GENERAL NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 619, 23 September 1909, Page 10

GENERAL NOTES.

'>/$. st S p Wlth regard, to- the site of the Wellington. Farmers' Cooperative Freezing Company is mentioned to-day in our local columns. ■.'.•' : ~ : ■

./-Thei Manawatn A, and P. Association has considered,,, the'reedftmendation' of the recent Agricultural iConference concerning New Zealand veterinary "'scholarships at Melbourne University;,CoUege .(under Professor Gilruth). Ihe proposal of ■ the conference was that the larger associations should , contribute £5 each for fi-ve years towards:/the. scholarship fund °nd the smaller associations ,£2 each. Mr Wheeler proposed;at ,the Manawatu., meetin» .that/the scheme' should'besupported, but decision .was. deferred pending a report from a coirmiittce. ,

_ The-Provincial Executive/of. the' Farmers'. week;,' y

f ; The v 'New Zealand has de>cided" to ;instal'.''s pasteurising . plant iri ; the Stoney Creek creamery.

'Cows," said, a ; dairy former- recently, "will become in time what their surroundings tend to niake them. Peed the kind, of feed that, makes milk. Have, comfortable '■- quarters for' your cows,. and get their 'confidence through kind treatment.. In this way and no other'can a dairy herd be built up and maintained that will be a profit and pride to-, its owner." ; , ■

; .Everything points :to: Australia:baving-;tho 'record' season,in,its,agricultural.and pastoral history." Reports'of m'agniticent prospects come from'/til tho /States:. The Now South Wales Government.statist states that/while it is too -early..'to hazard an estimate of jtho :probable yield,' farmers appear to bo unanimous in declaring that never j, before in..their exporienco, of. .yrheat cultivation,, have" the prospects of an abnhda'ut harvest,'been'so. encouraging. While- • ■the damage-from'floods,in Victoria has been severe in many places, the losses sustained have' . .booh, more .than counterbalanced .by the great good resulting from'the thorough soaking which -,the,Bub'soil. has. sustained.'The outlook in con-' nectibn' .with the .pastoral, farming, and' dairy-. ■ing .industries'.is declared to.be..highly satis-,, foctbryl'-'': '..'■>'■;'.■.•'.-','":' : -.' "Jv'--''. y The Dannevirke "Advocate" says that a local, 'rosidenty Mr. Turpin, has invented/an attach-' mont to the chaff-cutting machine' which is-fex-' pected: to, revolutionise -theybusiness of chaffcutting. 'One'of'.the difficulties' : been the need for ropeatcd stoppages to sharpenthe.lcniv.es. In some cases it has-been neces--,sary. to provide a duplicate.set.'of knives at-an-cxtra cost of between ifioO and £io.\ Mr. ;Tur-: pin's■'■ invention is ..an. automatic '.sharpbner,-: which, puts an edge tho knives as.they're;. volve,- and consists of' a- block of emery. adjusted to the knives : by;a set of, springs.-by which its' pressure against the blades canybe; •/,:'/.",..■:/ - : .'i.-y : ,'.j '\.y,. "'■ >: i '.'fhe'nian Tvho'ruiis a dairy farm arid-raises'' pigs-.will, find/,that,,l)y,-good managementythe'. the farm mijSU .the pigs will.put money ,in' the bank. ' -l_,.)W ~Ci>mpared:with its weight, the ; pig consumes' ■ mortrfood-than-.any'.Qthor-.-farm animal; he also-, 'makos'/mbro.'.meat,-from .tho'foqd i\-hich-he'eat!i. /than-.'any/bther^-animal'in'akes'from''-tho, ■ ; quaiitity;:bf' : :y 'v l -■'.!•- ■'■".('■•■■.■ r--'-V'■■.'.'■> 'The'.'milk -cow. should 'not. bo -'compelled,., to take:much exercise.: Water should be couveni,cnt,, a3 ..travelling a long distance .for water . cbnipelsih'e'r to drink large; quantities, 'at'too"lon'g ! intervals.''-> ../-'-'V >'-y.;'>,■,•'' - ! »'liS tho-:yield-testing .schome; -among dairy,, lierds'.at-'Daleficld.•.proves., .sriccessful, ,other, testing; -asuociations .iwill.-VbO, formed ,at Parkvale;. Belvedere,.Tar'atabi,'. and, no doubt, also at;.Dnhhevitkej ! ;and, Pahiatua.'; •'■ ~,' -It is said to bb a'good piece of business in Xondon to.change your butter shop very frequently. A medical officer declares that dealers 'sell'margaTine : as"butter to-regnlar customers, •but Vhon a! stranger .drops;, in -for butter, he gets.it in dread that he might be ah inspector.. -•'.-;-"--, -' .-■-"''" •'.'• '-' " -' ' .

NEW; ZEALAND'A'ROMNEY.S" V.' ENGLISH y/y'vy••:;::,;,"CHAMPIONS." j '

;■' ■;: ' 1 ■■;' ■. ''r [To the r Editor.! '■ '■ y'• ■ : ', ''. Sir,—Jilost : -opportunoly; ;'the-,aows' reaches - us, :'(vide !ybiir." report in thb-'farmirig cohiuins'.of yestentay). that:-■-•Jfew.--.Zealand-bred .- "Eomney Jlafsh" sh'eepi-. : both! ; male and female, havo :"scbiiped"thb 'pool,'.'; in competition with- tho champion .'specimens from-' England, at tho •recent: Koyal. A. and,P., Show, held, in Melibourne: :-'. ■;■ ■\-.-'.-r-i---.-:. ■%.'■■■. .'.'.. '.';'■ '.'■". •' ''■-T'say '■ opportunely,":.because•'it; verifies. the statements contained in my .'article'of recent 'date, oh: tho proposed 'shipmbiit of stud shoep to: the Jubilee Exhibition, to! bb held shortly iin.the-Argentine,„.vi'z.: ''That, given colonial ,jnß'Bes^-i.e.;'.!'jhdgcs' : who- will,y naturally,'take lhtd/ coiisidferation'-.'the.'!combined qualihcatiohs' of. wool ,and mutton (from:a.colohial point.'of ,'yie\v)-^qtir;.exhibits (at any rate,, in the Eomneu;, Mnrshr-jclasses; / and, 1 think, ■'. in that of the'liih'cbln)-! : wiUrtie placed : ''ch'alks'ahead'- of ithe modern ".English production.". Cbnse~--qnently'l am ndtVat all surprised,':tp : read tho article in your.pdper, under the above heading; -.. -'I(had tno v pleasiiro ;of /personally- .examining, the' last-.importation/ '• 0f.,-.which.. .:Mr.. Payne's ■sheep :fbrmed.ya v portion,, both, after- their re.lease -from. ; ,quarantine, and, -subsequently, at the, late :Feilding A, .'and P.'- Show, and tho result of.this T/ictorian competition only bears out my-opinion,-'tHe'n expressed, :tbat "I could find little to recommend.-them'for stud prtr.poses, .and:certainly' nothing to commend their use for the purpose of improving •' our' Now 'Zealand' flocks', or -typo", .'so. far 'as the Australasian/colonies,: are concerned, or, in fact, : any qtHor .colohy'.br.'.lJ'ominion of .Great, Britain, as. compared'' with' many specimens', to'be seen at.our,, shows' of our own .breeding. - -No,; sir!'l ain," if possible," more,'convinced 'than ever,, that, the type of Eomney. Marsh sheep in Now Zealand whose history'and origin .1. diluted upon in the January or February number, of the "New .Zealand-! Farmer"- is, ;■ Without doubt, 1 , far superior to the present "apology", we find among the majority- of flocks in: the - Old Country,, if; judges will only:bear in mind the fact: that tho principal revenue, of Australasian or colonial breeders of sheep,-which--are kept'past\ the, stage of a. .wodl,. and .not -mutton.- <■ /Such -being the- lease, our Argentine com-' peers, in their purchases will, I think, recog■nise the factithat.it is to their interest tb 'give.preference- to the :New/Zealand article oyer ./..that -of; England's, exportations, if only :oonlar. demonstration be afforded: at their coming impbrtaht international show and' ram fair. -.Therefore,'-it -behoves-..'our -Government to specially subsidise the cost.of. a trial ship- : menl, which many of our breeders aro now trying .to .-institute, for the - purpose of competition ; and''auction 'in February or' March next in' that Republic—l am, -iotc, .'..„"', ' ' ,'. : "' '■ '''■•:'' ', "KENT."' September 21.. '.;.•; •-. •., --, . .-■• SCAIECIDE.—The great American Remedy for, Scale Blights, Aphis, etc.- Obtainable from : all seed .merchants.and nurserymen,.-or apply direct -'to,-Murray, .-.Roberta, and' Co.; ■Wellington, Wholesale Agent6.--Advt.'■'-'! s '!■ CMC