GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 895, 15 August 1910, Page 10

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

The Ashhurst correspondent of tho "Manawafcu Standard" says:—"Nikau Grange has now been acquired under the Land Settlement Finance Act, and 'the several settlers are getting to work .on'.their holdings. Milking ' will start' 'atjthe end. of this month.-' Tho property consists •< of* 072 acres. Petitions for the Cutting up'of this' land have been' since .1901, and in that connection.tho following letter to Mr. Pirani, M.P;, from the chairman of tlie Lands Purchase Board Was /published ofiiApril 10, 1902:—"With reference. tpL/youf note of October 11. last,addressed to ; tho Minister...for 'Lands "forwarding.-a petition signed' by J.'.; H. Vincent, of Ashhurst, and others, praying that tho Government should purchase under the Land for Settlement Act the property of Mr. Hudson..Davis*situated;;on tho Pohanstate that effect .cannot-Be'given"''*' tho request. Mr. Davis has stated that ho does not ,wish to sell, but to retain the land for his own occupation. Further, upon in-, spection it is;found that the property is not.suitable for division into dairy farms:" ■■■>'.'■"■,.,• ~-*-;'^;;,';» ■ /.-Among;,other;experiments carried out in the Wairarapa this year, under the supervision of the officers of the Agricultural Department, will be thp .growing of approved varieties, of peas and beans'suitable/for export to the' Old Country.' Owing to' the,havoc played by the pea.weevil among leguminous icropsl in Great Britain,", a, stioug <lemand has sprung up for the. best varieties ,ofv,,peas and beans .and. experi■in'ents are'to.be'.carried out throughout New Zealand with a view to ascertaining.if/these crops can be successfully grown for export. As an instance of. the keen demand that exists, it may be mentioned that, one firm in the Old Country nas special, representatives put here who have guaranteed to take all the available supply of the approved varieties grown.—Masterton''"Times.". ,'.'..' . ; TheAstaff of-the Stratford Co-opera-tive i Dairy, Company,, under the supervision of thei 'manager, Mr. J. Batev, is. at present busy." preparing for the installation, of -an' •up-to-date pasteurising, plant,' which has been ordered and is. now on the way. The plant is capable of dealing with 800 gallons per hpvir, and/is to .be,,erected.inva -special on' the^ebmpahys'''premises, the, intention .being to. pasteurise, the whole' of" theVfactory's"output.—'-Strat-,ford Post;" " :. , ." - ■■' '.;

'; The new Waiongona creamery of the Moa Dairy Company is now being erected as; quickly' as possible, to bo ready for the intake of inilk for the coming season., ■'. This creamery is being erected on;the.;mpst,:oiprtp-date linea, and. will be .drivenryby;t.water-power. It should 'bo a'great booh to'the district : and supply a long-felt want.—' 'Taranaki ;':;. v.:■':..■-:■'. '.-.',-.

."' Bound the Eltham' district the farmors supplying dairy factories, and also the; directors, are being. approached in legard to .establishing .a -co-operative bacon factory.:,(writes r the,Eltham. cor-' Herald.") :'";''Big;-hefds.,will be. oSmmon,.;this,milk;:ing'season.; There-will be. a -good maiiy. 'containing. 150 cbws'vand some ; will, be .larger stilL ':-ThatVis onp: phase .of the jmilkingvma'chniejsiadvent;,.'; ; : • ' r TJaiffd;is still oil the'rise around. Bunj)'6''. St'andthbrptKairan'ga'''Rb'ad''' have ' beetf--- sold an,acre .without..any buildings | •on',"- wliichj'' thinks*: is' 1 | the" top price around i&is'district;-■--■V jj; ;Mr. T.' -. Lancaster';' the\' 'Mana(wa'tu.Standard")■,'.who recehtly'spldhis iarm at Buhnythorpe'.'vha's-jbbu'ghi'a 200-"acre,property-;in ! to which; he lomoyed ,y,esterday. I Rains .Wakefield ;(Nekpn);dis-'-'triot have''bfought, ;oh;;tfie: griss" and ■early.-crops.''-; Lambs arc> plentiful. ;:The weather in!delightfully mild and in ,thp, r ßeaconsfid|d,.district.; at present!-', and ;that 'it may' : continho- : so, lis farmer. ■Lambing is;'"pfogfess'ing'.'''favourably . so. far, and dairy herds"'are beginning .to 'come into .profit (says a "Feilding Star". 'correspondent).-. ~..-;:■.,. i,. v - ,-•. : f. Mr, Orr who-left the Feilding district ;last;March on a.trip,to the. Old Country, returned last' week.' Ho is re-' .ported to have told a: "Feilding.Star"; contributor that everything,' excepting was selling a'fc exceptionally' high ifates.! Pofk't.was bringing 675. a' cwt., while,.weatter.ipigs," were-selling at £2 each. Ho predicts a high price for .New Zealand- produce .on ;the Home market this season: '.'■; The ofßcial.,r.eturn,-of.-the I-.with' wheat :iii-; ..orease ; "grain, which is placed at 2,345,600 acres.. This: is'-the largest on record, the largest previous total being 2,277;537 acres, in the. 1904-5 season. ,'..'■'

The Feilding ..A. and P. Association lias deferred the question of holding an Industrial Exhibition- iiJ39l2 for..future an Change;*

Speaking,. atjthe annual'i/meeting. of. the Puuiwfiakai£:''TCvry?'»CQnipany . (says '■ a. - Taranaki '■ paper) J ; ; Mr'.*"Fblcy' referred to' ;the , advantage,..of „.paying_.,attention> ! .to. 'the,breed'of t the,Upra,.aiid:systematic cull-' ihg. .He ;.had proved the benefit of it. At one time he - milked sixty cows;, by careful culling he reduced the mimhor to forty-five. Ho then found that tho returns from,the smaller,,herd not /only, equalled.but-exceeded that-of the. larger' '..on".,tho. same pasture.: : J-. ]!..?;■ c -~ .

■In referring" to,' his experience ' with wheat experiments, Mr! T. Masters said at. a meeting of the Sandon .branch ,of the Farmers' Union that two 'years ago.' , against (jOVbushels; :Last"year' ;FederatiouSielded;,SSe Biishels.more than Marshall's white, and ho was of the opinion, says the "Kangitikei Advocate," this was duo to the former becoming more acclimatised. , • ■

At a meeting of the North Taranaki Ploughing Association at Waitara,' the sub-committeo appointed for canvassing reported that with donations and membership fees ,£27 was promised and about £$ worth -of,- special nrizes. Tho following officers were^appointed.:—Patron, 'Mr. ,W. ,T:- Jennings,- M'.P.; president, Mr.' W. Birdling; vice-presidents, Messrs, "W. F. Jenkins, J. Rattenbury, and A. Kerr; committee, Messrs. ,W., Rook, J. George, G. .V.. Tate, E.; Cole, 'PrJennins,' G'. N. Skolton, G. Foreman, and officers .'exofficio., It was resolved to hold the opening competition on 'September 8 at Mr. property. Messrs. 'Rattenbury, Tate, and Rook wero" appointed a subcommittee to draw up a prize-list and rules.—TaranaW "News."

In hi 3 address to the annual meeting of tho Wnrca Dairy Company (Taranaki), Mr. James Burgess (chairman of directors) said that tho Motor Company that was started some time ago for carnage, of produce had..not proved such' a success as had been anticipated, hut a car was to be lauded next month, which tho makers and the expert hero wero satisfied .would do-the work; and if this wps.so more wagons could bo procured. Even notwithstanding'the way tho motors had been run this year this company in particular bad saved a considerable amount of money in cartage of produce, as compared with the horse wagons of previous seasons.

Mr. James Shickey, who is at present in England, writing to a Masterton sottlcr states that, owing to tho drought .in ' tlio Argentine haying decimated the ishorthorn" herds; there has linen a keen demand in tho Old Country for Hcrcfords for the South American Eopublic..