JOTTINGS FOR FARMERS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13901, 28 November 1910, Page 9

JOTTINGS FOR FARMERS.

At a meeting of tho directors of the Aahburwn C'o-oueiatire Dairy Factor frnpany, hold «»n .Saturday, it was de3ed to have a trial run o» tl.o SSinory to-day (Monday), and to commence takin- m cream and nijk «n Thursday next. The opening c<.rc»y oß in wnh the factory w ill tako place next .Saturday aiU-r-JICWB' .

A Hawcra resident has vat« ntc( ' . aR •n,»roved method of ear-maruing ID ff Tho invcnti.m takes iho for.n f a i) : cfe <»f tl'«" "»••*«' bent « !< "! b1 ?' ? '!„;«!(] of which a Miinil end is "".Tith, otlu-r end pierced fj » Sole into whi'-h the spike locks tJr beinc tun-cd through tbf animal s *lr thus' maUin- it impossible to ro--2 56 the metal except by cuttinit out.

The following are the results of iho «-Jcht-J»l f c<tiir>rtiti<jns. held at litflp Itiver durin:.', tin- iinuual show: ■ffsK bullock '.'xar-t weight 7 lalbs), X Wallace, Elk-more ,431bs. ;E. S' lor most Willis in the flower nhens gained most nomts in the sheep C,15 Mrs J. Anderson 'AmberSSTInd Mi* I!. Winter (Little Riv.-r) .Iff do tho. r,riz«> tor most points in domestic nroJiiPe, both these ladies hav,V gained four first?, (.12 points).

\( r Wni. Roberts, the well-known proffer of chicory, of Sproydon, has this season an extraordinary fine paddock of g"ss. three acres in area. It i.,,, ijpcn the admiration or many fanrcrs and others, and, as indicating th" quality of the grass and the value d<eel on it, the grass has teen sold For outtinc nt ton pounds nor acre, £ purchaser having the nght to cut iwioe between the boeinnujc or the present montfc and the end or heb-ri-nrv In explanation of tins good result 'it mny be stnt«l that Mr Roberts hai'tlw reputation of. being an exoelhnt farmer, and he thoroughly pronnred the ground betoro Kowintj last [Si Consequently, despite the W spell of dry weather that has been •Sriencwl, ho has got the results SBS noted-an eloquent testimony Sat first-class farming nays, especially in. a dry season.

In his address to the shareholders a*> the annual mooting of the Gaborpe Frown Meat Company, onSaturdey (telegraphs our oorrosponXi the chairman, Mr C. A Delatour, stated'—"A bright feature ot the year been the movement of freeing mttip«iiee"for tha better protection ot SJ meat exported in transit to the wittumer. We are indebted to the Uficultural and Pastoral Association cf Canterbury for tho commencement of this movement. Although the nrst meeting called by tha association was not wholly successful, on account ot tho divergent interests represented, Btill it cleared the air, and has led to a valuable and lasting combination or tho North Island companies, which promises to be of the greatest valuct jn removing causes of complaint as to the handling of exports at Home and abroad, which do single company standing alone is strong enough to achieve. I am hot without hope that this organisation may be able- to solve tho difficult question of meat insurance, which at present is so costly and so entirely ■unsatisfactory."

This eeaaon has constituted a record one f<?r the freezing works of the State (says the Melbourne "Argus"). An interesting instance of tho enormous number of sheep and lambs that are being slaughtered, principally for export, but : also for home consumption, wm furnished, a few days ago, by Mr W. Angliss's Imperial works at Foots"sray, ' A total of 8008 sheop and Itimbs Tvas killed at the Imperial works on one day—a record for Australia. Seventy slaughtermen and 510 other employees are engaged at the works, and tho wages bill"is £350 a day. Tho ''ringer' , ot tho works on the day the record was established was Slaughterman Craddock, who killed 191 sheep ami lambs, and earned £2 12a 6d, tthilp Minns waa runner-up with 179, ajid a iiiouoy score of £2 9s 3d.