was passed at £2!) 10s. An adjoining dairy fnnn of 88 acres was i is-eii ill at t'2:i las. and another of 121 acres was also parsed at £23 10s.

FURNISH YOUR HOUSE With a bottle of Dr. Sheldon's Mngno'A Liniment, and next time one of the family is injured your foresight will bccominendcd. Xo household should he without this great pain-relieving, healing liniment. ft is the most useful medicine yon could possibly keep for daily emergencies.. Absolutely guarm-ti-cii. Accept no substitute. Price le 6d ami 3s. Obtainable everywhere.

Alwnvs to the tlont in values, The Kash are the greatest price-reducers Taranaki has ever known. When you want a hoy's suit see their Norfolk suits at Us (hi, or their Conway suits at 13s l)d. In men's they've got the hbrirest selection of any store. WellIfilThV suits they are, too, with nicely padded shoulfers and good front. Try one. —Advt.