MINING NEWS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3066, 30 April 1917, Page 8

MINING NEWS

' TTELUNGTON BHAEE MAEKBr. Tho quotations for mininc shares on Saturday were as under:— Buyers. Kellers. " ' • . £ b. d. £ s. d. Blackwatet Mines — 015 0 Waihi 113 6 — Grand Junction 0 14 3 — FARMERS AND THE WAR CO-OPERATION IN THE SOUTH. "There isj" say's "Agricola", the South Island correspondent of the "Farmers' Union Advocate," "a large amount of co-operation going on among the. farmers in tho shape , of help at dipping,' chaffcutting, thrashing, grain carting, and other other operations, but team work is rather diitereat. It c-hould be goijig on everywhere at the eame time. 1 howoTOr, that nvery endeavour is bemg inadc< to get in as muoh crop as possible. In fact, there is a gcod deal of rivalry between some aa io who can put i;; the most | wheat, and the cno wlio can xome out on'top regards himself as the most patriotio nifta. Tkig is a healthy spirit, and it is to bo hoped ih&t jt pervades a wide area. Unfortunately "there is still a of uncertainty as regards the intentions of the Government concerning its promise to )snvo sufficient men on tho farms to ii?ep the teams going all tho year, jm4 those who_ are employing men of the First Division almost solely aro not too certain of the future. Some are going ahead irrespective of all doubts, trusting to something turning up before the harvest comes on, and that is no doubt the proper way to tackle the problom. The men who aro going away to the Old World under arms are taking .infinitely larger risks than those who are putting in a bit of wheat, though they may not see quite clearly how they are ever going to get it harvested. The land » in beautiful order, and deep ploughing is being , done under the. best of conditions. Already there is quite a considerable area turned over, and every day adds to the total. In fact drilling has commenced! in the ujMxrantry distriote. There is. a hit of dismay abroad regarding the decision of tho Cabinet to prohibit the carriage of artifical ma- ( nure on the railways. It seems to be a strange thing that we should be urged to put in all tlie wheat we can, and then our supplies of very necessary manure is cut off. It is certain that grain-growers on some lands will not dream of putting in wheat if they cannot gefc manure. No doubt this _is an oversight on the part of those in authority, and it will surely be remedied on. proper representations being made." '"