GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 988, 1 December 1910, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Messrs. W. Perry and. John Strang, of Wairarapa, who were amongst the judges at the' Auckland A. and P: Show, came through' to 'Welliugto'n by,/ yesterday's Main Trunk express. ./Mr.: Perry judged Lihcolhs,'.mermos,'"andsTat sheep, and Mr. :Strang.i'at/cattl6/and: Shrop'shires. Speaking to a Dominion representative on these classes, tho two Wairarapa men said that were the better, and there were somo fairly good fat cattle. > Merinos were ' confined- ? to ,<one .exhibitor;. "Shorthorns were also'few*,' biit' therp. was a fine show of dairy cattle, principally from outside exhibitors.

.At the Auckland A. and P. Show the principal prizes in Eomney Marsh sheep were won by Wellington provincial exhibitors. Mr.. Tanner won both' championships,- while Mr. E. Allen, of Taratahi, secured first for hogget ram, .first and second for single hogget ewes, first, second and third for ewe hogget pairs, and reserve champion arid second for ewe any age. Mr.. Allen sold several rams, the prices ranging."from seventeen to twentysix ' guineas. /

The Warrimoo; which arrived from Sydney yesterday, brought 2314 packages of 185 packages.of onions.

Shearing operations are now in full swing about Kaiparoro, in the Wairarapa,' and given fair weather much of the shearing in.the district will bo completed before Christmas. ,

Tikokino settlers who have been hurrying to get their wool off the sheep's backs and into Napier for the sales this week (where'it is expected that prices will be on a. par. .with those obtained at the last sales) aro-now able 1 to take things easier (says a-:"Hawke's Bay Herald" correspondent), and are rejoicing at the steady showers which are falling.

The recent rainfall in the district about Eketahuha considerably freshened up the pastures.. The shade temperature, recorded twice during .the week was 81 degrees, said" to .be about, the highest that is over reached there. ■;

; .Quail- are. very, plentiful in the' northern portion of tho -Wairarapa, and. are not 'regarded with much favour by farmers. ■They are very partial to grass:sced, which they; pick up in largo quantities,- and lately they.hare.constituted themselves a nuisance by" .turning their attention to garden seeds'.

A Lincoln ram prize' winner at the Maldon . (Victoria) show yielded a fleece -jf 431b. '.-■•"■

Another frost occurred at Tikokino, Eawke's Bay;' a; little over, a week ago, which touched up tender vegetation in the .open and exposed places on the plains. '

Since ho put up his big tally of 316 sheep in one day, shearer Daniel Cooper has not made any sensational figures, but at Ballihdallo'ch,' Queensland, ho shore 214 wethers in one day recently.

A report of tho proceedings. of a meeting of the English Romney Marsh Breeders' Association ■ states when considering the appointment of judges for the best woolled ram class it was.unanimously resolved that Messrs. J. C. Field, of New Zealand, E. J...Matthews, .of. Patagonia, and'R. Blake be asked to act as judges' for that class, and in case cither of these gentlemen were unable to act, the secretary was directed to ask Mr. Herrick, of Now Zealand, arid, failing him, Mr. E. Short, of New Zealand.

The English Royal Commission on epizootic abortion among cattle havo ma"de drastic recommendations in their report. The substance of this,is that" abortion should be scheduled as an infectious disease, and that the 'authorities should take the. matter in hand instead of leaving individuals' to work out their own salvation, as has been the case hitherto. No doubt (comments the "Farmer and Stockbreeder," London), this course will entail considerable temporary inconvenience, but no infectious diseases can be got under without annoyance and hardships to many,

Some- of the closer settlement farmers in eastern Riverina- are having trouble with black oats this 'year (says news, by the Australain mail).' Areas which were quite clean last season'are so dirty this that one or two farmers" say they .will probably havo to cut tho whole of their wheat for hay. One of the newcomers to the' district was amazed to find that wheat land so clean last year could be so fouled by black oats this. The paddocks in question were all shipped last season. .

Four hundred samples of seed were examined and reported on by the biology division of tho Department of Agriculture during the year.

Menestral Royal Harold, the Government stallion which was located at Waipukurau this season, ; has recently been suffering from acute inflammation, which has affected his lees (says the "Hawke's Bay .Herald"). The Agricultural Department has decided to replace him, with Hertfordshire Boj, '•.-'■