STOOK-THRESHING AGREEMENT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 631, 7 October 1909, Page 10

STOOK-THRESHING AGREEMENT.

THE FARMERS'POSITION. .. • '.It appears, that the st'obt-tlireshihg;oontro-versy'.m Canterbury' Jaf-'aEot.o™r*}."» meeting -of: fariiiers at ~Waimate last, .Saturday, •i[rV : E.--d. ;! Studholiuo' explD.infltt. tlie position, of ..tli-s'Mfowntrs aild tho 'fMni.erS-,m :i rega'rd' to the new agreement,-'when. -it-, was ..decided,.to give' the' worlcers 13sV for; oats, threshed. from fhe sto'ok and ICa. for wheat, v., Sir. • Garland and ho and : other, farmers '.went;, tp< the courthouse,-- lvhoro.. the ;...was LAftfer, trying, to aniTO at .'air agreement with 'the,.worker?; the -out; and asked the to go in and discuss tho , ibatter with . tnem. They made the mistake of doitig'so.; They "said moro than '.they- should hav'p "fetiid. "■ ..'the, -thing.'-wouldbin .been ,'quashed, right 'aVav.'} -He'telieved that •if ■ thejr,;had left 'that 'meemg- alona, they' shpuld h&ve t gone to- the "A'ib'ittritibilCdlrtK They; .^ero, dividual ; farmers,' not' as; representing aU.-;ttio ■ •farmers- in.' South Canterbury's; tho papers Jia-V- rendered it. - The/third .party .had lfot yet consulted;; They w.er? looking ;iffiw',iand he .thought it would .be upset. ;ihey they had .110.', right _to say, -anu flow-'- deserved, , all'. the: blame. '- One district another, and .what suited .a ehmatie situatipn,;did-,not.;suit ;ofio(l}er:'';'Ho. ;was convinced, it; could not stand iri^laW; l ' No.'two 'individuals ; ; coiild bind trie genctiii: farmers.: ',They ' had -.had h lcsaUopinion on the matter. r®h«:>eiplaiiation was received.' ivithout.'com-.^^e..meeting/.at/'w-hich : .thew f remarks : .wcro made '.resulted, - in?tho .formation, -.of- a' branch Forty liters' -.'iters in.- tlie • room,; .and | Garland whs ejected,,president. ' f'V',' ■

GENERAL FARIVIINQ NOTES.,v ! The iiiimber of inquirers for forthcoming show of the Wnirarapa : and bast Coast- P.- and A. .Society. gi™s. promise of a yerv' successful 'gathering'..- -The .prospects--of support from-breeders, are excellent, and;>the coiurnittco confidently ; looks to having. 4 qmte;oa good a.sliow as tbc Tecord of last yeat,; r wnich ; ■was bo hard ;¥ a fo ~ Manawatu .snow entries close to-morroC;-.

Mr. Moorley, of the Dannevirke' district, has "had: a' :neytimilking: ing' maebines-piit in... -Tlio shed as -lOOit. long, Juid.has: 48 .balk :;The iyorked by a engine. The consignmep.ts of the Kaupokonui ; ,and Joll Company cheese, through Messrs. Lonsdalo. 'and Co. are understood'(the "Tara'naki Mail says), to'be on a guarantee ; The'. Stratfordbutter.. -ontpflt.., ; consigned, through- the'-..National- Dairy.-.Asspciatipri, ,is to te handled by Messrs; Pearsonyand Kutter.

/'Messrs.: John-Cooke and'S6n'-pro'p&e;.to make: a of chilled .meat Home from Queensland.; .The vessel on which the trial is to .be conducted is' now on .'its - way 1 to . Australia. ; Cattle have,been -selected; at Emerald, Central .Queensland/ and haVe:-just/been railed to Brisbane. The .distance :js, about".6oo miles, arid this has prompted tho' .that the trial-will not lie a fair one', since cattle travel-'ling-such a- distance.cannot.'hf expected ; tq,kill in- prime - condition, 'unless they- are" paddocked fpr.so|he !tinie..,.lt has been pointed out that .to givo . a,: fair • ehariee of 'success"cattle under thi-ce' years .should -be selected,.;"and- obtainedwithin reasonable di'starico of: tlie port. of. shipment.';'-' .The S experiment ' is being conducted '.without:,. Government nssistS'nco.;.'-; •' In ballots for two sections of Moiotuku .land an •.Friday 'morning,"section .1, ..of! 307 -acres, which, ; attract'ed 56. applicants,.:fell!to .Mr- E. F. ..Wise; of . Canterbury. The. other section :was.- secured by, Mr. James Qoijdall, .'of Haivke's Bay... -It's.'area .-is 33G acr?s, .and Ihe 'small huniber -of ;. : 'applicants (only -four):>is-. due to therfnet that it w;as weighted irith'iCsS2..valna. tion' fbr improvements. -Both. ballots - were restricted to landless' people jwith 'fair farming .experiencoi -,a , number.-of .-single, wonieh . and debarred from participating. The .larid,'.lies' on.;tho road".between Raetihi and Ohakune. .; ■;

' lit'is Understood, that: IV..Deem,'stoci iiisfector''in 'chargo ;.of ;the .districts of the". North 'Islandj: wili 'in future southern\districts !of ;thousiand.. v:Ma'Ur/^j^j?lo'"think; that : !the''. days :of' ; pion-. -of a'.pioneer • .gifojbiiafee. invthoi'-North-,lsland; on 1 'Mocbnt--Satiirclay,'6n6ived 'that; thereare still 'dajs .of "small things" in i New;,Zealand. ; : ;Ho came' from a. place in the district between 'fifaii; iljntararn, and .AVaotu,; and (his, section is in the middle, of, hundreds-: ofy-acres of,- titrec, -His cart was a home-made-One of unique design, tind' ho made the-journey;,to. Cambridge for the purpose of. ,feiv : fowls, -and then, started -'fir. home. He, spent; the ,'iiight at tTaotaoroa, whero he obtained -more -fowls,', and' pii the Sunday night he camped oii the road, reaching,home on, tho';Monday'evomng drenched to-the skin.' -The. Auckland "Star" which records ; the.. incidsrit,' 'says 7 that 'he ; is 'a German. Ho has announced that ,as soon:aii he gets the place, in : order lie will ;send for.'his wife and family. • ■ : . '•, • • ; ■

.There were 58. 'entries., in.'- the .draught section at::thd >Dunediir horse; parade (aivincrease pi six,.compared with,'last .yeai)..;.:Jlessrs:" Jas. Grant,'(Hawera) and' W. Blaiki'e" (Southland) were the judges. .The total -number of entries was; 85.'; AMr..;Grant, who .returned, to Hawera on<Saturday, says-the. draughts were well ■ got. up,. and were especially- good tnlien all-through', there" being-a':'wide range for'breeders to pick from.. The.parade was .^ell,, : ;Th'e .chairman of. Butter -Factory (Mr. Itortoh). states th'at >there is not v a butter .between :i Tikorangi; ahd.'Hawera that does , not ..possess that latest innovation, : the ', l?ewer ■ losses are reported in' stock."this spring tlian-usual, and tho drenching of cows immediately .after • calving •is more, .commonly, prac;ln connection;., with- - the- marked -improvement in milking sheds on dairy farms that has boen .shown in all. sheds recently erejt'.l (says , the ". Ilawera Star "), ' a .-ratter 'striking feature : may ,be mentioned,'and -this is the .'absence';: of '.provision';for, light by means pf windows. It' seems rather odd that-the splendid sheds now being. erected/ with the accom-' pariiment^of, concrete floor, concrete rivce. ample. <vater.'supply and .caii-wnshinff •'facilities, should -, hare such inadequate, provision forlight and fresh air. Tho. oldjorder was generally- a ■ shed with an open ;front, and, though lacking tho; many . facilities now:tfh- bvidoncß at all ; new. shftb,, certainly, assured an ample supply of fresh air and a good' light. Jn some-instances a current of fresh air,-is obtained through" tho shod by . means of sliding panels,' but windows 'aro'a'rarity, despite tho. ■fact : that, the buildings are'-.'commodious' in ■ovory waj .anil as well built, ns many dwellinghouses'., ' , • RCAIiECrDE. —Tho ' great Airterican.Kemedy for-Scale Blights, Aphis, etc. Obtaimiblo from all seed .merchants' and nurserymen, or apply directi.to Ifur-ray, Roberts, and Co., Welling-.ton^-Wholesale A-Sents,-.;. . ■ f... :.Glial.