FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 242, 18 November 1909, Page 1

FARM AND DAIRY.

The '■S.iKir Tided,' a Danish publiealion, recently issued u labulated state-

ment showing tin' (..'nni'uhiijsni oiliciul liiiltei- quotation* hir tin- :il wars IS7.V IiWS. The ligiircs ,ii„,v a very general decrease in JIHIS a- nonpareil ui.h 157.1. Jlie average price quoted at the lornicr iliilc was ll'l ki'iim-r, ranging from 1:14 kroner in Ja.iuarv ami .(lurch lu jlli kr. in Jim.. wlliU last war tin- ,„...> ran from li'.l kr. in r-Vliruary lo :,i kr. in

} April and Alay, the twelve months. Tin' imvi-si av,-i i;,. quotation in the term of years under notice was So kr. in ISM. „'ml the bust was lit) kr. in 1875. J,ast year was the lirst shice ISS3 that the average quotation exceeded 10U kroner (a kroner equals about Is Id in English currency). We are indebted to Messrs Collett and Co. for a copy of the return. A mercantile man in a position to know informs the Wuuganui HeralJ that New Zealand W a dumping-ground for all the grass seed which" is refused

admission by the stringent regulations of other parts of the Umpire, especially dangerous grass, whose swil comes here mixed with other imported seeds in Australian »'pcar gross. The latter has sharp-pointed sheaths, which not onlygut into the wool of sheep, but through the pelt, and actually work a ivay into the vitals, thus causing death. The gentleman referred to showed to a pressman a piece of sheep'a pelt fairly 'perforated by the grass. He added tha"t he had sent a letter to Australia on the subject, the reply to which fully bore out what was stated above. It is reported that this-grass has made its appearance in the Waikato. The Rotorua Times describes as follows a "sex indicator" used by a local resident with apparent success:—This' instrument consists of a metal weight suspended by a 'bass wire—a 'pendulum, in fact. The one Mr. Raw operates with is a brass wheel from the internal economy of a clock swung on a bit of copper wire. This held over a male swings like a pendulum backwards and forwards. It is allowed to hang at rest, commences and maintains the motion at its own accord, impelled by another unknown force. Held over a female, the pendulum swings in a circle. The on j with us was tested on human beings and dogs, and proved infallible. Mr. Raw has just tested a setting of eggs, and according to the indicator they are all pullets, lie is anxiouv for the hatch to come out so that the value of the test may l>e appraised. If successful, it opens up a wide sphere of usefulness for the indicator. Xo poultry farm will be complete without one.

The export of wool from \ew Zealand during the year ended 3Uth September. lflOS, was'valued at ;C5,7]0.!127. id frozen meat .CW-UdO. and of butter Xl.l-Ui.OU. The total value of the exports of agricultural produce during the same period was £13,03,j,337.

It is estimated that this season New Zealand will have 2,000,000 bushels of wheal for export. The estimated crop is 8,772,700 bushels, from 232,301 acres (34.75 bushels per acre), against 5,507.130 bushels from 14)3,031 acres (2,8.84 bushels per acre) in 1908. The month's milk cheques to be paid to October suppliers of the Kakarumoa Dairv Company total .C 3414 as Id. from 81,043.11b of butter-fat was mane i11.8701b of butter. It took 27.271b of milk to make lib of butter. '\",:e average tost was 3.53. The company from .Monday ceased to cx:.-i for l.ntt<■making;. The new company's cheese fac:nry is expected to be opened early in the new year. In the 11100 season the area in potaloes in the Dominion was 30,o: 0 acres, compared with 27.154 acre, in 10IIS. As however, a large proportion of the crop is light in yield, and disease had Ir/a prevalent in several districts, it is e»Minaiocl thai Ihe total markolahle produclioi will be somewhat below the average. Setilenient and the cultivation of Una land in the Dominion continue to prosteadily. The numlier of holdings of over one acre in extent has increased by 12.300 in the last nine years, the i:ii-rcnsc for the vear ended 31st October. Wins, being 1755.' During tin; same year the area in occupation increased by 040.071 aeres. while the area in eultivalion increased by 078,003 aeres. I'he g;-eafesl increase was in sown grasses—--404.803 acres.

The Xnrlli Taranaki Dili it Company pnv out to suppliers for October milk COSiJ !)s (ill, as njfainsl C."i4fi IBs llil for (hu s.ime iiKinlli of hist year. The Waitara lioad Dairy Company suppliers receive CS:!7 Is -il for milk supplied during October. For the same period last, year .€74 li ,">s was paid out. North Tnrniiaki's increase is C 443 5s 7(1, and Waitara's .-COO 10s 2d. or a total increase at the two factories of .M.14 Is flil. Payments to suppliers, wages, and sundries by the two companies for tlin month of October amount to the respectable total of .C 2831) 4s Id. On top of this there is the Tikorangi pay-om, and it can be seen what 11 valuable distributor the dairy industry is.—Mail.