Agricultural.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2164, 22 May 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)

Agricultural.

A Gk.wv C-»sk. — Aft '.he lccftir. *irt ; ;i^ of the O««otry 0 "itu y Court, Mr Moi:i», a Ltrjuor. "-iifil Mr \V JV-inrn, it com merch.u-.)", for the value of i>ora« barley boujrht by the .l'ttor. Tho d<t'< nco w.ii th.it, tiio bull; i\as not rqml to tlu> *-.i;npU>; but the pi uuufl dec 1 irt-d that, the sample submiftivl %vis not hi->. 'Ill-;-; ci.v, however, turned chiefly on tlit> point tli.it the defendant bnd kept the birloj, refusing to let the plaintiff h.ivo it biok without paying it fiuo of £4. The judge »aid the defendant had no hfn on tho bailey, but «h<>ul<l lmvu returned it, :iud aftenvaids mide any claim for damages that ho dun ml to make. Ah he had kept it, judgment waa given for the plaintiff. A "Laddku" fok thi: L.\noni;EK.— Lord Thurlow writes to the Stowmarkct Liberal Association :—": — " I am firm in the belief that no measures can be filial or satisfactory that do not give the labourer the opportunity of becoming a (mall owner. I believe this in the only way his independnucu cau b? secured, and that his legitimate ambition to improve his position and rise in the soaial scalo can bo realised. There is nothing subversive or revolutionary in these views. They are shared by many of the ablest men and deepest thinkers of the d.vy, and they a (Foul the only safeguard against agrarian outrages, communism, and social anarchy," The Geslong Advertiser states that the Pomberneit Pa&toral and Preserving Conipany.Liinitert, commenced operations at their factory last week with 900 pairsof rabbit 3, averaging 51b weight per pair. Tlisy expect to receive between 2,ooo and 3,000 daily, and now have GO hands constantly working, being able to continue, operations all night if required. Tincompany have just added a skin-drying aud a i evening shed to their establishment, They have also erected 11 houses on the propei ty 'for the accommodation of their permanent hands, ard a large i builling. bnilt primarily as a chu'eh, but 'which will also be used naH'n\uy, a J i ■•ailing room, and an enWtvmnl hall. ! Eleven acres of ground a'j mi, -„' the manager's house have be^u < fc'o-e'l \wth a rabbit proof fence, and a cuuagu drive nas beun laid ovit and planted with Enj;lish trees. Tlie orchard ground, ooiiiprising .">1 acres, is planted with 40,000 fruit trees, oouaisting of apples, plums, apricots, and peaches, which all appear to be in n thriving uoudition. At either side of the mam road through the piopcrty there arc piautpd 2,000 English trees, protected by wire netting ; and the whole of the estate is enclosed by rabbitproof walla, constructed at a coat of 30s per chain.