GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1221, 1 September 1911, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

During the- past. season the quantity of iniik.;deliver.ed at. tlio Uallauce factory was 4,522,1351b., yielding 171,132.741b., of butter-fat.. At Koniai ,flic respective figures were 7,889,949, 299,921.96. "Tile 1 totals for the six factories and creameries were 29,156,0621b.,. and '.1,106,553.7911). The cvpt'r ago test was 3.79. ' The quantity of butter manufactured was 560 tons 10181b., p.nd the average overrun was 13.45} .per cent; The cost over all to f.o.b. was 1.398 d. . Tho' average price realised was 10.52 d., and the average advances 10.1Gd.:

.Six .'hundred lambs; h'aye. I becfl. added to one Halcbnibe flock so .far-this season, without the loss of one breeding ewe.

Tho excellent prospects for,the coming dairying season were referred to by the chairman of the Rcxdale, Co-operative Dairy Company.(Mv> Bodmiii) in addressing the annual meeting .'at llaiigaraaire on Saturday. Offers for the output have already been redeiyed of 53d., sjd., and 6d. f.o.b. The last-named figure is <squa\ to 13.G7d. per lb., for .butter fat, after allowing for cost of manufacture and railage to Wellington. A minimum number of losses occurrcd in .tho shipment of 40 Germain- owls im'jwrted from London by tho Hawko's Jj-iy Fruitgrowers', Association.* One bird died'a natural death, and another was killed by its mates, leaving-38 .to be .delivsred. The birds have been distributed as under, amongst fruitgroivers, who will give them a few weeks to become acclimatised before liberating them oil their mission of destruction amongst the small birds:—Mr. F.. Cook, president of the Fruitgrowers' Association, ono cage; Jh\ Bsrnnrd Chambers, two cages; Frimley Orchard,' ene cage; Orassniere Orchard, one cage. Tiio work of tho birds will he watched with interest.