GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1029, 19 January 1911, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

The TJruti coi respondent of the "Taranaki ■ Herald" state's that land at Uruti is rising., in value. He_ also, says-that "the factory,, in .110 previous part of its history, turned out so much butter as it does now, and the indications aro such as to foretell a still larger increase next year. Every, day tho. 1 store :-and factory, wear a lieal'thy-'aud robust- appearance^

The. Eltham%UMry'Co; (says art ex-' change) will pay out this week-iilO,S9i for December supply' -'of' butter. : fat.!. The amount of butter manufactured was 3040281b., and tho average test was 3.58. ,For the corresponding month the previous yqar the payment .was <£10,356, and the amount of butter manufactured was -289,•092, the test bciric-tho, same,. The is keeniiig up wcllj'from 165 to ITO'JjOitS of .bufter being, manufactured' daily.- i .;H is esnected that the output for "the 1 season will reach 950 tbife.

in the Ivaiparoro district is Teported to be just about completed, most of the. farmers being .fqrtunate -enough- to conclude harvesting operations bsforc Friday's wet spell set in..

Tho average of-about SOOlb. of poisoned pollard per diem is at present being pont out .from tho>Masterton depot of tho Agricnltuyal Department, says the "Age." An E'dendal'o 'dairy farmer last month -drew a'cheque f6r -JG6O from the dairy company, as the result of. tho milking of 32 cows (says an.exchange). Grass-is : very-plentiful in the district.. About 350. stands'.of-shearing machines are estimated to have been, installed dut*-.. ing. the' present season iri';tlio" Gisboriie; , district. Several.ten.and twelve-stand in-. 6tallations were set.up, but' the bullroj the installations were %mongst' the smaller station-holders, says -an exchange. . The dairying.season in the Glen-Oroua district is now showing signs of being;on the wane, says a "Standard" eorrespoudent. ' " . Returns prepared by/-the Queensland ~ Lands Department show that tho land revenue collected for tho".year' just ended was .£723,253,' an' increase of .£47.090 •on the nyoyious year's revenue. From pastoral occupations tho revenue was <£325,an increase of <£8000. . .The revenue collected, "through" the selection branch -was .£293',092, an increase of .£29,000. Re-venue-from special leases, timber licenses; survey fees, "etc., amounted to .£107,654, an increase 0f.£10,000. -Timber revenue totalled <£36,000. ' - In the .Mouut Messenger locality there is an enterprising settler wjio has brought, his inventive genius to bear in the construction of a wire cable, .by which means the large cans of milk are gently lowered perfect safety froth a height of spverarhundred feet on to a stage' erected on terra firma (states'the "Taranaki Herald's"-. Uruti correspondent). It is said that tliere •. are -fine • crops about Oroua Downs* this year*' but that rain is badly needed. 9 ; , The members of the* Scottish Commission were much, concerned over the waste of valuable timber in the Atheron scrub, Cairns district, North. .Queensland-(says an Australian paper). This is one of the most magnificent timber tracts •in Australia.' Tlie'cedar/which has come from, the area lias brought in thousands of' pounds. The waste comes, in frojrk opening the scrub lands to .selection'aheadof railways, the settlers having therefore rio means of getting* away the timber, which ; they ■ are removing from their •holdings. The same thing is going on in other districts of. Queensland, yet- the' price of limber has advanced fully 100 per cent, in the'last'seven or eight yearsi A large quantity- of cocksfoot grass .6wd is being harvested in tho Pongaroa district this year (the "TYairarana Age" reports). The seed-is said to be" bright, clean, and of excellent quality." ' Mr. W. Moffat, of Oroua Downs,, killed' a fat lamb oh Christmas Evo that turned the scale at G7lb., dressed weight, says tho Mariawatu "Standard," which-adds that the lamb was bred by Mr. flloffat himself, and was only five months old. A 15,000-acre belt in Ginnsland (Vic.) district was'long regarded as being, utterly worthless. It grew no grass, and onlv a few shrubby trees*maintained a bare existence.. When stimulated with phosphates, wheat could not bo made to mature. At last lime was tried on the, soil on an experimental plot, with wonderful results. All sorts Of fnrni ducts from tho farm were displayed* re-! cently .at a district show. j The i milk supply at the Warea factory is decreasing considerably (says the Taranaki."ftews''). Still, the, factory is turning out two cheeses more' now than at the "highest period of last season, besides which each cheese is larger this year than last. The Argyll correspondent of the "Hawke's Bay Herald" states that the harvest is now nearly over in the district. Crops are not as heavy as usual, but considering tho season the yield on jnost farms will be fair. Turnip 'crops are looking remarkably well. Rain is badly wanted. The hot winds we have experienced for some time have givcm the country a very parched look. Mr. W. A. Boucher, Government Pomologist, has forwarded to the Hawkc's Bay Fruitgrowers' Association information with regard to frost control, also a. specimen fire-pot similar to that used in California. Ho.hopes to have the opportunity of discussing "tho mattpr with the. association, and also carrying out systematic experiments for frost control at the Arataki Experimental Station.