GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1037, 28 January 1911, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

- Bush-burning -is in- progress all about Woodvijlo. Somo _ good results are looked'forward to this season..

- Threshing returns are now coming to hand,, and somo very good yields are reported, especially in oats that were sown early on fallowed land. Seventytwo bushels,of Algerian oats per-acre was taken on Mr. Jas. A'Court's farm at Sandon.—"Advocate."

Tho last butter-fat test at tho Levin Co-operativo Dairy Company was 5.1, says tho "Chronicle." Tho next test.B in order wero 4.5 and 4.4.

Tho Maketawa correspondent of the Taranaki "Nows"; writes: —"Tho weather,, for.,the past fortnight oi so has been very unsatisfactory for Ityniaking, being of a very catchy nature. Some crops have been put under roof .without receiving a soaking, whilo others have had to lie out on account of v rain. For the Inelcwood' district; which is looßcd upon as the wettest part of the .province,' ensilage-making will havo to bo resorted to extensively • ■Regarding turnips, many crops .are looking splendid, whilo others give promiso of being poor/the grub or fly having seriously affected ; them; maize lias been planted largely in tho district this year,, the experience of small plots last 'year ..having been satisfactory."

A farmer on Durham Koad'relates a curious happening regarding a swarm of bees (says tho Taranaki "News"). Ho has a few boxes of. tho busy chaps, amongst which was a disused ono. Noticing somo bees going in and out of the latter he turned.the box up for investigation, finding nothing but somo piece's of comb. Ho had hardly replaced tho box when ho noticed a very largo swarm of bees coming alons in tho distance.. The swarm made for tho emptv box, and havo taken up their residence there. Such an _ occurrence has never been heard of this way, and tho query now is, "Do bees, send out scouts?" ; , i

A stack of hay, containing about 25 tons, owned by Mr. J. Jones, of Kakaramea, was destroyed by fire on Monday morning The origin of the, outbreak is unknown, states a "Wanganui exchange. The annual ram fair of the Manawatu Auctioneers' Association is to ho held on February 21 and 22. . A heavy wind got up in this district (writes our' Palmcrstou correspondent) on Thursday afternoon, and the following night it increased to a gale. Rain fell for an hour or so during tho night, but il was very light, and was immediately licked -up by tho hurricane of wind that was blowing. Orchards have suffered severely, and plums and apples were blown off in bushels whero they were in the least exposed to the fury of tho gale. Paddocks of maize that were the pride of the growers have been almost levelled,, and will need to bo quickly fed to the cows.