GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 940, 6 October 1910, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

j..;y.:/AA;..ffiimj,pf;.looo,.acres , ;.near.vMasferi:on,. belonging :,to Messrs. M'Gregor; Bros.; 1 :* is' j- - about_to.be cut up;into small dairy-farms. i ? .- ; This js'-said: to: be. only one of several, es-p-v'j.tates'. which are.to'/be devoted :to this ky: ■' ; j -Vr;' /..d; |..." ..A:recent*number of the "Farmer and ;/ ' Stockbreeder" stated that the , standard f: ; ,of points in the milking trials to 'be F - ;iel(t .at .. the London. Dairy Shew had | . rrcoeivcd. the caief-ul .consideration>of- the l£'i;tesseotiy» °f the' show,''and-the vf6ll6wingfv,: •variations had been made, viz.: Tho nont: -;'i(pedigree Shorthorn standard . will' bo 95 EM...against ; 90: in preyiousi years, -and . that. Kernes 80 .against .75.'. .In, previous. P';« l ' : 'y®®iß.h6. : fiied''staiiidard'.of points has been Fi: -}? • /heifers 'in the: trials, but. for year .•■two-thirds 'of- the: "points-fixed' cd^s;has. beet decided; upon. .-'The? i" date fixed dn,:for-the opening of the show i'.. was -October 4. .* . • ' ' .' ■■■;•[ :' valuable.;: sheep .'dogs' are "among p - the .new. arrivals by the Corinthic. - ■■• >' \ • Jlr. James'M'Lauchlan (secretary, to the' f v. Wyndham and- other dairy factories) pr&' : : diets : that within the j nest /five years n/:-Sonthland. w;ill..possess4oo:dairy factories:. -This -season estimates i nearly-^200,000-will be brought :into' the : feDistrict.. by'sales of. cheese,; and. in ten' S';". .years* time the figures will probably run' to : half, .a - million sterling..;■'■/'•■'.;• Tho matter of .amending the Noxious Weeds; Acts this session is, according to '/.*.; the Minister for Agriculture; in', hand, at jv present. . :/, ' : -.* A meeting of suppliers 'of • Eltham £. 'Dairy. Factory confirmed - the resolution : * ipassed at the; previous. meeting favouring : .co-operation with ICaponga and -Mangar toki .Dairy Factories in exporting/pigs. Apples are generally., carried 'at a temsperaturo of./.between..4o '. and 45 ..degrees, f'. : -Eays'. a, shipping company in'the course r : of a letter to a Nelson firm. ; A Stratford farmer told a Taranaki : newspaper'' representative that ' he. c'onj '... Bidered the - district., around. Stratford was t/' /backward this, year, in. comparison with : .. last. The mildness of the winter 'was f '..' conceded, but nevertheless the farmer !v-/said the grass was,very slow. in comiiig on. ;'. This view is supported .by several i ~ Stratford ' horticulturists, who state that their, peas;and beans ;have been / much. . longer than .-usual :in . coming through the , - ground. '•'. . ' (•. The Dalefield.J, Cow-testing Association \ . have commenced another, season's experi-" i . ments. ' * - j The North Tarariaki.vDairy.-. Company are: now/ making, 17 boxes of butter. per /■*-*•:.day,'as against 10, at the'same period last i year. The' Waitara' Company are:-now f - 'making 15 "as v against 9 for z September,' I'".. 1900. ; , ■; .: i.;, The. daily; : m'ilk':supply at the Greytown : ' dairy factory at: present- is "about '.'2400- ! gallons. '. ' . ;/ :■ Speaking at a- meeting of. the 'Hawke's 1'... 'Bay. rruitgrowers' Association : of tihe !.'...*• trouble' regarding shooks, Mr. \V. .H. i ./ Smith said that although in the. past the // ';. Government had railed the shooks one ; way free,. it had to be remembered that I . ' practically, every case. went, outwards over ./- the. railways full of fruit, "at a cost-to i tho grower ..of 3d. per case, which was ? / '-. equal to 5612- 10s. per truck. The freight • • on a truck of coal from lluntly. was £2 i*/. - r %«,:6d.' /--/' ;./ ; ;: - "'