FARMING NOTES
Potatoes were selling at £5 5s per ton at country stations in Canterbury last week. ii II Oatsheaf chaff was selling last week at Canterbury country stations at ; £7 per ton. i The supply of milk to. the dairy factories on the West Coast is beginning to show a steady decline. Farm crops in l the United States for the last season have been officially valued at £2,800,000,000. j The property of Mrs O'Connor at Tinui was purchased yesterday by Mr , H. W. Belliss, who owns an adjoining property, ait, £lB per acre. ; 1 No good constructive breeder ever breeds two animals together that have the same weak points. The result will be to intensity the weakness.' Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Villi hold a clearing sale at "Ahiaruhe," the property of Mr- Frank C. Bunny, on Monday, April 19th, at 12 o'clock. I Several Bplendid crops of clover are to be seen in the Kouparanga district at the present time. Mr Colquhoun, of Mount Bruce, has also 'a remarkable crop of seventy acres. At the last sale of tallow held in j Wellington the market was consider-, ably easier, and in some instances there was a decline of from £9 to £4 per ton. The Canadian wheat yield for 1919 is now officially estimated at 196,* 361,000 bushels, as compared with an actual yield of 189,075,360 bushel* in 1918. A considerable area of land in the Wairarapa is at present being toplressed with lime. The demand for iime just now is muctx greater than she supply. This is due, no doubt, to Ag shortage of superphosphates aad >ther fertilisers. A Northern Wairarapa fanner recently put through the Waingawa freezing works an imported Polled 'Angus cow, which about four years ago cost him 800 guineas. Considerable additional expense and trouble had been gone to by the farmer in question in arranging for a nian to bring the animal from England,- but four seasons produced /no progeny, so he had no alternative but to kill-her. for beef.'
The following statement has been made by the Prime Minister (Right Hon. W. F. Massey) regarding the publication of information in connec-: fcion with the London wool sales ■ ( A communication has .beon sent to he High Commissioner ; asking nformation regarding wool sales on ;he British market be furnished mon;hly by cable. I may state that, prior :o the requisition! of wool on behalf jf the Imperial Government, Buch ■ables were sent regularly by the High Jommissioner." ' The Minister for Public Works, replying to a resolution from the Fanners' Union regarding the charge for stock trucks on lines not yet handed over to the Railway Department, jays :—"ln reply to your letter I have to siate that the charge made by tny Department/ is precisely , that which -he Railway Department charges for iimilar distances, and I may add that such charges do certainly not recoup tny Department for the cost which it ias to incur in carrying out the interim service."
Regarding the operations of the American Meat Trust in this county, the Premier says"The Government is qujte prepared to take such steps as are necessary to effectively protect the interes6ts -of "New Zealand producers against this menace, so far as :New. Zealand itself is concerned ; arid it confidently anticipates the to-operti-tion of the Imperial Government in safeguarding their interests in the i matter of the gale of New Zealand meat in Great Britain and will be only too glad to work Jn this direction, also in co-operation with the Government of the Australian Commonwealth." At the last conference of the Farmers' Union, representations were mad© to the Prime Minister (Right Hon. W. F. Massey) in connection with the purchase of freezing works. The following is Mr Massey's reply While no legislation exists preventing the sale of any freezing works without the sanction of the Government, yet make, the experiment of introducing of such a nature as to practically render it necessary for any person or persons proposing to pltrchase a freezing works to make themselves clear as to whether the necessary licensewithout which the works Cannot be operated—will be granted to them, seeing that the amending Act of last session provides that no license shall be granted, renewed, or transferred in respect to any meat export slaughterhouse without the consent of* the Hon. Minister of 'Agriculture."
- A proposal to import Rooky Mountain sheep and goats jrito the Dominion for sporting purposes c&me before the council of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society. A resident of Victoria, British Columbia, wrote that, should the Society desire to the legislation passed last session was into the Dominion Rocky Mountain sheep and goats, he was prepared to negotiate. He was in a position to supply a fair number of sheep. The chairman, Mr E. F. Stead, said that personally ho was of the opinion thai such animals would be considered as vermin in the future. He thougllt runholders might object. Professor G. T. R. Blunt differed from thid opin'on. They were excellent sporting animals, and were not rapid breeders. They keep to. the high lands. He thought the proposal worth consideration. The matter was referred to the Deer Committee for a report.
Latest mail advice indicates a considerable reduction in area sown with winter wheat in U.S.A. as compared with last season. The reduction in many important districts is said to be equal to 30 per cent. What is probably deepest artesian bore in the world, is at present being sunk on Springfield Station, Blackballj Queensland. At the beginning of December the bore was down 6700 feet (a mile and, a quarter), and boring was still proceeding. Straying dogs cause very considerable losses to sheepowners in the south of the United States. The Breeders' Gazette, goes so far as to say the sheep population of the south has decreased by 30 per cent on this account , during the last 20 years. The total annual loss of sheep killed by dogs on the farms of the 36 Western States in America, is 107,760 head, or 1 per cent of the total number of sheep in these States, thus decreasing appreciably the possible projfits and hindering the full development of sheep rearing. • Experiments are being conducted by the United States Forest Service to test the value of pigeons in reporting forest fires. Some young I pigeons released recently at ' Silver Bake, * Oregon,. reached Bend, a distance of about 100 miles, in 55 minutes. According to a paper read before the British Association by Professoi A. Bendy between' £10,000,000 and £20,000,000 worth' of damage is done to the world wheat •supply each yeai by insects. The professor held that the contraction of air-tight granaries in the large producing countries is the only way to avert this terrible waste. It is reported that Vella's shearing record of 861 has been beaten .by ,e Habri shearer named John Happy ; who ia credited with putting through at Waiweapa Station, Dannevirke. 378 sheep (ewes and lambs). Tht other Shearers on the station had th( following tallies for the day:—S Patterson 811, R. Hotereni 309, R Chase 803, the total for the four being 1286., 1
A recent return shows that the packing houses in the. United States, exclusive of branch sales rooms, have 2112,810,000 cubic feet of cbld storage space, and there are 237,000,000 cubic feet in public storages, a total o! 449,310,000 cubic feet. Additional apace to the extent of 25,534,000 cubic feet is being constructed. Apples, seed potatoes, butter, eggs, cheese., meats, poultry, fish, dried and frozen fruits, frozen cream, nuts, i rice and syrups are the principal products preserved by artificial cold. A record sale of Suffolk sheep in England'is reported. The leading pen 'of lewes, ©red by Mr H. W. Dakirig, of Thorpe-le-Soken, were sold f<jr £500; iiXK} 240 shearling ewer from the same stud averaged £l9 lis 7d. -The next best pen of ten sold for £4O each ; and other pehs of ten went | for *£37, £32, £3O, £3O, £2i each. One Scottish buyer gave top price, 390 guineas, for, a ram lamb, by Marshal Foch, bred by executors J. W. Eagle; Other high prices were 245 guineas, 200 guineas} 180 guineas. 180 guineas, 150 guineas, and 13£ guineas. Th© bread subsidy in France if | about to be withdrawn by the .Government, states the cables. At pre- 1 i sent it is costing £160,000,000 a year, and it ifould have been even Ijjghei, but for favourable contracts witli Australia and- America, which arc now ended.' American wheat is cost ing £5 per quarter, and the -JFreucl Government has been selling it tc bakers at £2. The price of bread wil now be about doubled. The old schemr resulted in terrible waste. Bread wa: sometimes cheaper than' potatoes, anc agriculturists used bread to feed pigs. chickenS| and rabbits. A London cable, received yesterday, stated that at the wool sale; j there was a large offering of nierino? and crossbreds. Excepting Continen tal sorts, which were 5 per cent cheap er owing, to the depreciation of the franc, all other prioes were firm al full late-rates. The last sale of,top* heild by the Government was held at Bradford. Prices were very Seventies' quality sold at 13s lOd pel lb, 64'b at 12s 2d to 13s 4d, 60's ai lis 6d to 12s 10d, 58's at 6s 8d tc 9s Bd. At the Antwerp safes for Rivei Plate wools there' was animated competition for merinos. Prices were 2C per cent, and for fine crossbreds 21 to 80 per cent, above those of Janu ary. Of 6386 bales offered 1225 were sold. The withdrawals were chieflj medium and -low crossbreds.
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