GENRAL FARMING NOTES

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 634, 11 October 1909, Page 10

GENRAL FARMING NOTES

' It is stated that.there,is ; a"t.present a fairly ■strong'demand for general farm';labourers in the Wairarapa'district.' >>;■,.;,•.

'~ Lecturing at Hastings -"on vthe. -.dairying in-, dustry, Mr..1 ,, . W. Greville,.in order.to impress : and emphasise tho 'value of.;dairying, pointed 'out that/ if they wanted to. buy.-, tho output of Taranaki, to June, ton tons of sovereigns would be .required, and the .output .of the Dominion was valued at 25 tons : of sovereigns. ■An'industry which, was bringing from Englaud 25 tons of sovereigns annually was. not to be slighted.;. •' ■.. : .. V v. : ;.-V ■; The Patea branch of the Farmers' Union has 'decided to institute experimental .plots at Alton land Whenuakura.; . . -~ ..';.- ," { . •'A-new inilUing-machine lias been invented by Mr. 0. Gane, pf- Normanby.; Ho visited Wellington recently in order-to secure patent i: right3i' ,"■•■■;■■■■ ' ',■ ; . .■ ' ■ I Mr.-F.'AV. .Gvovilk (editor-of the "Dairy|;maa")-' stated..in a recent lecttlro 'tat-; Hustings ,tliat. the great objection against was the drudgery of tne labour cohriected with it; but he saiU that this undesirable, condition had been altered, and,in proof of this -he instanced the case of a I'aranaki man-milking 120 cows who:invited him to his farm to-seo tho whole herd milked in 120 minutes. the .invitation, and tho milking, which was done by machinery; was completed: in v'thrco minutes ishort of- the: stipulated time. -Tho value of tho milk from theso: ,120 cows ftfr the season was .£ISOO. Two Tarariaki' factories alone paid .the farmors:Jßl7O,ooo, and therp wero other factories in the'. district that paid -out -'£30,000, £40,000; and £50,000. Mr. Grevilie produced a photograph of/'six cheques "paid,in Taranaki (Hanaia) for thirty days' milking as follow:—' E. R. Hastie, £195 19s. Bd.; J. A.Gamlin, £217 ls.,i -T. A. Bndge 4j (125.tg 135 c6ws), .£243 11s. (150 to WO wmi.'jMi &

5d.; J. J. Patterson (150 to 175 cows), 03. 10d.; and W. D. Powdrell ..('JSO. cows to 200. ■cows), i'l7B 18s. !)d. . : : At a statutory meeting of shareholders of tho Alton Dairy Company last week, attended by sovontcon shareholders, it whs resolved tlint a shareholder must hold not less than ten shares to bo entitled to sit on tho directorate, and that the directorate consist of seven members. The following were elected directors:—Messrs. J. Gibbs, T. Foreman, A. J. Gibbs, W. Willis, A. E. Washer, J. Metcalfo, and H. Sutherland. It is expected that the new factory will opon on November 1. At a meeting of directors held immediately afterwards it was resolvjd that tho word "Alton" be tho factory export brand. ; ' ' - 'Ohakune has sold its butter, output at 10 11-16 d. per lb. Ohakune appears to make a very dry butter, for-its total overrun last year was only 10.97. ■ " The members of the Opunake branch of the Farmers' Union have presented Mr. A. Cross (who is leaving the , district) with a hand-somely-illuminated address. Nearly all the creameries, of the Mangorei Dairy Factory have received a record volume of milk to date.' Several have received over 1000 gallons of milk more than in any previous year up to the corresponding date. Tho Mangorci correspondent of the "Torcnaki Herald" understands that the Kurworth (Carrington Eoad) suppliers have decided to accept the terms offered by tho directors of tho Mangorei Dairy Company ' for amalgamation. : The Feilding A. and V. Association has resolved that the Railway Department be urged to run two excursion trains during every year' to the .'experiment farms at Moumahaki and Wereroa. the trains for Moumahaki to start from Palmerstpn, and the trains for Wereroa from Marton; dates to be arranged after consultation with the Manawatu A. and P. Association, and tho Feilding Fruitgrowers' Association.' ■ ' ■ • : Mr. E. Newman, M. P. for Manawatu, ha 3 presented the Feilding .A. and P. Association ■with a challenge cup, valued at £6 65.,. for competition in tho dairy classes. During the tour of the Timber Commission it was noticed in different parts of the country that many of, the areas, used for milling purposes' are" being, overrun with noxious weeds, and the commissioners think that steps should be taken to protect these areas, and to ensure that the land,is laid down in grass as soon as the milling timber has been taken from it. , .■■'■■■ '•.■"'■ I