SKIMMINGS.

New Zealand Mail, 8 February 1900, Page 5

SKIMMINGS.

nanv" ” i^ area ’ Co-operative Com P ufc up a ne\ t^ a t mery h wh i cL ' R itSl th 1 -6Wp r ,.A;'' J ' ■ ? also installed som the SSon ST- S at - tbe ginning o ~ s 4LOtii.fi Eaake "tlio factory ; m ° afc establishment ? a TT factory has jus pu V a a refrigerator. tife^’f. bufct fT Production , still con qttanthv nf & ’ ■, i i bLo ' a g 7jl > of course, th Ufctle, 18 aow facing off ■ however, is abundant

and there is just enough rain to keep ter things going. * j u * * * # ft L Mr Ruddick has just returned from V p. a flying visit to Taranaki. He is glad Ho to see—so he has informed us—that butter factories all over the colony are > improving their plants and have come I to. see the necessity for efficiently con- - mt trolling temperatures. Mr Ruddick intends visiting the Rakanui district (Pahiatua county), where G f the settlers 'intend starting a butter su j factory. He will aslo visit the Mount an Baker and Pioneer Special Settlements, out from Mangamahoe, the settlers in (3? these localities being desirous of meeting him in reference to a proposed re , factory. ' S a; Judging from the particulars set forth al] in the catalogue of the Pretoria Agri- ‘! e culture and Industrial Society's Show, A 1898, agriculture must have been in a Jjj, fairly prosperous way in the Transvaal that year. The principal rural indus- . " tries with which Australians are familiar were encouraged, while several classes ; were included which would attract a w ; , great deal of attention in an Austra- |j , lian catalogue. The fly-leaf showed , 'that “his Holier the State President” j| r was patron, and the Hon P. J. Jou- .... ■ herb Commandant-General, president of the society. The honorary positions _ ■ cn the committee and! executive were , filled by Boers, and bristle with such [ names as Petorions, Haupt, Ocherse, 5” ; and Van'Moorseveeii, while among the , titles occurs that of Field-Cornet. The ® ( paid position of secretary was filled by . the only person with a British name . connected with the society—F. T. , . Nicholson. Sheep came first, and the i description of the first class —merinos— ] -j was minute. “Best merion ram Ram- ! bouillet, Vermont, or Spanish merino 1 bred by S.A.R., not less than four ‘ y [ teeth each,” was the first announcement n > There were few entries, but that warlike farmer, Joubert, showed some sheep p and the Smits of Keivlei and Kameel- " t* drift were represented. The prizes 1 would put the best- of those at nearly 1 all the Australian 'shows •' b First, £5 : second, £2. was the order 1 in sheep, while in cattle it was first, , £lO, second £4, and Angora goats were 7 provided for with prizes of £5 and £2. c x Friesland, Shorthorns, Kerry, Devon, a s and Channel Island breeds in cattle were e included. The awards for horses were v £lO, £7, £5 and so forth, and £4 first' r and £2 second were the figures for *- “best span of 8 donkeys.”’ Berkshire and Yorkshire pigs were provided for with prizes up to £2 10s, and all through i the poultry the awards were £1 and IDs. 1 "Wheat, flour, ensilage, and other farm j products were all recognised, including t h flax, Boer forage, manna, seed, sun- r t flower seed. Some novelties were c beast Biltong and game Bil- a tong, and ostrich feathers. All kinds s n of fruit and vegetgbles appear in the list t I as well as coffee, and the first prizes i '• were £1 and over. The section for j ® agricultpral implements include cream r . separators and many other up-to-date \ II manufactures, the awards for which were 1 y silver and bronze medals. t e