ON THE LAND.

Feilding Star, Volume 6, Issue 1313, 26 January 1928, Page 7

ON THE LAND.

NEWS, VIEWS AND COMMENTS. FORTHCOMING WOOL SALES Jimuary 271 nvercargil 1. January 31 .—Dunedin. February I. —Dunedin. February 3, 4. —Tiina.ru. February 8, 9.—Christchurch. February 16, 17.—Wellington. February, 20, 21.—Auckland. February 27, 28.—Napier March 2.—lnvercargill. March 7. —Dunedin,. Ma roll 12.—Christchu reh. March 15, 16. —Auckland. March 19.—'Wanganui. March 22. —Napier. March 26.—Wellington.

Advance payments ' for bu fieri at supplied, to the Cambridge and 15 runtwood Co-operative Dairy Companies during December totalled i. 31,400,

If .we luul as many pigs per cow as Denmark, -it would mean the Dominion could sell ten million pounds worth of pork every year, a by no means impossible ligui'O.

The amounts to be* paid out by Stratford district dairy factories this month are much on the lines ol last month’s payments, rag ng from Is 4d to Is 6cl.

So far dairy farmers in the Stratford district have not been greatly inconvenienced by the dry spell, but they say that the effects will be serious unless there is rain within a week.

Passengers by trains Iroiu Ouniaiu to Timaru are much impressed by the condition ol the crops in. South Cauerhury . The wheat harvest promises to be the best experienced foT years. Hie rape and turnip crops are also looking remarkably well.

The butter output at the. Raglan Co-operative Dairy Company’s factory was 100 tons, compared with 132 tons for the'corresponding, period of I ( J2C. Tlie advance payment for December was Is 2id per II) butterfui. Tbc> aggregate pay-out for the month, was £5500.

Bui ter and cheese factories down -the West Coast appear to be doing good business so far as production is concerned. On an average 100 boxes of butter and 200 crates of cheese are being railed, from Beef, ton, Groymouib, Hokitika, and South Westland every week to the Lyttelton cool stores.

A misty accident befell J. G. Sutcliffe, a farm hand, during the week ond. During milking operations at Alaungatapere ko was endeavouring to guide a restive he’for into the hail when the animal roared its head striikng Alr Sutcliffe in the mouth and inflicting a. nasty cheek wound .The sufferer is an inmate of the Whangarei Hospital.

“I <[o not remember having seen clover so plentiful as it is tits season.’’ stated a well-known farmer of the AVaimunm district to a reporter at the Core stock .sale in Otago. The 'And, ,l>een an exceptionally good growth, of grass in recent weeks arid everything pointed to there being a plentiful supply of winter Joed. Turnip crops, however, would benefit con* Adorably from a good heavy fall of rain.

The. Alaungaburoto Dairy Co.’s payout for December hutterfat totalled £61360. against £60*28 for December, 1026. The rate was Is 2kl for superfine ,1s 2d for first grade and Is Id for second grade, against Is 2d. Is lid and Is Oid. respectively for December last season. The pay-out for the season to December ID amounted to £26,094, against £10,686 tor the corresponding period hist season.— \Y 1 1 anga rei Ad v oca to.

'fho situation of the Alack euzic Country allows some parts to get a liberal supply of rain wh.de, others are just the opposite (says the 1 imam Herald). -Deports from runs at the foothills are to the effect that too much rain has been experienced, while another report from’ past Burke’s Pass stated that one runholder had got through shearing operations ■without a. s'.ugle days rain—the first time for some years.

The output of the O'pdtiki Dairy Factory for December was 64 tons in. excess of that for the corresponding month in 1926, the amounts be'ng 187 ions and 103 tons respectively; An advance payment to suppliers of £19,787 was made for December supply. the rate being Is 2d per lb. butt erf at. For December. 1926. the rate was Is per lb, and the total paynUafc £12.00-. Ikg:- \vcgld he

welcome as thue pastures arc now beginning to show the effects of the dry spell. No rain lias fallen tlds year. Linders are busy with many of the oat crops in Canterbury, warm weather having hastened the ripening. 'The harvest, however, will be nearly :i mouth later than usual,- and will com nue into March. Stock of oats which arc dotting the countryside of North Canterbury are fairly close together suggestive u f good yields. The oat crops will out relatively better than tlic wheat, the average yield of whi ch is not expected to be numb above thirty bushels to the acre. This is much below last year’s which was a record.