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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 951, 19 October 1910, Page 10

FARMING AND COMMERCIAL.

KCT/e AND ROTES.

AQRICULTURE AND COMMERCE

:. ? ;:' rr&NNvMi} ipport/of 'the::-: ; : '[i^-pX'i DEPARTMENT.; : v -^ V^;- : , : .The annual report of-the -Department .; ef'Agricuiturejr.Commerce,-; .._'.'.was presented,'to,the'.House of >:Repre-''V.temtati7es;yesterd|iy!.;f-,'.v.;-s: •>. , .. ;: Tie-TOl.ue el tiie '-'production : for;the. r. jTear'.ended: September;.3o., .1909, of agrk .' Cultural,:'pastoral v,and. ■I and A.flax -;is\ estimated fit;o T&e--. exporisyof ;thefe products . ior... the' . period .in\ value 't0'£15,134,-, . : :-5&03y tlie';followingT:heing: ;the' value; of % ii£e ; .prinoip^ar:iteni;s:^- : .> >'.•',■'■:■:.';;..:.:. . ■'■' ?":? -f s^-'fi-:'-i9o7< ! --: : -vi908 v :/; ;■'■■■ ''W :-i-v; .■■ -: I-M ?M ■;:&%£. f-t. ; ';Wo)i:^:i..v...;■ ;:1.:5,9i4,695.;i ;;;"5|710,927 ■;-'^We6p ,^ms';and; <.. I !V'i::.-'V:;. , .'■.■■■■'.■■,;■■■;■'.:'■ .' .r- , , J>v^.^lelts; : -;.,...;-;i.:..Jr'657,155'.:?;;;-525 i 845 ;;;grpzen^meat:'.;. 3,561 ! 87& : J>::3J)i4: 1 i55: :" : ::sßeseryed':and- ; '.:■'■•••'.■.''-■■.■' ; " : -'--'r'' :■'■■■' ? .' : I , meat : ::J : - -158,315 '?•.':' '101,346 "'Tallow: .;.::.;.V.;.. : i;646,592 ■ ; ; ; Sausage skins ..V':; 70,533/''' 59,690 ;^! aiaes' :.-.::,;■ :....;^216,003/: v ■ • 165,975 ' -Slitter., 1,485,925"'■:•. -!;146,014, 993,608< ; :! ■ -765,395 :f Hemp' .;;•'..;.\-;,;.\V -297,592" ;;■;' 495,236 o^rain,. : flqurV''^'* ; '^^i-v- s; -/--. i! ;; v ri!': •'/'.'.' ;^q : ohaff;'etc/ r^:\sStf}&}% ,152;112 :./- : '-> : .: V :Vseed; ; ; : ;& jy;.-;;; (4 % 68,510;; -.f/ \'1 49,190 .'■'' : 'lt" is estimated- that ''during?the' ■"•year 1 ! :wool,;;:and;i2so,ooo;;,car- 1 :■:: basses, pf' .sheep .and ; ; lambs, , -; besides : jbXen and: pigs -were ,consumed-witliiii: :~i :r pm\ Zealand.; "■'.The:! following'; figures: th'e.'totals: for^the:previous year ■:-: given,: in /-parenthesis;/demonstrate/the ;'i jmagnitude- pf.-the, agricultural ■': industry ■]' : .'pi; Zeala'ncl ; i Zealand- : produco.: aiid '■ inanufactures; ;■■; j5185027,628 r\. (£16,118,221) :;:.■, total .'es- ;; bort's of ■: Agricultural produots, £15,(£13,035,337):..'.vThe ,current ;' year, ending \September. : 30, -Jwill --'sJipV '. a large? iiiprease;'under 'both : ■f! : V^''Vv'-V-i'-^i;«V , ''^V;- : -'->/' ■;\'sp^^--lias.^b'een : ;-"subhV-'a'sl.:-^ : ';'inspire'-'re-'. {' B^.wed>ic'o'nfi^ence l .';i' ; 'B.oth. :ext'ernal;:and ",: internal v conditions;-;have.' been" ■favpur- ■ ftble, ; with'! the result; that the "value .of ■ : piir, exports, l : shows an; increase. of^"£4,- , .IBo,o9B;.'over the;previous'.year, j ■'■.-The , ';■■ .«xp6rtß>totalled.'£2l,49l,Bo9, : as' against : •' }£17,011,8 pl for the' ipfevious' year.-,: The : .;'w'ere •■ralue_d;;afc;£ls,333,s3l, ' 'pho^ving'. a'decrease of £1,467,045,-due, ■'•'.-; j&o-'do'upt,'. ,io 'the ',•'. stringency'of ; the .imoney''market; l '' The exports,show a - 'surplus -of fi£S^3B,22B" r oyer;. ; ;fir; : ;^otffithH;a'ridih■^^^hβ;;reduoti6nVj>l; .:■im-' ': Pprfe, ;:.,the- , total , trade was valued;.at ;:'£S6iß4s,39o; , :'as.. ; against;£33tß32,427Ofpr, \: /the , preyipusi;year.; 'Both;,,in'•; the value'" ,-:' figures; highest' Recorded;: oii--:the ; ; ■ :of;tNew,iZealand.'r;:-Tlie/pptatp' ■ xrbpß".: were..-'a:'; failure.vih*.'many'.;.'places. v/growiii;gseasonj'and\in others I 'from'ithe, ;.'?.' trjets ;the';'yield.s' were '. gopdv.'fjThe.^rea : isi '.; 30j500;ao.res,;with:an;|ayerr v " • totalling; 192,484 v : M-dga'intt ;180;039,;:acres■ "pfoducingV 195,206' tons ; iu

::;pj^fe:;H?-KpS;;^SHEER-/^:l;j.^v;^fj:f J ; iif V's yfhe\r>turns;;tp':; April -^ ;^!;thei-MioiT)fer-::offeh'eep': ; : ; f tfe4' ; '•S^-:;l^' :; fp.r' J !thS' ; ||i«viouy; : ;'a : ■';;■:: ipreyipufil.jea-r'Eiflfigures,; ; ATh(j'-exports i "V^-for Hhe^current ■; seaspn rarey estimated • ?s ; v ,3,500,000;; carcases legs' % : Kerid?pjece,s.i;i > frpzeh?])e?f [; ■■ 'thfe-v-yieaf.' ■.was'-'vtne-'-'-liJrgeWt 'i ► :iv'TOfded/;l^ ; ;increase ; ?l)eing-;l08.03&cwt;v : '7.i:; l :thV: hest; : in ! cjli^li' ■■;■;■ ■■ity;:.thV.' ; Poram : : . vi .Tne : , preparation' of ;the' -wojA '■ ifor'market.' vt},., shpwed ;| so me ; ;' ; iinp^ V?y greafeV oare' f hrff many I .j;v3 if Jthe of; : 'tti& v ar-^ 1 ■■ --I"V.l)e' : ' becured. ; /:-v' was;:a'n--:'iriorea'seH-i%;:«xp9rt;<)f;:23,6Bß)fe9lp.;)';raluedat;.£2o3V •CT-:^6B.;;;iThe.;lrozett^m'eat , ,espprted' was : ;a. : ■'■'='■;■Teoprd, : : : the!:t6¥al;bf i'mut^nplajnbjcaiid- 1 >y.; fceef .i,beiig;!2i426 ) 73Scwt. ) .rfyahied-i-- 1 ; it ■ .'■',':-ij'and:-;K' , :Snows ,i;up:-.till'; ,; ]?ebr'uary -next.; , 'i'vj Many.'.Sou'th-i-Island -, sHbws'v and':'some-'iii' SV:£ : '-rtlie ; ':- f ar : ;rabrth' of \this island I are 1 V omit u^itM^v^:--^;;"^ - : ..';- v ;;;.;;■;; i.A i'::-/'';,;.L- ---■ i'!l9-20.—Hajfke'e' Bay) r;'at ; -;.-,i : :■;: ■ : : .":>25r26. i -Poverty vßay;■;at:' ■■ Gisborne/:?? ';M:': :.V^26-27.-^Wairarapa' at 'V';:i;;X ; :>w ;v I'v; r '•/■;";w '■^V|S ;^^ ;:.^Noyenlberi; : ;';/ ■:•,' v: : ;;*;' S-4rrManawatu: ; .and, *-Wesfc : '.ppasti : ;Vat ,Pal^ 'K'i■/"■■'V--nierston /Ndrthi ;; ?j-*;''i'f &\.:~>f?Zi : -.L ~/'t\ '|9-10>-Waikatb, ; at /Hamilton. :■■•; r '' y f\-- /;, ■■ ■'.■■■ ■:'.':9-il.— Ohfistchurch.-. : r;;, ■ :/ ; : ';;16-17.- I; \Vangan'ui; -at "Wanganiii;.- ';-':;'. L :'^-v-^23.—Marlbpr^ougH/rat'^Blenlieimiv).-,': l . •. ■■-,' :f::; : ' 23-2-I.—Egmp'nt at: HaweraV:' :^:v^'; i, 1 :' '.W. : 23-24.—Otago,:;at^I)\inedih:--';' f -'■'■ '■'.-, ; i29^o.r-Nelsoni:■:at Richmond',Park! : "',-. ■■:■ ,i\. ;,:.:': Plymouth.; at , : ; Stratford? i-i'.'M; : ";":; ;i:;-'- ■. : *u■jj-'v/;'?^ , ?•■': January's--;;' v :■:?;>■';':■" • - i^''' ;'4r-Busli ; 'Districts3 at ;"P?bpdvillei '0. \; "A .''-•" : !82.I—Eket'ahuria1 —Eket'ahuria (Farmers'' Union).";'.;;■> ;: : : '.;■ :>.; ;J;::y>;t:T v ;-■ : S H : ;:' : v.-'- ; '.'. Waipuku'ran. ■■-.'.-'■'■■' V 'Horowhenua,'at Levini '■-; ,'-'- ■:.;'.:: - :.7-B.^-i'eildin'gy;-at'ireilding;:';::- ; - ; r :AS ; .-' ; v. ;'". y'&—^Dannevirke, . at;. : Darinevirke.: Y ,-..'..;,:;/.' :'■■. ■•. ' 10-lli-—Pahiatua-Akitio,' f ; at iPaniatua;-v; - ; ;' : :--:U.is.T ; Mastertbn,: at } v'-v.O : --. • Sv ; :&i?:'" R AN bS:#:'@>v : ! .'.'.""i r 'vJ'-l'The.great multiplicatibn;of'the huin-' :v ; -,-:.lier;;pjf\Socfcs-'iiiv'e7;ery , idistrict'r.:.pf-.^the: ■ ■' /■;■ Pominion , ;" renders ■': it.; absoluj;ely'' : n6ce,s-: :■}■ :. : aaryitpvOTsurei their: prpper::.iaentifica-: •';;:.'. tipn : ,that):their present. isystein. ;pf :: ; ear-- ;:■;•■. miirks;:;should : WV;-;:BaysvthesannuaL:."^epdrt- 6i the Depart-. ■.i '■'■ mentL'ofiiAgricUlture. ■-;-piscussioh'';'.'of■ ::;. thistoattpf'at'^aiibus.agricultural con- ■ 7.' •feren'oes,.;dufing the -'past- fifteen, years, '■?[ las:' -brought '. forth : many -schemes, ' butihpne ,of :.t!bem-!has p met 'witli.Tthe ■'. ajpproval .of.-,sheeppwners..\... An inyita-'. :','uon '-has'-.f- > published' .'that :: i'sclie'mes,-be submitted' to'.the''Depart- ■ : mentj'and a special committee pf;sneep- :, ; effjiefs iwill-'le set up to examine them. OF HOGCETS. ; :'■':'.■ .'.'.ii really.i first-class,.lot hoggets ■ are -to' be- sold-''at- Marton yards ■ on ; ThJiTsiay next by; Messrs.: Abraham and ■i r Williams, Ltd., on behalf of Mr,'L. M. ". Rioliards.'.,■'.'■'Some 8000 hoggets are to io' bffored.'.■..•'■Th'b-|Wnple'or them have: ■-. teen wintered on'i'tnrnips, 'and have been .: lat*ly running on a large scope of grass . ■ country- V They are'well woolled, ;and : : sfcoir excellent; condition.- . Several lines :' of lip-top, ewe hoggets with one cariasark are inoluded. The'sale : is•• to;be asirastirved:.and is stated: to: offer a t' 'eni'.jd: enance to those still on the for. good ■' "lines' ..of;' hoggets..' ey" will./-be; sold in lots Vie',suit- pur- :.':';■■'-■;■.■■: .■-■.;' ■

; thelliavvkeis bav ,show. • ■;. ;:■ './, A GENERAL: FOBE. WORD. V ' : '..r.flly; Telegraph—Special 'Beporter,) ■ ■ . ; V "'• '; Hastings, October, 18. ';'' Hawke-'s Jay ■is a. land of sunshine ;and.bounty; a;country of-green rolling hills and' fre'sli ':.p.astures, 'a province draped with.-a thousand ...screens•■..■of; weeping .willows, ribboned .by white .roads, .and peopled . by. a . prosperous community. ; Of all , the landscape scenery.;!!! 'Now .Zealand none is .more .refreshing than.. that' of., Hawke'-s Bay, althoiigh,; to : be sui'oV the trees of the old .forests have now sped, before tho axe of. the pioneer. ,'. ; . . '■' ':'. Tormorrow.'there.'is to.be.opened!an ;esliibiiibii' eaibraoiiig the : niany. phases of . the : ; agricultural industries ..which have been factors in.the evolution of tho provinoe.f';.ln the 3'ears which have passed 'since,lß74,' 'thirty-five Hawke's 'Bay: A. and: P.-shows have been 'held on.tho Hastings.Racecourse. This year marks 'tho 1 forty-third annual function of the society,'but half a.score of them , have'be'en held elsewhere thnn.at Hastings. "'The, first. show,.?in : 1863,: was h'eld"in Mr. .Danfer's; paddock at'Havelock.' The second "show, in 1866, .was ini 1867, 'aiid'' the ..fourth.'in .1868/ at Meea'nee. The''.fifth 'and : sixth.'took; place' in 1871 ■arid.lß73! : at;Havelock, ; and : .the others at Hastings'. : .'; : .'■ '_:*';~. ''■■■'■' :S : - ■■■ I " : i'V' : :' : ' ; .The; entries for this year's'shownum--herl 1880,."as!\compared,:.with '2114 .for ;last''year, which-total constituted a Tβ'cord. in the. history-.of the society. The 'entries 'in the 'various classes are:— Sheep, , ' 336;' ciittlG, '191; horses, .419; pige,; 32;' if arm', and dairy ..produce," 95; grain : arid seedsj ; - dogs, 84;' needlework;- 223;. sundries, '225;. 'grand- -total,' 1880. .", Compared -with'ihe entries;*of: the' pa'st four years, given below} it will b'e-'.scan;that, : with tho.' exception. of: last 1 year,' they. are well■ up'■'to Ithe, average; . The totals, are: 1906,' 1762; for 1907,- ,'I6OO ;'-for 1908,/1980;; for. 1909,.2114; for ,1910,' ;188p,■';:.The, .decease;'is- pfrincjpal-ly;-;'ac-;couhted'.forun^'tKe.horses;': which -is due (according to letters' received from exto ; i the;:,a ; mp r u , nt ,: 1 ..0f, ' sickness Ithat ,, "has.';beeit 7 experience'd;; by them:;'■ \\.\ ''.'. The number'of e'xhibiti>rs in sheep is more than'that of last..year, though the ex-liibits ''themselves Vare, slightly 'less. Lincoln's" are 'the strong' .Section, '■~ the exhibitors represented.vbeing /Mrs. J. D. Ormond,' Messrs.. W;;'Perry, Douglas M'Lean r %^Dillon«;.M.l , .,-T: : Tai)-: ner, vW. ?Rayner; - Y<; •'' Collins.. Rpmneys: follow' very '•closely, .the. ram hoggets' class "having-.21 entries- from .12 diffe-rent «jexliibitorer i> t-Iri>; LeicesterE,. Messrs."'-Sfel3*oh BrosiJ- Douglas M'Leah, Slack .8r05., : /an'd; : S..l!,i; Douglas make ■ a); s'p'.JenbUdrjJigw^Vj'j^^:^-', , ;.--;-,''^'--.-';•/■.■'.■ represented,' bpirig' equal, in mimber's to the-previous best.".- :Several .ofi'the;'Shbrthbrn classce. 'produce' keen there;, being 15 entries; in'-'tho' for '. two-year-old; heifers, seven: for ; three-year-olds,''; and; eighfefpf^ageircows,.-the .exhftitors: be-. Sng V Mess«V ■■ $V.■■'■s..■ 'OTliams^'rW^VHowM ; BbpWii:; and;cWi G.vOßuph'a'aani', MiP;^'£JpvN,?-^ : ;■' : -:

-il-The h annual- '■ reported! X the-1 Department; of great- increase, in; 'tie of ■> dairy- ■ produ(^ v vlias!.v. , intensined;-: , theV:necesHtJ , - , tor. improved :■ -:iibtf only- in tie -provision of a Tegular'wepk-; also'in'tue'-Mtter.liandliiig of produpe': on? :thes coast; >-V:The ■; ■ : of;. v a steamer'frbm:: : Auckland; between.', the {regular \fqrtnigMly.; : ; lingtnii''id jd".i.:not-.,result;, \ satisfactorily; and trade..is .nbii''. , , Sulßoierit :. to. i.olaiin';ai-Jegnlari--weeklyvservice' 'during -^e?!Kffl^lit^qf-4he} ( BeSßphs4vT!ie\'inßuffl-: lingfxin^aiidt's'o^tliern-ports for. holding .'qKTOsev ? iwaiting l 'Jtopmiani.'. demands;. im-r &ediat]f -remedy; ! *'V r ', : : r"-s:'''Vi' ■■' .'■'■.''/;.'■ , S^^ER^LkF^MIN&'NEWS/;;': ■/ i ;vTh'ere:ik''Ca J iyei^' , Vaatisfaptbi7;;\'repp.rjb: |rom, GaTtert-bn , as; to',tKe : : eritrie e^ : are" riot ? available", i'lthejr aria ■'said-to -beUarger~'tiM-:; ; glasses?rand;;«)mpetitipns> .are ■ coming; irom';all!ipartsV;'andjthey:'BlioiJd'ioim;a' 'fea'tUre.':bl ; ;the':ihowlWv : !i^ ; '.£;;'';, ; -- '■'■'■■V.'-'t ; neld ; un->' auspices '-.of the >Waimapa'Showy is"'td\ ; i»nimence;i.l>i^ay.\:;/--.Thor^-:flre. , ;SZ '-entpes/- and; .the■, management expect r & •haVe'M ffull'.reijbrV'for'ithe; first 1 day'of showingv;results. \v..lie, nuidbet,:'; is.-i'a"' record^'-.; and'iembracei-three .big^milkers-from Pahnerstpn.; j VThe .re-: suit ,is.:Avatphed with'- iiit'erest j in-, the .Wairarapa.; ■S-γ;.;;:;;/: ■-'■■,'-}l?:.,yZX'--:'-■■ ,-v : '} ;;■: fabmers .■A?ip; : ;sTqcKdwNEßS; i ..• ■: ' .The -, Wellington -. edition,'' of SYKES'.S : Journal.]for'/Dai • and Stockqwners has'" now'; issued irpm:: ;the; press,' and contains ,th'e most' comprehen- '.: ;.-'••■■-;■': ''■''' " : f- * "■■■■ '" I:' , '-. ■■• ' "■'■' ' sive information; 'necessary to: successful dairy-farming: ever '}. Specially useful will be. : . fpundvtbe estensive .tables ; for :recordin : g ; ;the idaily milk-testing records for, the year. .r-The diseases;common ■.to^oowsjand"'^^^-!^^^^^^!''^^'^^^!!- , ■understand.!;3reeding tables,-seed-sowing tables, herd ".register,;., account books, -in : fact, everything-'a farmer • should know' are now offered to/you free. If I have overlooked 'your, name -in: the. Wellington' distribution, send a post-card to . the. pviblishef, and' you'will. receive 'one by, return. mail.^A.'E;-'.SYKES,' CEemiet, : Proprietor: STKES'S:\DI&)ScH,- New Ply. mOUth.—*.;, .'J.,'//- .--..'.. ■ \ ■ : :: : :'r: : ■-..;■'■'■ ■ ...'.'■ ■■ • ■ "".. ■ ■