GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1054, 18 February 1911, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

1 The. i oat crops wcro . very- hiytvy .; at Wercroa this year, n .Dominion reprc-' ociitativo;, has been informed.; ..Exponm'ei)tal.;crdps of-wheat have also beeu hanestcd. .. \ \ ■ That -.Wellington has mqro- than a passing interest in this Jlaisferton show will -be seen- front tho fact' that 'of

donations, and .trophies' valued at £375: received. for. tho recent; show, £IGS in cash and valtio was contributed by'Wei-' lingtou firms. ■

It, is reported .that liongokokafeo'e contribution to tho next shipment for; -London, will be eighty, eases of cheese. •

Riverdalo factory' has- felt the effect, of; tho dry weather and grass shortage, thoimilk supply having fallen, off 'by about IGOO gallous'during -tho -past month: (says an exchai)ge).> In- conse-, quenco of- tho doercasbia' couploiofjvats have-been. put out of action, and only' eight vats aro-'rioir bciiig used, 1 miffi-' cient to deal .with ' . present supplied The niilk supply during', tho full flush of tho . season was maintained. for . a

longer period this year than usual, 'but the_ increase in tlie p'erccntago of .butfcrfat/; which is usually inVctiatnco'-'in tho <iarly "atltumn,; is ! not ! ' sot : lipticcajjle' in that district, as' usual'''; - : j: .. ' At tho recent Masterton A; arid • I'. Show, no .stock was allowed to compete in more tlian ono class, unless permitted by. a. special.provision'uif .thc., iqction. This meant that entries' could bo' mado for'ono animal in,more than ono class, liad'iW l ',defcwe''.rai which 'class"-tho' animal! was . to compete.:'

• For'tho month of January last tho New Zealand Farmers' Dairy ' Union manufapturcd 11 tons l 6 cwt. of. butter more'tliari'for tho corresponding l period' of 1910. : :'" s '.'..v

. Tho; Alfredton 1 correspondent '.of tho "Eketahuna . Express", says that"i Whareama farmer informed'him that;ho' three hundred Jambs; through, the blowfly.,last 'Christmas.''':;A";great maiiy lambs,died through • tho' samo agonoy; arouud Alfredton.' ' Oilo ■ settlor' estimates his loss at' a hundred. '

i-=!A--;Jtasterton tho ihampiori:fat.'bullock; atitlio .'shqwl'.was purchased •by iti present : dwueiv;Mr. T. W. M'Kenzie, for £25. Mr. Jl'lvcnzia'.intends,, says tho paper, exhibiting' tho beast, at all the principal Now Zealand'shows ntort'ycar.' .?- Hawcra dairy factory suppliers ■ will recoiyol'botwebn', them-.- ■ for >.ho buttcrrfat,' i"-.whiflll totalled 140,2731b.' (says 1 tho; ; "Stor"). • ' <Tho.

butter-fat .' at % -Metis .fnctory ,' was 43,4061b'., aud tho milk cheque amounted to :£lßoß.' Thero -will -bo ' distributed among tho Normanby Company's: suppliers £2017: f0r\.48,41<51b.'? butter-fat.' All ' tho pajTnents will bo'at tho rate of lOd; per'lb. ''

. . According to a paper, no less than ; 4SO tons of. : live 1 , 'stock werb.moved. from J tho" Solway - railway siding on Thurßday. .* ~1 :.

~ Tha bush fires; down tho .coast liavi subsided considerably,' • and thero is .'no. likolihood of fiirther damago-tp property unless another, galo a'iisos.'' l'ho, conflagration did its work.'very'thoroughly,', and has mado a 'clennj sweep' of , many farms... In sorno. casps even tho shelter bush, has .been doßtroyed;. Tho /grass and: even tho soil isrStill burning, and ; will contiuuo to do bo until rain sets in.

Rauvis urgently needed, as 110 steps can be. taken ,to re-son- tho clearings' until after a ; da t v's heavy rainfall at least has quenched tho lires., Settlors, havo had a very .trying..time, .and many ; aro quite exhausted with.thcir. efforts iii. combating their..vigcrous foc. Never (reports' tho '!'TarahakilNows'') "in. the momory of thjOsdVvjb'tf. 1 jinlsto^Jia'di'much, pxpbrionco in bush country havo the fires travelled so quickly. :

■ A batch of informations for breaches of the.Kabbit Act, 1908, havo (says tho ''Age") boon laid by- tho Mastorton Stock, Office against landowners. . They will bo, heard by 3tr. Rcid,-. S.M., • on Friday, February. 24. - '<,■ .

Tho "Horowhonua Chronicle"'.' reports that,-after'somo years of patient study and:-, investigation, .Mr. W. .H. Taylor, orchard, superintendent at tho M'creioa' Experiment Farm, has'discovercd a most effective, remedy for' • tho treatmeiit of whito blight. . Mr/ Taylor ' paints tho affected part—in 1 winter tiino only—with red oil; half a gallon of water, and ono pound of-soft soap. This is diluted about forty times with water for spraying purposes, but. Mr. Taylor uses the emulsion without any adultoration, aud applies it to tho whorls with a small brush. It is claimed that tho emulsion now in uso thoroughly . exterminates tho insect.