GENERAL FARMING NEWS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2130, 23 April 1914, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS

An area of 3046 acres of second-class land. known as thoStation Creek Block, in the Hope and Howard Surycy .District, Nelson, is. about to be thrown open for selection on the optional system. Some 18,047 acres in tbo Howard block aro also to be thrown open : for selection, some on the optional system and some on renewable lease. ■ « Australia lias 92,000,000 sheep; Arcentine, ■ 67,000,000; ' United States, 42,000,000; New Zealand,. 24,000,000; and Canada, 2,500,000. Mr. W. D. Pike, tbo president of'the Marlborough Agricultural and Pastoral Association, has' been appointed to. re- ' present'that bod.v at tho annual meeting of the Dominion Council of Agriculture, to be held at Wellington towards the end of July. . ! A 1 Winton. farmer sold his • line of lambs tho other'day at tho satisfactory figure of £1 per head. The settlers in the Hall Settlement (says the Woodville paper) aro -being bothered of lato with visitations of deer. Their turnip crops arc suffering, '.and they grudgo the loss. At a recent, sale of 8100 sheep (including 2900 lambs) the price averaged 225. 7d. per head—almost a record, for Canterbury. ■ At present there is. a surplus of ploughmen seeking work iu tho Ashburton County, says the "Guardian." For years past local farmers have not been able to secure sufficient men. to turn over the land, and the present desirable state of affairs is attributable to immigration. The Associated Agricultural (Societies will hold their first'meeting in Wellington, probably'towards the end of Julv, and arrangements are now being made ; for the purpose. In China—that strange country from whence come the poll-taxed people—some agricultural methods aro 1000 years oldsome even older. Bit different from the up-to-date New Zealand farmer, who uses the easy running, sturdy, Richmond Oil Engine. Good for your place, too. Get particulars from Albert J. Parton, Plumber, Carterton.—Advt. On our first pane applications are invited for the position of managing cheesemaker for tho Grey town Dairy Company. The output of the company is about 330 tons of cheese, and whey butter will also be mado next season. Applications will closo with the. secretary, C. AV. Armstrong at Greytown, on May 15.