GENERAL NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 625, 30 September 1909, Page 10

GENERAL NOTES.

.'.:'■ A. conference' of fruit-growers- of Now .Zealand ■ as to'bo-rtold;in : '\Vellingt6jt-'on November; 3, 'and: possibly following days. :"Tho cbnfercnco will assemble at tho Museum building. - The Minister for Agriculture (Hon...'!'.'' Mackenzie) ( wili;addre3S:'the ,conference.;;--. 1 .-':;.£. i ; V ' - : . 'Considerable' diversion was.'ca'used.'by a'pig •: hunt'.in ,-Bltua'ih";.. on;, Saturday.';, tho ' i"Argus"). A ,liig'■"■ sow 'escaped 'from.'..a pen ; at '.. -the mart;.and. started up High'Strcct, followed : : by-a largo number. >lively-:and noisy i'Thepis rushed'into; the Ban!:' iof''Sew, South Wales,-Mt; : thpVdogs did not :givo'her/ timV to'transact :any.business,' and she %as soon ■ again rushing .'up' the street with the dogs and a crowd of: boys in full cry. ißven'tually she was headed-back, to the'mart, but broke away again 'and : got>os-far. as tho Central Hotel,; where the ;pig hunt came to' an. ,end.\""'' '■'•.■'■'■'■.'■;'. V" "■'-.'..'. "V/'.-' "■'■ _■■"':'.■ <;>;:;. r, ;'orio-:settier-iie4r,Kiore expects, to have,about : ;Wo-thousand'fat .dambs*for.'.the:.,market;.this 'year.'.,'. .'',•",■.;.!'.';' -f:\-';-,■:,■"' '• '-, ; .'.'-. '.^.i-'-::'':-•-'■: '■.'Grass: is plentiful on every .side, .'and between 'Stratford and Whangamomoria tho v country was ; never looking bettor at this seasph'ithan it doe 3 iat'-present.';-"!': ■."■.-•''■■:', ' .!;• .'.■"•.,':■'/■"..'. ..The milk supply at the: Stratford factory 'is 2100 gallons-per day. This is considerably in 'oxcess \of the. supply, at .'the -iorresponding .period of ..last year. ' '; ...-!•:■;;'.;.;' A ....; ...'.. ::.,. 'a At a: meeting of .the' directors' of tho Cardiff Cheeso Factory, 'on-.Friday evening, it was de- ■ cided to ship . the,- season's.,-., cheese through Messrs. R. and W. Davidson,., of Glasgow and London (for whom Mr. Newton, King is New Zealand agent) ;on open consignment.: Mr. A. Cross, a popular -settler .of Opqnake : for''the post twenty years, on-leaving for I'ukekohe, on Thursday afternoon, was met by over ■fifty persons assembled in the Foresters Hall ' to bid him farewell. Mr. Conaglen, who presided, presented the departing 6ottler with an illuminated;; address, and, also a,- dressing case for Mrs. Cross. ,:;:;;; ; ; : ;.'• Aw.-. ' ;'. ; ; --.\-/ Messrs, H. Edwards, and J. Ingram,,of tho Eketahuna staff of tho Wairarapa .Farmers' : Co-operative. .Association, have -'/purchased -: a grocery-business in Wellington.';. ■ ;.'" ' Mr. E.-.Fi Greathead loft Carterton on Monday last, to take up,tho duties."of;. manager of tho Kexdalo, Co-operative "'Dairy: - - Company's factory.''..-"■-■ ' .'.,,-'...'-..-■,.-;;;. A resident of Oamaru who formerly owned a farm iu the North. Island, told a Timaru Herald" 1 reporter' that- horknew,-tho .famous 'Manuia farm, which has: ; just' been spld'at (£65 per acre. • It would grow gras3 in abundance, winter ..and summer; andhwas practically inexhaustible. : Though -he';had been' in the.South Island.for a good- many, years now, lie had seen nothing- to'compare .with it : in : Canterbury.. Ho had: himself-owned.'2so acres close to it,, in the earlyj.days./.but Jhadi.sold ' out at £i per acre, and his farm had since been resold at..£4o por aero.,-•-;-.;■ Butter agents met -.tho' directors of the Mangatoki Dairy Company on-Friday, but no business resulted. Negotiations . were postponed. '■: ,"■'.;■''-. The third, shipment . of.; corned ccef from the HawkoV Bay Meat Curing Company, comprising 250 tierces,, lias been' 1 consigned this month for Bristol by tho sis. Cornwall. At'-th'e twellth annual ;meeiing of shareholders of tho I rankley Road Dairy Company, the report stated that tho total amount of mill-,received,during the year- was. 1;]35,9571b.; the butter-fat 45,G01.771b., tho 'quantity; of but . ter made 51,G531b. (23. tons 'leWt.'Oqrs. 211b.), 21.991b.' of milk! being required to make lib. of butter, the ;over-run beSnß"lq;26, and the avorage test 4.01. - The.,number',of-suppliers during the -vear-;was 15,"- The/mira of. XIBBS 9s. sa. hjnd been distributed .among the share-

holders, beiug an average price of 0.02 d. per lb. of butter-fat. Mr. M. .Fleetwood had resigned the secretaryship,; and Mr... Harry Stocker was appointed in his place. Messrs.. Grooby and Tippius wero re-elected directors, and Mr. W. Brosk was appointed to fill the vacancy, caused by the resignation of Mr; James. 'At a subsequent meeting'of directors, Mr. H. J. H. Okey, M.P., was re-elected chairman for the ensuing, year, ' ',', - .'. With reference to tho effect of pasturage on milk tho manager of-one- of the Elthnm creameries, states that'ho has'noticed it as a facia-that orio farm in his neighbourhood that has had three lessees :in : threo seasons .has always secured high tests, and quantity. .Each of the lessees has bougjvt his cows indiscriminately at sale yards, clearing sales, etc' Whether tho particular land has. been! specially favoured by Nature with richer soil,, better shelter, or not he cannot'say, "hut''the- cattlo.thero do much better tba'n on ; neighbouring,farms. '■ Awaturia factory-will' probably make butter till.'November 1. .v.-..; ' ■•',-'!■. At. the first annual .'meeting of the Whito Cliffs Dairy Company, at Pukearuhe; Mr; H.Bailv, was re-elected secretary. The company had a fairly successful .season, lOd. being paid for butter-fat, and there is a substantial balance left. The-directors decided not to selU-but will consign : the output for this season. Mi. S.' G. Jones.was ro-engaged as manager, with increased salary. The directors expect to havo, an excellent 'Season, as. the growth of grass in > the district is remarkable,and there will, bo more cows milked;I.;'■'-'.1.;'■'-'. The Marigatoki Dairy Company's- output; is now 54 boxes of,/butter. Milk cheques in>the Inglewood district .for August were paid as follow, the'amount, in' parentheses, representing, last year's paymenti parenthesis representing last-'year's 'payment: -Lepperton, . £Si -' (,£7l), Makekwa, .£lB4 (.£145), Tariki, \£l72- (^2lo'for five-week's).— SCALECIDE.—The' |reat American Kemedy for Scale Bligtfts, Aphis, etc Obtainable from all:'seed, merchants and nurserymen, -or apply, direct to Murray, -Roberts,': and -Co./-' Wellington, 'Wholesale Assents.- '~ • '.' ~ .'C1461