GENERAL FARMING NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 748, 22 February 1910, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS

-^Messrs.^Dttigety;"amUco.,- : Lta\; ; Daririb.■Tirke,::report,the,salp:of:Mr. J. .'A. : Smith's property; 'of '325"'acres'. in''the.' Jlangatoro galley ,, ia' Mr.' 'A'/: M'Cpnhell,' late ..manager : ior^'Mri : -''Jsr i: l^'deri'i'p'f-i , Eakariki; station , ; ineaVMohata.^^vH^-;;;;;:;''';; : '"vi.;' -IMi;;.'Jas^Bourkei' v b£; 6paki,.::has o:ar-: r^gM : ;th^nßK--Mes3ra:-'.-Dalgety; i ahd,. : ;Qo;; to .'ship'.twq'draught;- geldings, to .compete at': tho Boyal' Agricultural-Show, at:-Syd-ney, TheV animals.;wili;.be Veetit.■ across ;o'ii : 'MatoKVlliV'end^at : tlie^.'saiae,>'time;-Mr.- , : Bourfce/Y'iU;, l fbrwaid. i 'a;; J c6nsignnient ; ;.'pf i 'tivelyei , . draught fpr>sale;; -V; ; : •..,'.:

;! ;.The''AßliburtbnV ; frnit.;crop'-is 6aid ; ;to -have ; bee'n.i utterly ruined, through^-the; iprevalanee'-.-/of : >'codlin..' ■moth/'and-.i'iv'oodyi IJeirig..raade*"'for.;v.the-election-of ;a\ch'eese : - factory at, :Hapuka, ■;miles tnorth^o£ (Marlbprough).; - Thb: ; ;new : ; -fa6tbfy.:,vrilL'. start ■^ffiA^kcpi^^imd:: : : already: , ,.6soi;Bhttre§; ;applied'for^':During;:the'cur-; rent season"it.is,estimated-"that.:the Kaikoura.',:l)airy.. Factbryavill,turn , out 230

v ; lt ■is Jthat-Hhe.. outputXol- dairy, produce %'inv-North; Canterbury.' has more : thanj!doubled:"during;the^past;-two ;years. 'Five.'';thoTisand':!foiif;'liundred'., carcasses of ifrozea^-lamb'".'werei.;railed : tp'.Timaru. from■.Oamaru.ott• rriday,:;to -be: shipped : f6riJVest of/England-ports:; ;V A s:-r:jf ■■:::.

y.The [' of- : the.-., Taranaki ■;' -Ciy'operatiye.\Baconv;Company hasisold. the', factory,, -at pitzrby'. (New 1 .- Plymouth). -to a. new .proprietary comp^iy,'.which .intends iti= aid::l)ejinicuring,operaSions>:again; : v^Kvr';; : ;li^%;'iS: ;>■•/'■■ ■ trist)V'ai-e■-making.'j'tiroTisip'Diifor ~winter l -'anknown'Sl>ef6re;.>i>-- '^v^feviUA , '}':'■'■ ';'s.'.

■'. riNoxiousT.weids.sare; reportedHp Bβ;.pro-; ■lifibV;iaV''_theyneighbouinood;:'i)£.-':Jlireaha',. and v.the : growth; .as ; ; .usuali'; is: epecially abundant-'aiid' uhdisturbedi.'on the areijs: of .landyJTvhich". , are,'being'.; , :lield':; out y -of {occupatioy},;'^\.: f^j^^,;^^:. ',.);- t - v : "-,'..•'■;■. v ;^The^fpllowing i: are\Vtfe"amoiirife _.vrHicK' .Tvill:;,be:;paid! ..factories,' around, Stratford" ibr"; Jaiuary.vmilk;,'' the ■flgtire^']in).pewiitl»ffiM.VWjpg'\-the'amount' forj-the; corresppndingrmonth'ilost year :— Ngairc, , ; JE27,75 C(i269o);:^Gardißi:;: J1995 : ■(il9S7).;>:lx)wgarth, ; (dEl676);'.Huiaka'ma,t i Ji4d.-"'(j£sM),:.PuniwliaUau ) v."? i esie' ;^l79)^Makaiiii;V ,; je3iO^(S2oo):; , ;StTatfprd, f je7l9l:^lt^nn^e;frioticed v tltat;;in' ne'arjy. •every., case li there iis \ an.-iiierease i over • last

i'-'JA A considerable ■■area ■' of y land"; in;; the neighVburhppd^.of-ITemuka-has, :been ..of- : fiir'ed/to'ffie 33bVerriinent .'for' ; ---It" includes'. 413:; acres -atV.Glande-' two;.miles ■of.;.tho~ t(iiynaWp)i'.^9:;ac'res'at ;T Jpper Otaio, and' ati St;' ..:K ; -:;;V

-.The caterpillar.plague■repeiitly, 'reported in-; the- ; :North'vlslaiid.'has 'reacne!dr, the Gelding's - ! oat; fieldj : 7at^NiSau;alifas'ibe^n'^attacked-;b^^ millions; ; ': ,: :ft'.'V,V -.''■;'■■. ;-^;:' : ; ; vi'; : :'.;;.' v-'l,^

*•:Mr.*E.' 'Short.'., - suggested. to' the , ' ■ AsspOiatida' : that-next year-.theje^li^dSbe^alclass-forfarmera , . hoi^s^:ia'wluolv ; ;pedigieo :animal.s\- would iiot;;be"aUpKedk,to';compete'.'T: : ■'■■■ ■','-:,

;i|l)rongh|Viws ?i tbld£considerablj: ! ;'onV the; oae. land's ■i'oroh'ardAdistficts.V tliißViyear,'; r aid tte;|-; ; ,;pp6rs;ctpi);;."; '■'_''■ t,'?Ta^im}n^gr6TOrs^^np*"pact:''"fiiett: : 'a; saving'■pt'i'.OT'iper'Vce'nt.' : is..effected", ty' •this 1 means/:aid;. all-;tie.-damage-through 'tough'-';hanofig.;iiis sacks '',-'.u,v. : J: ; 'damagV ; cropsVaroiiiid-'Temukajis "estimated ;•:to , : amount ■..■,to.^ahpnt' : : :tkreepence •'■' a; '.bushel. 1 .the /damage;; Tv,ould--liafe,':been>.'a'bout a' , ■■'?■'■■!'--■ ,'.

■^•^'Gwbtfrte;:-^de^tj;-:Mr4 : .JfmW; ; .Kerr;'.. crossing evolved ;t: nexjlpofato, 'which',; by. special'permit sion r bf.- the' Premier, .he , liasr.named ■"•Sir-JosepK.-.-Wordy.(says 'ttief "Poverty-' Bay ;HeraldM):-V>The;Wbere'!aTeiflattisli v -roußdi' of vsymmetrical •.■ propoitionsj'irith.' very •small: indentations, fqr.eyes, making-them at mfet '; ecbiiomical''potato'w for.-: culinary ■ purposes. , ;/Thei.tuber is firm.-and.-com-,. said; never'giows'coarse. ; . : .It' is; of excellent ,'cjuality, : ; always ; .being : dry.;.and-:mealyE^hen~cooke(V.-;-The'Sir: •Joseph.'" ;\Vai'd : }fs. described -'as'.-■;a great , cropper, ; ! au'4;be|ngi exceedingly'strong-in i:growth' ; makes 'it v.le^-i.liable; take 1 Wight.'f , So. faT.it.has.iV-not: shown' theslighteet'.trace of disease.'.; : ;. . ;.;. •-.:■;;■'

''Writing; of-the ".Napier. wool; sale-' .-held last'-jveek, tho locdl evening paper, says:— i.The.ifinal ',sa!« '.ih">Napier,.-as' was;--to i; be,' , 'perhaps,;:expected,.'included some '.'• • ratlier ■p60r.:,.i6t3,".-;and on -the .whole the .-average cjuality-bf all. wools :presented was infer-, ior; to '. that'.;brought... under, the hammer at ■ sales. , ' In : 'spite'of this'some' ■good prices were obtcinedj-the results ac- , cording : '.well ; . with ■ the' ■general; tendency of prices (luring the last few months.-One 'thing'is worthy of the"de:V*lopmerit of the Napier sales, as an institutipn.-. This is best'..illustrated by 'the number' 'of. bales 'offered .'this vseason'. as: compared with last, ■.thb\fig'uj'es;being {-; Last 26,350,1 bales i ;■ this ; season, 43,250; ■■■';V::''.£+■, , r J,^■y/.s; , .','rhe'; (treasurer 'of, the: Eeildiiig .'Show Association.:states' that, .the ;proiits> of • the recent autumn.show;araounted,to' £2&t, says" ay Press' .Association : telegram:''; ■:•■'■;'- '.''ThittHho Angora goat,is■-iiistifyingv.its reputation os,-a weed-eradieator af !Ka-.ralcavDowns^^.Mr.-1,. ;E. Trolpvo's pro.pertj-; Aotea .(says' the. '/Kawhia Settler"). ■His little .herd of ten^ure-keeping blackberry iyines'entifely stripped of leaves and shoots,, although grass is.plentifulin: their enclosure.;. ,0, .'.;: : . ■;; :;, '•.., : .Tlie.'Hawke's Bay .igrioultararandPas-: Coral'■ Sboiety':advises that its spring; show this year will tiilieplace.ut Hastingsi on October.ilfl and 20 next.;; .;;;';: ■ -..;'.' '": 'The: , : NbitU Canterbury ; . oats crop was not,' as a rule,-'nfleeted .by. the" ,ram;]ast .mdntjiivthough it was attacked [ by:caterVpillars.; The grass' sect] was/similarly affected. Clover crops* retain' high-class ooiiilition; .and continue. , ;to," give 'promise: of good yields. > The grass ; a correspondent states, has not been in bet- • ter .condition for some, years:at; this time, so thatgra'/iers'and dairy owners are obtaining: excellent .returns.;..' The potato crop's'.'as a wliole continue healthy,' ( [ and prp.ient.a prolific appearance, though, a lew patches'of-disease are'to bo seen.'■■■■■;

".'•South Australia is represented at the Midland : Counties : Grocers' Exhibition, which is being hold nt Birminghnm. The display of .produco on behalf.of thc'Statu is excel lent, and is attracting n great deal of attention; . -■■:- .

:, ' ; A-/correspondent .'.informs ■ the Winton "Record thafc tho : best crop, of oats' he lias-seen this year : . was on Mr. Kichard Buft's farm.' ■ .Ho estimates the 40-acre paddook to average 100 bushels of Gartens. The paddock' ;is-growing' its first white crop.: -y- ; -- is ■ ■. -.••■■■ : " '•

; :Tho ("Waikato Argus" says that seldom if lever has a. more favourable ■ growing, season'been experienced,, and though past rain ;has caused considerable-trouble and delay over harvesting,',its effect upon pastures and summer crops will long bo remembered.. .■■■■'.'

: JPaiaka, the well-known flax and dairy property of 347 acres, freehold and' 160 acres leasehold, some of the.richest land on tho If anawatu, -. with, flax cutable thia year, will bo sold'at auction by Dalgety and Co., at Palmerston. Nor.th' on Saturday, 26th- February; Tho terms .may be arranged.—Advt. \ ■■..-. ■ .: ;,