GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2132, 25 April 1914, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Iu connection with tho forthcoming Winter Show at Dunedin, a handsome and valuable challenge shield has bebn offered by Messrs. 6. and T. Y'oungy of Dunedin, to encourage tho fruit export- classos of the show. Tho shield will ho given for most points in apples, graded and packed ready for shipment; An idea of what may be mado from a good lino of owes can be obtained from tho following (states the Wendon cor.rospondont of the Mataura "Ensign"): A farmer hero, after cutting between ss. and 6s. worth of wool per sbe6p from his ilock. of nearly 400. ewes,; has up to date sold a lamb from every'ewe, obtaining 17s. per. head for them. ..Ho still has some 25 culls left, which would 1 mean another Is. per bead on the'productioh'b.v.'.'owes, if sold. When jit is understood ;that, this farmer ■ also','had some 600 sacks of 'grain, runs a .good number of cattle, and does not ; own more acres of land, it is not hard to realiss why Cantorbur.y farnicrs aro bepomi'ng more interested in Southland year by year, and that our land values are gradyally creeping up. j The annual meeting of tho Pahiatua branch of.' the New Zealand Farmers' Union was held this. week. A satisfactory balance-sheet Waß 'presented.' The election; ofv-officers .resulted as follows: "Pfeßideri.t.-,< Jlr. AV-itosa (re-elocted);. vicerpresident, Mr. A. M'Kay; oxeciitive committee, Messrs.- T. Hodgins, C. Avery, P. Neilsen,' J. Manson, A, E.Verry, A. Eddie, and Pi. Halliburton ; secretary and treasurer, Mr. J.. A. Walsh: auditor, M. T. Hodgins.- A number of remits for discussion at the annual conference' wero proposed. Twenty-four new members wore elected. Mr. A. Ross was appointed to represent tho branch at tho annual conference.

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