FARMING AND COMMERCIAL

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 174, 24 June 1936, Page 4

FARMING AND COMMERCIAL

ROMNEY MARSH SHEEP,

REPORT OF BREEDERS,

The New Zealand Romney Marsh Sheep Breeders’ Association are to hold their annual meeting in Dunedin this week. The annual teport records a satisfactory financial position with an excess of income over expenditure of £B2 11s 4d. Stud sheep wore exported from the Dominion during the year as follow: To the Argentine, 19 rams; to Australia, 6 rants and 7 ewes; to Uruguay, 3 rams; a total of 28 rams and 7 ewes.

’l’he usual grant of £SO as a donation to the Romney classes at the 12th Royal A. and P. Show, held at Hastings in October, 1935, was made and at the annual meeting a grant of £3OO, spread over three years, was made to Massey College for the purpose of assisting in the very important researches and investigations being made by that institution into the question of sterility, a question that vitally affects every flock-owner. “The certification of rams scheme, inaugurated in '1934, was held in abeyance during last season, but as a great many of our members desired something done to raise the standard of our flocks, a new scheme is being evolved which will be submitted in due course,” the report adds. ■ “As part of the original certificate scheme, a series of demonstrations and field days were given by the certification inspector, Mr A. L. Wheeler, in various parts of the Dominion, and were ait unqualified success, and very instructive and helpful, especially to many young breeders. The members of the executive committee were called together on several occasions on matters requiring urgent attention, and the thanks arc due to these gentlemen for their time and attention to matters affecting this association. Notice of motion was given Mr J. A. Mitchell, at Inst year's annual meeting, to open the flock hook to admit registered flocks, already in any other flock book in New Zealand, and this will come before you for adoption and confirmation, as will also a further notice of motion by Sir William Perry, to alter rule 40 to give effect to the motion by Mr Mitchell. The past season has been a very successful one for breeders, the prices ruling for stud and flock sheep being extremely satisfactory indeed, and it certainly appears that the Romnc.v is more than holding its own. The following members of the council retire by rotation this year, in accordance with the rules: —Messrs E. R. Black, A. S. Elworthy, W. K. Morton, Sir W. Perry and IT. Voss, and as there are other nominations, an election will he necessary.”

CLYDESDALE HORSES

PRICES AT SYDNEY SALE.

SYDNEY, June 23

At a sale of pedigree Clydesdaes at the Showground the offerings totalled 46, including importations from Scotland and New Zealand. The highest price was 200 guineas, which was paid for a bay stallion named Leslie Moray, bred hv Messrs ,J. D. and R. K. Dodds. Gore, New Zealand, the vendor being Mr J. M. Smith, North Otago. The same owner received 120 guineas for Thornlio Brydono. t NOTED STALLION DEAD. SYDNEY, Juno 23. The noted Clydesadle stallion, Benemerito, which was imported from Scotland, died suddenly to-day at the State Experimental Farm at Glen Innes.

Benemerito, which obtained grand championship honours at the last Royal Show at Sydney, was regarded by the State herdmaster as one of the most vnluabe horses ever brought to Australia. I

SYDNEY SHEEP SALES. RAAI REALISES 800 GUINEAS. SYDNEY, Juno 23. Stronger buying power marked the stud Merino sales to-day, the top price at auction ■ being 700 guineas lor a ram from the AVahwoon Stud at Hay. Air F. Falkiner’s Boonooke Stud obtained privately 800 guineas for a ram. The top price to-day for Corriedales, 230 guineas, was paid for a ram from Mr T. AlcFarlane’s Stud at Alerriwa. Five rams offered on behalf of Mr Donald Grant, Timaru, averaged £ll 18s. OVERSEAS MARKETS. AVHEAT FUTURES. CHICAGO, June 22. AA’hent futures are quoted as fob: lows;—July, 95 1-8 cents per bushel; September, 95 7-8 cents; December, 97J cents. LONDON, June 22. AA'hent cargoes to-day were firmer, I and parcels were also firm. Futures: j London, July, 27s ll.jd per quarter; November, 28s Id; Liverpool, July,! 6s 0* cl per cental ; October, os 11 3-4 d;, December, os Ujd. farmmTnews. RURAL RAKINGS. The first step in a five-year programme for the reclamation of tidal lands, formulated by the Public Works Department several years ago, was completed last week, when the stopbanks enclosing an earea of 750 acres of mud flats at Glorit, on the shores of the Kaipara Harbour, were closed, and the dewatering of the land was begun. A claim that collectively the cows of Canterbury were freer from tuberculosis than were those of northern districts, and probably quite as free from the disease as were those of districts further south, was made by Mr AA r . D. Blair, Canterbury superintendent of the Department of Agriculture, says a Christchurch paper. Air Blair said that the percentage of tuberculosis found in cows in Canterbury which were tested was as low as between four and five, this being attributable mostly to the colder and clearer climate. It is'estimated that the Australian won! clip for the 1936-37 season will he 3.036,000 hales, totalling 925,980,0001 b. That would represent an increase- of about 2[ per cent, on the clip ol 193536 The selling season will begin ill Sydney on August 31. The annual conference of woolgrowers’ and brokers represelltatives agreed that not more than 1,420,000 bales should be offered before Christmas At the fortnightly Pukekoho horse sale heavy draughts made from £4O to £SO; medium. £3O to £3B; lighter farm horses, £22 to £2B; aged farm horses, £l4 to £2O; hacks, £6 to £l2; other hacks, £2 to £5. The hunter Sunshine, sold on account, of Mr Jas. Townsend, Bombay, realised £27, this price being paid by Mr Walter Cooch, of Auckland.

CHEESE FAULTS. INFLUENCE OF BACTERIA. RESEARCH RESULTS. "I am happy to be able to say that after merely reporting progress for so many years we have at last been able to track down the factor responsible for the formation of slits in cheese that is otherwise of good quality. This factor is bacteriological," said Dr. H. R. Whitehead when dealing with, cheese faults during his address on the work of the Dairy Research Institute to the National Dairy Conference at Hastings. . "All milk contains bacteria of a certain type called lactohacilli. These germs are found in small numbers onlv and they grow very slowly in milk and are difficult to detect even in the freshly made cheese. They begin to grow in the cheese when it is two or three weeks old, and ultima.tely they become the predominating type of germ. Their presence in cheese is of great importance since they have a very marked influence on its final flavour. There are, however, several varieties of these bacteria. For our purpose thev niav be divided into three tvpes: (1) . Those j which produce desirable cheese fiavidiirs; (2) those which trive tbe fruity flavours which in the past have been ascribed to the action of yeasts; (3) those which have the property of producing considerable amounts of carbon dioxide gas. "It is this third or gas-producing varietv which has been shown to have nn influence on the occurrence of slits in the cheese. They were isolated from the cheese in the neighbourhood of slits and were shown to produce gas when grown under laboratory conditions. Thev were then added deliberately to cheese milk, another portion of the same milk being made into cheese as a control. Several strains of bacilli ot this type have thus been shown to produce a marked slittiness in cheese a.fter the ripening period, whereas the control cheeses were relatively close. "It has teen observed during the past season that the type of starter used in the cheese vat has a marked controlling influence on the development nf this type of openness. he active single cultures developed at the institute permit the cheesemaker to follow a svstem of manufacture which, seems to hold in check the activities ot the gas-producing lactohacilli which maybe present in the milk. Reports from manv factories indicate that where a change is made from a moderately active mixed starter culture to one' of the institute's pure strain active cultures there is an immediate decrease in the extent nf the openness and that is reflected in the grade of the cheese. There are therefor these perfectlv practical means for the improvement of cheese :-(l Careful and conscientious grading of the milk; UJ development of the use of reallv active starters which permit the cheese-maker to follow the best process of manufacture." WOOLPACK AND TEXTILES, PROPOSED WRITING-OFF OF CAPITAL. A recommendation to shareholders in New Zealand AVoolpack and textiles Ltd., that accumulated losses should be provided for by the writingoff of capital, will bo considered at a special general meeting to be held in Wellington on July 15. It is projwed to reduce 'the present capital of £3UU,OUO in £1 shares to £75,000, made up of 300,000 five-shilling shares. It is recommended that the lollowin<r items should he written off: Patent rights, £12,331; preliminary expenses, £1912; flotation expenses, £lO 0-'6' establishment expenses, £8736; debit to profit and loss account, £15,152, making a total of 4,61,10'. The following accounts are proposed to be written down: Plant and machinery £23,104; stores and spare parts, £3OO. Provision will also be made> lor a reorganisation reserve of £IOOO, making a grand total of £75,661. The number of shares issued is 100,(48, leaving 199,252 unissued. The company established a null at Foxtdn in 1933, to specialise in the making of woolpacks. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. LONDON, June 22. On the Stock Exchange to-day the new account opened quietly, but with a firm tone. War Loan 3* per cent, was quoted at £lO6 Is 3d. SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE. GENERALLY STEADY. SYDNEY. June 23. On the Sydney Stock Exchange today the investment market was generally steady but Commonwealth bonds displayed "a slight weakness owing to the under-subscriptions ot the recent loan. Pastoral issues were inclined to slacken owing to the uncertainty regarding Japanese competition ior " Sales.—Commercial Bank of Sydney, £2O ss; Queensland National Bank, to Us; Colonial Sugar £42 10s; Associated News 22s 10id. Howard Smith, J9s 2d; Burns Philp, 73s 6d; Austra aeian Paper, 3.5 s 9d; British Tobacco, 41s 3d, Tooths, 545; Tocher* 31s 9d ; Carlton Brewery, 56s fid. Australian, Iron and Steel, pref.. 25s 9d ; Austra ban Glass, 03s; Dunlop Perdnau, Ls WW ! Winchcombe Carson, 30s 3d. Anthony Hordern, 18s 9d; Hume Pipe, 20s, Clifford Love, 51s; W R. 435; Australia Hotel 27s 9d;. Hacksbails. 16s 6d; General. Industries; 19s 9d Mt. Morgan, 15s 3d; Mt. Lyell, 24s 6d; Broken Hill Proprietary. .3e 6d; neu' issue, 50s 6d; South Broken Hill £5 8s; Placer Development, io 13s Gd; Emperor, 12s lid; Lady Shen%orning sales included:-Common-wealth Bonds, 3 per cent. 1948, £Ol . 4 per cent., 1944, £lOl 2s 6d; 4 per cent 1955, £IOO 7s 6d; 4. per cent 1959,' £lOl 2s 6d; 4 per cent. 1961, £lOl 10s; Bank of New South. Wales, £33 ss; Tooth's Brewery, 53s 9d; Associated News, 22« 9d; Broken Hill Pronrietarv (new), 50s. P ' MELBOURNE, June 23. On the Melbourne Stock Exchange to-day the bond market was dustrial issues were quiet, but slightly (inner. Mining issues wer eirregu lar Sales:—Commercial Bam; of Australia, 19s Od. 19s 3d; Howard Smith, 19s 4d; British Tobacco, 41s 3d; G. •■• Coles. 79s 6d, 79s 9d ; Drug Houses, 30s 9d; Dunlop Perdnau, 18s ditto, piet., 34s- Goldsbrough Mort, 31s 3d; Electrolytic Zinc. 39s 0d; Mt. Morgan. I.* 3d- Mt. Lvell, ex dividend. 24s 4.}d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 73s 6d : North Broken Hill, £B'9s; Emperor 13s Id; Loloma, 18s 4d; Gordon and Gotcli, 495; Herald and Times, 67s 6d; Koroere, 4s 6d.

DAIRY EXPORTS.

TEN AIONTHS’ INCREASE IN BUTTER.

DECREASE IN CHEESE,

Exports of butter from New Zealand during the ten months of the 1935-36 season ended Alay 31 totalled 121,780 tons, compared with 114,817 tons for the corresponding period of last season, an increase of 6963 tons. Shipments during Alay amounted to 10,138 tons, a decrease of 321 tons, compared with those for Alay, 1935. Of the lmtter shipped last month, 74 per cent, was consigned and 26 per cent, sold f.o.b. The following table compares tho butter exports for the ten months’ period of this season and last season: 1935-36 1934-35

* Includes 1386 tons to United States and Canada in 1935-36, compared with 2053 tons in 1934-35. Exports of cheese during the ten months ended Alav 31 totalled 72,757 tons, compared with 80,658 tons_for the corresponding period of 1934-35, a decrease of 7901 tons. Shipments last month were 7694 tons, compared with 9187 tons for Alay, 1935. a decrease of 1493 tons. Exports for tho 10 months’ periods compare as follow: 1935-36 1934-35 Tons Tons

AUSTRALIAN EXPORTS LOWER. Exports of butter from Australia <o file United Kingdom during the ten months ended Alay show a large decrease of 23,396 tons, compared with those for the corresponding period of last season. Australian exports of lmtter and cheese to the United Kingdom for the ten months periods compare as follow: Butter Cheese

The Dairy Board reports that the position of stocks of butter and cheese as at June 1 was as follows, the figures for previous seasons being shown for comparative purposes: BUTTER.

Tons Tons London and Hull 91,800 84,401 Avonmouth and Cardiff 6,608 6.984 Liverpool 5.861 5 908 Manchester 7,138 7,385 Glasgow 6,089 6.112 Honolulu 311 306 Panama Zone 723 761 West Indies 379 364 Other countries* 1,962 2,596 Total tons 121,780 114.817

London, Hull Southampton and 57,410 63,366 Avonniouth and diff Carr>. 253 6,897 Liverpool 3.008 3.694 Manchester 3.343 3,868 Glasgow 3.413 3,725 Other countries 240 108 Total tons 72.757 80.658

Tons Tons 1935-36 ... 82.467 5.395 1934-35 ... 105,863 6,839 Decrease ... 23.396 1,444 butter and CHEESE STOCKS.

1936. 1935. 1934 Toni. Tons. Tons. Estimated stocks of all butters in London, including private and provincial stores and steamers not. discharged 21,664 30.760 34,000 Export ptockfi in N.Z., including loaded into steamers not sailed finally at June 1 . 24.600 17.500 14,800 N.Z. stocks afloat ... 12,069 11,704 13.955 36,669 29,204 28,755 CHEESE. The estimated stocks of cheese at Lon don, Liverpool and Bristol at Jiuc 1 : — 1936. 1935. 1934. Tons. Tons. T nns. N.Z. and Australian 9,701 15.645 12,700 Canadian 2,443 2.355 3.250 12,144 18,000 15.950 Stocks in N.Z., including steamers not sailed finally at 17.400 18.900 N.Z. stocks afloat ... 9,327 10,265 13,565 29.527 27,665 32,465 Total in sight 41,671 45,665 48,415