GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 717, 17 January 1910, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

.-:The settlement of. tho'.slaughtermen's dispute.. will ■ como ,as good news, to the eheep-pwners o£ iho- 'Wellington 'province. Although l the Wollingtoiy province is lio't-' ter \proyidedv,with feed', than. any other part of the North Island, a .strike woiild. ■benefit;'nobody. 1 ■- "'. : ' ; ',\ '" ' ■" .■:'.' ,I-It-Jis; Mr.'iW. ;E. BidwiU's valuablb brood maro, Immersion; dropped dead :in tho';'paddbbk- last week.':'' .'■'.-■ ; '■ The:.Masterton IC'and P. Association, has received.a, number! of compotitivo.; designs;■■forv.th'e, neWj-graridstand" and; : buildirigs.;.to-.t0.? r \at. Solwayi: and the.;design submitted by: Messrs. J C'Hchton-and Jl'Jvajv ofyWcllington,. has. becnV , 'selected. .! The "second competitor: .'was. Mr:;-.-West,'-'.of' Palm'erston North.: :f ;-..'.'A- meeting between the sub-committee , appointed-by : the pannevirke A..and .P. Association and the Auctioneers' Assoc'ia-. tioh .'.was-;-held': at.-.the'Dannevirke office's' l of•,Messrs.-. lJalgety.and;.Co.,/to. discuss. the .method of conducting \ the proposed;! 'ram'.faiT. in. connection, wth the forth-, sTiaw.i: llessrs; Armstrong (presivdent)' arid' Stiibb's"(Eecretarj ; ) .represented ■the A,-,arid P. Association. A mode of. procedure'--.was agreed upon, tho details o£, n which will .be'eubmittjd'to the next .meeting of: the A; and for ■/.■■..'K : >: :}> ] ■ - ":-''-.■.■?: r /:\ ■ : Ani deformation was laid on Wednesday. by Gohns, Inspector of -Awards,' Minder;:'- ■-theJ.-,'.--Industnal-,-.-.. Conciliation' ami "'AfMtration' Act, , : a'gain6t" : Mrs. I -Ellen!TFrfenilin.-.0f,-: Weberi setting out' that 'defendant, --being"' a person bound ,by-the.WeUington.Sheaa:e,rs'..Att;nrd, dated l ■<April--".4,''--1908.. did;: on; November, 4,-.:.;1909, ' employ' as -"shfaVers H;" Parsoris, "\V. H/-.Deightpn;'-ArGampbell.-B-.-AV-. Poole,' : G.I S.'. Sattrup,■ und.- Ernest Be'rkham, and oh''thp -same'daVrdid 'Ibck.'but the said ■shearers,. and thereby bpca'fno a party to a 16ck-out;iri the sheep-shearing industry.: '-'It \is .understood: fho alleged. lock.ouMtoofc.place through the shearers:refusing 'to^shear'/sheep, which "they coii;eideredVtpo -.wetVto'be -ehor'n... The case is'sjtdown.for'iheiring on", January. 26.' South: Taranaki man and •'■his J'wifeJ.'are -milking 'HQ,!cpws; with' /the,:aid''Ofiniachjnes:'-shows.thßVpossibili-ti'es"ofT.ma'chine^milking.'.//'.~;=iir ■?. -t■;•••,• ■ '. I Tho; spread -of :a;",yeedi...-witji 'ca : -';flqwer resembling 'a ; is,now tak'irig' pos"sesSipn ; '-of ~much -.- pasture '"oii .the/'Patntahi,fliite,.'was.brought under-the notice, of the .Gisbornee.office of-the 'Agri.cultural Department'.. ,Tho Wesl.is.named , ' 'Corn;.Camomile.'.'Hlt'-isViiot 'included:in the': scheduleiof'.noiibus'i-woeils, and;" is declared'tq- be -h'armlessl'/.'lt;hiis;'recently■ .become.-prominent iii-'traveilirig' stock paddocks,.".aiid.;.' is ;V;apparently carried I'apqut 'byy'mobs .of'travelling afiebp. ;■ ,v;0n; the';Beninore' : 6he'ep' '.station/' "Ota'eo'j several;: tlinusaride:;of .sheep. tire. Tepbrted to have Cdied:,from;blood.'. poisoning aftej 'cause';'of;, deaths is : not-; necessarily iasspi ciated':;.'wij:h';!]wdjinds. ; on» thev bodies• of the -l shbrn'rvsheep, ;.but ■•it .isv aJ f orm"f'of ; r;septicaemia /.that .'may'?be : contracted'-in" ;other '^vaya.':','^'''}'.'^;-'^:.-, v '. ', : ?'."f,;!/'■! • ■ ' ■' ;The. shoeing '.of' a 'dfaright h'orse'ibelqrigrig;to,the Gisborne.Borough! i : Council ■ wfis; the - subject'-'of .a; J2O . wager which was .decided! before ;a crowd •of ; about/oiie'hundr'ed>spectatqrs' o.ne'-.inprri- ; ;ing..last ■ .;w(Jek., ;The_ ' ■ hdrse^-. "previously' ;raised' .strong. qbje'etions' to 'being .shodi ■ and. had , to bo thrown and bound ■ ! with .''ropes! whilst' the operation; was' carTled.!:ont. : ::'Mr.,God;-Smith, hairdresser, undertook- to: taineithe-animal.within 24, ■hours, -to'enable-it , to be shod like- any ; brdiriary;hprse, -.wagering- £W ■.α-eide; with 'α-local blacksmith' that it could 'bo ; ddrie.' Mr:,:.Smiijh"; tsjojcijthej horsp'. at\ 1.30 p.m., .ahd.repqrfced liijvf .ta'me'the,same'evening, but" : ,the ;j6b, was,' postponed. 1 , -.until -riejt /morning,'.when! the' shoeing' was success-' fullyydnd' expedftfoQsljripertprffi'ed."in , , the . presence'.'pf av.bigVcrowd Much. enthusiasm was'shown:';". '. '■ : ' The' Tokomaru crop's (says ' a ".'corre'r spondent-.of the :-."M.ariawatu Standard") have-suffered, greatly /.for. want,of rain, and have been the poorest on record for--•a ; number of yearsi,: •/...:' .-.' ■';■'./'. : /'.Wattle. , trees '.in'! the Maitertq'n; district. ; ;aw:-;sa'id'l»^tio';baoUjr'affee'lie(l" , yntlifbl|gHt:', : .A : lo.cal'resident sent;a': : b!rarich'/;.to -:Mr.-' Kjirk'i'Varid : asked;His!'advice^as'to whether' the.-blight'is/lik.ely.to spread to other. trees'..-, -Many" wattle': trees ..in- Palmeratori ihavo'alsp'.been attacked, large unsightly-' :excrescences.forming "on, the cnds:ot ■ thq!branches.i': /'; ■'.'■S'~"■"'_'}/.}■ : .^..V.-.-.'.-; V"-^'; : ! ■';Blight among potato, crops.is, agai&'the' ; cause of alarm among' Tarariaki growers'. ' ;-;,ln;addition/,to:the.large paymteni: 7 paid 1 ont.'on' Saturday.! by. the.! Ballanc'e. Dairy Company;' to its/suppliers "(w'Titev'iour Pahiatua 'correspondent) the ,Mangaramarama Co-operative Cheese Company -distributed .'.some ~£750. for .December's milk supply! ..The "milk supply at'.the Scarborough.'Creamery • now ; runs^at. a; little more;!thai'.lßoo.' 'gallons.'dailyj'"the; largest 'amprint supplied in'.theiheight'of.'the sea."sori- being.. just'over^SOpO!gallons/.':,.Forty-, suppliers deliver daily, "the* two highest' tallying:-13351b. ; and;" 12901b. respectively,, while , the tests, are satisfactory, .the'nighest'beingl.l , .and.'-me, lowest',3.4; the. average .running over" 3.0...' v ';•- r ,!::.