ON THE LAND

Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3849, 4 October 1932, Page 7

ON THE LAND

NEWS, VIEWS AND COMMENTS PROLIFIC SOW A sow on the fairin ol’ Mr It. B. McGregor a.t Kaiwaiwai, Featherston; lias given birth to a litter of 17 young pigs* As the mother is only able to “support” 12 of her large family, the remaining five are 'being reared on the bottle. The youngsters are all healthy and doing well. TARANAKI S GRASS .LANDS It is not an uncommon thing for visitors, even from other parts <f New Zealand, to be impressed with the greenmebs of Taranaki country _ side. An Australian visitor, who has bega visiting New, Plymouth. was full of admiration for the verdancy of the province’s 'grasvlauds. He stated that : --o had never seen anything like it. It was no wonder that Taranaki had come through the depretsion better than most parts* It appeared to him to be a. very favoured part that should have the most coin.ten ted and prosperous people in the world. from; sheep to cows The trend towards da dying is evident, all over the Dominion this F«oa.som. Recent information shows that there are many more farmers establishing new dairy h-eidts' 'to cm'» able Cieiu to take pa.rt in the coming sea sol’s production. Up to tl c end of August the hutterfat production in New Zealand during tVuV mcnTi showed an. increase of 17.6 per over the same month o' last year. CH EESE OF FEES RIM Ft TEL Although oHeir's of .6d per lb, f.o.b. for October and November dliecse are beiu,g liiade in Taranaki, dairy company directors hold the ‘belief .thatti quo Ui tic); is, will advaince. The price of Gd f.o.b. repr’Lents practically G2.s Gd a cwt. on tbo Loudon market a.t the present rate of ox♦r.aiig'. whereas the ruing price- i white cli-coge is from. 63s to G4s and that fo.r coloured about 60s. Octo-bex-November make, moreover, wil come oil the English market in January a.nd February, when supplies will bo at their maximum and at " period which is generally considered the quietest of the year. ELIMINATING WOOD TAINT Au experiment a.t present being conducted in Taranaki may, in tae future, mean millions of pounds to the dairying industry in New Zealand, says "the Taranaki Hecald. complaints have been received from the Home markets that some of the butter at present being sent from the Dominion f offers fiiom wood taint. The trouble lias been confined almost entirely to butter boxed m foreign woods, hut rumour has it that certain of New Zealand’s white piue i,s lu, .t above .suspicion. A preparation conipor-ed principally a dairying • by-product bag been inverted for violating the iabides of •butter boxes, which is said to. preserve the butter better and to prevent it s offering from, wood taint. Siringest tests have been earned out and so far the preparation ha® prov cd eminently satisfactory. DON’T HE ALARMED •‘You will have heard That it b proposed that poultry shall be subject to inspection in New Zealand. Do not be alarmed. Tie New Zealand fowl lays a better egg than her British sister and anything that tends towards ‘helping the Dominion to* maintain that standard should be encouraged.” s {, Hl Aiiss L. Tabart, tli e President at the meeting of the Womens Auxiliary of the. Canterbury Ma mifacturors’ Association in Christchurch. SPRING IN SOUTHLAND As evidence of the wonderfully fine spring Southland is experiencing. tlie first of tli© season’ti, shorn, wethers were raided at th-e Lornevillc stock sale on Tuesday *(saykt the Southland Daily News). It is usually November before flic draft puts in a.n appearance, and old dhcep moj] a.t the sale stated dim t Tuesday’s draft* easily established re cord fur an early seal r.n. They were OAvr.ed by Air J. Milne, of Woodbinds who is a.t p recent engaged in qhoaring tine rest of hi.s fleck, a.nd experience. tha<t is being enjoyed by other fannmty ‘throughout the district. TURKEYS OUTSELL LAMBS The turkey season in Victoria, ha* s Ihv.mi n.o.l,■ible for heavy and so-|iaiti-ed supplies of a high average standard of qua illy, Tfiefrjo have come forward in of thousands from inland distikiuts, nortf i, west and

remarkably steady at, 7d t 0 Sd a> lb, and occasionally fid, live weight, lot good prime birds. These have been ircely bought by poulterers, mainly to be 'held, in cold stare to tipreiad tlie supply over tlio intervening mpmtlis until the next crop comes along in May or June*. Turkey-rais-ing represens a woman’s industry on ’farm and station, .and it lias provided substantial pocket money, which has been most acceptable in. a year of low prices for ail other produce. In instances up to 1000 head have been, luark'cted from i ['dividual fa,rms, arid to many turkeys Slave proved a better ri set than. lambs ra.ig.-d "u the yime property. A B an iUsance, a grazier at • Midvale (tfC4 its from Sydney) sold 600 sucker lamb:, at Fleming!,.m for £l6O, which he estimated cost £2OO to produce. At tl'ie siFt’o time his wife realised £295 10s for a similar 'number of turkeys, of winch 10 tier cent. would represent production t-osir—feeding