JOTTINGS FOR FARMERS.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13363, 3 March 1909, Page 8

JOTTINGS FOR FARMERS.

An additional block of 2G2 acres of the late Mr Duncan Cameron's Springfield Estate, Ashburton district, was sold privately by Messrs i"riedland'.;r Bros, yesterday. "With reference to complaints mado by threshing mill owners as to the telephono wires in various parts of the Ashburton district not being high enough to ennble the' threshing plants to pass safely underneath them, our correspondent hn* made enquiries, and has it from absolutely reliable autho- ! rity that all wires throughout tho dis- j trirt are strained up to the regulation ' height, and extra high pole.s, with tho wires correspondingly high, are fixed in instances where the wires run post farm gates, and that if the threshing machine elevators are properly lowered, there need be no dnnger of their coming in contact with thf> wires. A ca.se recently occurred in which the elevator tore away tho wires, with the result that tho owner of the machine paid thn cost of repairs. Farmers in and around Blenheim are coiiimencir.i to cry* out about the exfeting sp~H cf dry weather, and the opinion is expressed in certain circles that, unless it rains soon, the feed for

the early part of tho winter will be J very short j The South Canterbury Dairy Company : paid out JL'eiOUO to its suppliers last '■ mouth. Our Methven corre-.-por.dein writes: — I "1 am intormed that s'lcop aiv in sple-i- ! did condition 1:n ou__houi the district, ; aril that buic-hers i!:crc have no dit'.i- ' j ru'ly i!> procuring all th'- fat -he! p i they iTomre, and at a orire that is • a'Lisi.ieto; v to b.ith I h- in and the venl <!-;r-.. As "if-i :! : s iihili-.iaii:. :.il c.a- ■~, ' iof stot-k are looking <■:;er , .-din:_;ly well. Tiie h liter s.r.i on l"iie,day a dr<->--vd i bullock, which hi:d ln.eu !>--u dtt irom :Mr D. \V,J>. ;n. M.thven. and it is I aeKnowled-ed to he the !:<r_,---t beest ' j that has been killed in this district for i .several years, and it __oes to show that | Methven district is lii st-cla,-. not only ! for growing cereals, hut for fattening purposes.

Our Cheviot correspondent writes: —- lln conver.-ation with .Mr F. K'dly, of ! ! the '-Lakes" farm, Cheviot, he told'me , that all his crops- this year had yielded • very well indeed. From a 20 aero I paddock he threshed 73 bushels of Tuscan wheat to tho acre; from 30 acres o'-i bu.diels Hunters white, and, from another 30 acres, iiti bushels of Dun oats to the aero.

Messrs H. Matron ?.nd Co. had on • view at their Ashburton offices on ' .Saturday a bean stalk measuring Bit 2in in height, oarryng 20 pods ol" beans. It wars taken from a crop of five acres ; on the farm of Mr Grainger, of Ealing. j

DOYLESTON. Quite a gloom was cast, over Doyleston on .Sunday when the death of Mrs Doyle, wife of Mr W. J. Doyle, storekeeper, became known. The lato Mrs Doyle was well and favourably known throughout the district. The baths at the Doyleston Public School havo been well patronised this sexson. and every encouragement is ' given the children co learn to swim. LINCOLN. At tho monthly meeting of the Lincoln District High School Committee | there were present—J. Dohertv. T. Mayue, J. (.'. Scott, W. Baftram. Jhe masters report showed an improved roll number, and a satisfactory attendance, t-.ie greatest I change being in the secondary'department. Oi the four pupils siting tor examination, two parsed the Junior Civil service tost, one with credit, and another qualified for a fcbnior free place; the iourth candidate had already been awarded a freo place It was reported that a conaUuit supply , or water fcr tho school bath had been tho means of a number ol scholar.-; hay- | ing learned to"swim, and arrangements, are to bo mado for swimming races at some future date. Tho technical woodworking and cookery classes would soon , agai " m f,l!1 swing, and an adult class will bo held if satisfactory arrangements can bo made. The Lincoln Defenco Rifle Club held their annual inspection parade, on February 20th at tho Tai Tapu range Ser-goant-Major Thompson the instructor. Ho put the riflemen through ronio field exorcism. Colonel Rhofles was present on the range. The members after the parade, shot for the challenge cup presented by the Colonel.